Legislation: Florida — 2,186 enacted records (OpenStates 2026-07-01)
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Physician Assistants"
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description: "Physician Assistants; Revising legislative intent; defining and redefining terms; revising a limitation on the number of physician assistants a physician may supervise at one time; deleting a requirement that a physician assistant inform his or her patients that they have the right to see a physician before the physician assistant prescribes or dispenses a prescription; authorizing physician assistants to procure drugs and medical devices; revising requirements for a certain formulary; authorizing physician assistants to authenticate documents that may be authenticated by a physician, etc."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
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legislature: "Florida Legislature"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "HB 431"
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citation: "Florida HB 431 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["domestic relations"]
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2021-204"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 52
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2021-01-26"
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last_action: "2021-07-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a3fde73-5a5e-4827-8f34-139a9ad29345"
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source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/431/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "ef9cea5c35b5e49d551b8f286a5acb7c93accdf02542422a761c4e954cb9f287"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
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# Florida HB 431 (2021) — Physician Assistants
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Physician Assistants; Revising legislative intent; defining and redefining terms; revising a limitation on the number of physician assistants a physician may supervise at one time; deleting a requirement that a physician assistant inform his or her patients that they have the right to see a physician before the physician assistant prescribes or dispenses a prescription; authorizing physician assistants to procure drugs and medical devices; revising requirements for a certain formulary; authorizing physician assistants to authenticate documents that may be authenticated by a physician, etc.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-204.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **H 431 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/431/BillText/Filed/PDF)
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2. **H 431 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/431/BillText/c1/PDF)
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3. **H 431 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/431/BillText/c2/PDF)
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4. **H 431 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/431/BillText/e1/PDF)
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5. **H 431 e2** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/431/BillText/e2/PDF)
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6. **H 431 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/431/BillText/er/PDF)
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## Votes
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- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Health & Human Services Committee) — **15–3** (pass) · lower
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- Passage — **111–1** (pass) · lower
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- Passage, Third Reading — **106–5** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **38–2** (pass) · upper
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- Favorable (Professions & Public Health Subcommittee) — **17–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Health and Human Services Committee — primary (organization)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-26** Filed `filing`
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- **2021-02-08** Referred to Professions & Public Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-08** Referred to Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-08** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-08** Now in Professions & Public Health Subcommittee
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- **2021-03-02** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
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- **2021-03-19** PCS added to Professions & Public Health Subcommittee agenda
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- **2021-03-23** Favorable with CS by Professions & Public Health Subcommittee
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- **2021-03-25** Reported out of Professions & Public Health Subcommittee
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- **2021-03-25** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
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- **2021-03-25** CS Filed
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- **2021-03-25** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
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- **2021-03-29** Original reference removed: Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee
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- **2021-03-29** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-29** Now in Health & Human Services Committee
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- **2021-04-02** Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda
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- **2021-04-06** Favorable with CS by Health & Human Services Committee
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- **2021-04-07** Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee
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- **2021-04-07** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
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- **2021-04-07** CS Filed
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- **2021-04-07** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
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- **2021-04-08** Bill referred to House Calendar
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- **2021-04-08** Added to Second Reading Calendar
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- **2021-04-08** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/13/2021)
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- **2021-04-09** Amendment 725777 filed
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- **2021-04-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2021-04-13** Amendment 725777 adopted
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- **2021-04-13** Placed on 3rd reading
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- **2021-04-13** Added to Third Reading Calendar
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- **2021-04-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-04-14** CS passed as amended; YEAS 106, NAYS 5 `passage`
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- **2021-04-15** Message sent to senate
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- **2021-04-15** In Messages
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- **2021-04-19** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-20** Received
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- **2021-04-26** Withdrawn from Appropriations `withdrawal`
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- **2021-04-26** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2021-04-26** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 894
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- **2021-04-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2021-04-26** Amendment(s) adopted (869082)
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- **2021-04-26** Placed on 3rd reading
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- **2021-04-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-04-27** CS passed as amended; YEAS 38 NAYS 2 `passage`
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- **2021-04-27** In Messages
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- **2021-04-29** Added to Senate Message List
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- **2021-04-29** CS passed as amended; YEAS 111, NAYS 1 `passage`
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- **2021-04-29** Amendment 869082 Concur
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- **2021-04-29** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
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- **2021-04-29** Message sent to senate
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- **2021-06-18** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
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- **2021-06-29** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-07-06** Chapter No. 2021-204
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9a3fde73-5a5e-4827-8f34-139a9ad29345`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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