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Florida · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 540: Disability History and Awareness Instruction

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 540 is a bill introduced in the Florida Senate on February 7, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Disability History and Awareness Instruction. Primary sponsor: Collins, Education Pre-K - 12. It lists 34 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (April 28, 2025): Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 447 (Ch. 2025-49).

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Disability History and Awareness Instruction; Citing this act as the "Evin B. Hartsell Act"; requiring the Department of Education to develop specified curricula; authorizing the department to consult with the Evin B. Hartsell Foundation to further develop such curricula, etc.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 9 · Independent 1 · Republican 21

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
CollinsPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Education Pre-K - 12Primary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Ben AlbrittonCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate27
Kristen ArringtonCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate25
AvilaCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Lori BermanCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate26
Mack BernardCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate24
Jim BoydCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate20
Jennifer BradleyCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate6
Jason BrodeurCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate10
Danny BurgessCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate23
Colleen BurtonCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate12
Alexis CalatayudCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate38
Tracie DavisCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate5
Nick DiCeglieCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate18
Don GaetzCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate1
Ileana GarciaCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate36
Gayle HarrellCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate31
Ed HooperCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate21
IngogliaCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Shev JonesCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate34
Tom LeekCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate7
Jonathan MartinCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate33
Stan McClainCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate9
Rosalind OsgoodCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate32
Kathleen PassidomoCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate28
Jason PizzoCo-sponsorIndependentSenate37
Tina PolskyCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate30
Ana Maria RodriguezCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate40
Darryl RousonCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate16
Barbara ShariefCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate35
Corey SimonCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate3
SmithCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Keith TruenowCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate13
Jay TrumbullCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate2
Tommy WrightCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate8

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 447 (Ch. 2025-49)
  2. Substituted CS/HB 447
  3. Read 2nd time
  4. Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/28/25
  5. Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
  6. Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 23 NAYS 0
  7. On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/16/25, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
  8. CS by Education Pre-K - 12 read 1st time
  9. Now in Rules
  10. Remaining references corrected to Rules
  11. Original reference(s) removed: Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education
  12. Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)

Showing 12 most recent of 17 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source