HB 127 - Florida House (2026) - Required Instruction in Cursive Writing - Bill Sponsor

Florida House Bill 127

Session 2026

Required Instruction in Cursive Writing

Active

Passed House on Feb 4, 2026

Sponsors

First Action

Oct 8, 2025

Latest Action

Feb 10, 2026

Origin Chamber

House

Type

Bill

Bill Number

127

State

Florida

Session

2026

Sponsorship by Party

Dana Lee Trabulsy

Primary

Tobin Rogers "Toby" Overdorf

Primary

Cosponsor

Bill Partington

Cosponsor

Cosponsor

Cosponsor

James Vernon "Jim" Mooney, Jr.

Cosponsor

Cosponsor

Cosponsor

Cosponsor

Michelle Salzman

Cosponsor

Cosponsor

Cosponsor

Peggy Gossett-Seidman

Cosponsor

Susan Plasencia

Cosponsor

Yvette Benarroch

Cosponsor

House Votes (1)

checkPassed on February 4, 2026

Motion Text

Passage, Third Reading

House Roll Call Votes

Republicans

Democrats

Unknowns

Didn't Vote

Didn't Vote

Yes

Yes

Angela "Angie" Nixon

Yes

Anna V. Eskamani

Yes

Yes

Ashley Viola Gantt

Yes

Yes

Yes

Bill Partington

Yes

Bradford Troy "Brad" Yeager

Didn't Vote

Yes

Bruce Hadley Antone

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Christine Hunschofsky

Yes

Yes

Dana Lee Trabulsy

Yes

Daniel Antonio "Danny" Alvarez

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Demi Busatta Cabrera

Yes

Dianne "Ms Dee" Hart

Yes

Yes

Douglas Michael "Doug" Bankson

Yes

Yes

Yes

Felicia Simone Robinson

Yes

Fentrice Driskell

Yes

Fiona McFarland

Yes

Gallop Franklin II

Didn't Vote

Yes

Yes

Yes

James Vernon "Jim" Mooney, Jr.

Yes

Yes

Yes

Jenna Persons-Mulicka

Yes

Jennifer "Rita" Harris

Yes

Jennifer Canady

Yes

Jennifer Kincart Jonsson

Yes

Jervonte "Tae" Edmonds

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Juan Carlos Porras

Yes

Yes

Karen Gonzalez Pittman

Yes

Yes

Yes

Kevin D. Chambliss

Yes

Kevin M. Steele

Didn't Vote

Yes

Kimberly Berfield

Yes

Kimberly Daniels

Yes

Yes

Yes

Lawrence McClure

Yes

Leonard Spencer

Yes

Yes

Lindsay Michelle Cross

Yes

Yes

Marie Paule Woodson

Yes

Yes

Michael "Mike" Gottlieb

Yes

Yes

Michele K. Rayner-Goolsby

Yes

Michelle Salzman

Yes

Mike Giallombardo

Didn't Vote

Yes

Mitch Rosenwald

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Peggy Gossett-Seidman

Yes

Philip Wayne "Griff" Griffitts, Jr.

Yes

Rachel Lora Saunders Plakon

Yes

Randall Scott "Randy" Maggard

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Robert A. "Robbie" Brackett

Yes

Robert Alexander "Alex" Andrade

Yes

Robert Charles "Chuck" Brannan III

Yes

Robin Bartleman

Yes

Ryan Chamberlin

Yes

Yes

Yes

Shane G. Abbott

Yes

Smith

Yes

Susan L. Valdés

Yes

Susan Plasencia

Yes

Taylor Michael Yarkosky

Yes

Thomas Patterson "Patt" Maney

Yes

Tiffany Esposito

Yes

Tobin Rogers "Toby" Overdorf

Yes

Yes

Yes

Tyler I. Sirois

Yes

Yes

Wallace Aristide

Yes

Webster Barnaby

Yes

William Cloud "Will" Robinson , Jr.

Yes

Yes

Yvette Benarroch

Yes

Yvonne Hayes Hinson

Yes

Summary

Required Instruction in Cursive Writing; Requires students in specified grades to receive instruction in cursive writing; provides requirements for such instruction; requires students to demonstrate proficiency in cursive writing by end of specified grade; defines "proficiency in cursive writing".

Text (1)

H 127 Filed

https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/127/BillText/Filed/PDF

Documents (2)

Bill Analysis -- Student Academic Success Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) (11/18/2025 4:59 PM)

https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/127/Analyses/h0127a.SAS.PDF

Bill Analysis -- Education & Employment Committee (Post-Meeting) (1/22/2026 1:01 PM)

https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/127/Analyses/h0127c.EEC.PDF

Actions (22)

Show Only Major Actions

02/10/2026

Senate

Received

02/09/2026

Senate

Referred to Rules

02/04/2026

Senate

In Messages

02/04/2026

House

Passed; YEAS 111, NAYS 0

02/04/2026

House

Read 3rd time

02/04/2026

House

Added to Third Reading Calendar

02/04/2026

House

Read 2nd time

01/29/2026

House

Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/4/2026)

01/22/2026

House

Added to Second Reading Calendar

01/22/2026

House

Bill released to House Calendar

01/22/2026

House

Reported out of Education & Employment Committee

01/22/2026

House

Favorable by Education & Employment Committee

01/20/2026

House

Added to Education & Employment Committee agenda

01/13/2026

House

1st Reading (Original Filed Version)

11/18/2025

House

Now in Education & Employment Committee

11/18/2025

House

Reported out of Student Academic Success Subcommittee

11/18/2025

House

Favorable by Student Academic Success Subcommittee

11/10/2025

House

Added to Student Academic Success Subcommittee agenda

10/14/2025

House

Now in Student Academic Success Subcommittee

10/14/2025

House

Referred to Education & Employment Committee

10/14/2025

House

Referred to Student Academic Success Subcommittee

10/08/2025

House

Filed

Sources

FL Legislature

https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/127/ByCategory

Open States

https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB127/

Record Created

Oct 9, 2025 11:07:32 AM

Record Updated

Mar 2, 2026 11:24:14 AM