Legislation: Florida — 2,186 enacted records (OpenStates 2026-07-01)

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Substance Abuse Services"
+description: "Substance Abuse Services; Requiring, rather than authorizing, an exemption from disqualification from employment for certain substance abuse service provider personnel under certain circumstances; providing that certain persons may be granted such exemption without a waiting period under certain circumstances; removing the authority of the Department of Children and Families to grant exemptions from disqualification under ch. 397, F.S., under certain circumstances; providing criminal penalties for violations relating to recovery residence patient referrals, etc."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
+legislature: "Florida Legislature"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "SB 1120"
+citation: "Florida SB 1120 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["(vetoed)"]
+status: "enacted"
+chapter_law: "2020-38"
+primary_sponsors: ["Harrell"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 36
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2019-12-04"
+last_action: "2020-06-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/06bc844a-ec4a-44f2-8639-c2af8e2be530"
+source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1120/ByCategory"
+source_hash: "0fb3b43be5f2d4bcb58586334ba3d3739f3aacdcfb892b419c1317ae913855bf"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
+---
+
+# Florida SB 1120 (2020) — Substance Abuse Services
+
+Substance Abuse Services; Requiring, rather than authorizing, an exemption from disqualification from employment for certain substance abuse service provider personnel under certain circumstances; providing that certain persons may be granted such exemption without a waiting period under certain circumstances; removing the authority of the Department of Children and Families to grant exemptions from disqualification under ch. 397, F.S., under certain circumstances; providing criminal penalties for violations relating to recovery residence patient referrals, etc.
+
+**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2020-38.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **S 1120 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1120/BillText/Filed/HTML)
+2. **S 1120 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1120/BillText/c1/HTML)
+3. **S 1120 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1120/BillText/c2/HTML)
+4. **S 1120 e1** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1120/BillText/e1/HTML)
+5. **S 1120 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1120/BillText/er/HTML)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **18–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage, Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower
+- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **6–0** (pass) · upper
+- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **10–0** (pass) · upper
+- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+- Returning Messages — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Harrell — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-12-04** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-12-13** Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-14** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2020-01-23** On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 01/28/20, 4:00 pm, 301 Senate Building
+- **2020-01-28** CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 6 NAYS 0
+- **2020-01-29** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
+- **2020-01-29** CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs read 1st time
+- **2020-01-31** Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services
+- **2020-02-13** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, 02/18/20, 4:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
+- **2020-02-18** Subcommittee Recommendation: CS/CS by Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 10 NAYS 0
+- **2020-02-20** Now in Appropriations
+- **2020-02-24** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 02/27/20, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
+- **2020-02-27** CS/CS by- Appropriations; YEAS 18 NAYS 0
+- **2020-02-28** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
+- **2020-03-02** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
+- **2020-03-02** CS/CS by Appropriations read 1st time
+- **2020-03-05** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/09/20
+- **2020-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2020-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2020-03-09** CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
+- **2020-03-09** In Messages
+- **2020-03-09** Referred to Calendar `referral-committee`
+- **2020-03-09** Received
+- **2020-03-10** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/10/20
+- **2020-03-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2020-03-10** Amendment(s) adopted (162269, 780023) -HJ 1051, 1052
+- **2020-03-10** Placed on 3rd reading
+- **2020-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2020-03-11** CS passed as amended; YEAS 117 NAYS 0 `passage`
+- **2020-03-11** In returning messages
+- **2020-03-13** Concurred in 2 amendment(s) (162269, 780023)
+- **2020-03-13** CS passed as amended; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
+- **2020-03-13** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
+- **2020-06-03** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
+- **2020-06-18** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2020-06-19** Chapter No. 2020-38
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/06bc844a-ec4a-44f2-8639-c2af8e2be530`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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