Florida · Senate Bill 442 · 2025 Regular Session

Reading Instruction

SB 442 Sponsored by Corey Simon Died in committee

  1. Introduced Feb 26, 2025
  2. In committee Mar 6, 2025
  3. Passed the Senate  
  4. Passed the House  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law Jul 1, 2025

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Requiring the Just Read, Florida! Office to work with the Florida Center for Reading Research to identify certain personnel and reading coaches to participate in specified training; requiring that intensive reading instruction be provided to students who have reading deficiencies; requiring the Florida Center for Reading Research to develop content for specified training, subject to legislative appropriation, etc.

Every action

5 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. SenateFiled
  2. CommitteeReferred to Education Pre-K - 12; Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education; Fiscal Policy · Senate Education Pre-K - 12
  3. SenateIntroduced
  4. SenateIndefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
  5. CommitteeDied in Education Pre-K - 12, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 1255 (Ch. 2025-110) · Senate Education Pre-K - 12

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it.

From Florida's official records (leg.state.fl.us; flhouse.gov), checked Nov 2, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.