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

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Group Health Plans"
+description: "Group Health Plans; Revises definition of & providing requirements for bona fide groups for purposes of issuance of certificates of authority & multiple-employer welfare arrangements."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
+legislature: "Florida Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 897"
+citation: "Florida HB 897 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+chapter_law: "2023-212"
+primary_sponsors: ["Fernandez-Barquin"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 42
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2023-02-16"
+last_action: "2023-06-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8cd037a6-a54f-450b-a825-f6c505eb7731"
+source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/897/ByCategory"
+source_hash: "9bbd15b49c9285a8f42c71cca98ecd61e7538f99b8e0d81ec43132f23e1b9803"
+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 HB 897 (2023) — Group Health Plans
+
+Group Health Plans; Revises definition of & providing requirements for bona fide groups for purposes of issuance of certificates of authority & multiple-employer welfare arrangements.
+
+**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-212.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **H 897 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/897/BillText/Filed/PDF)
+2. **H 897 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/897/BillText/c1/PDF)
+3. **H 897 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/897/BillText/c2/PDF)
+4. **H 897 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/897/BillText/er/PDF)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Health & Human Services Committee) — **14–1** (pass) · lower
+- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage, Third Reading — **100–7** (pass) · lower
+- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee) — **16–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Fernandez-Barquin — primary (person)
+- Health & Human Services Committee — primary (organization)
+- Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee — primary (organization)
+- Basabe — cosponsor (person)
+- Benjamin — cosponsor (person)
+- Borrero — cosponsor (person)
+- Fabricio — cosponsor (person)
+- Garcia — cosponsor (person)
+- Leek — cosponsor (person)
+- Lopez, V. — cosponsor (person)
+- Porras — cosponsor (person)
+- Rizo — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-16** Filed `filing`
+- **2023-02-28** Referred to Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-28** Referred to Insurance & Banking Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-28** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-28** Now in Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee
+- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
+- **2023-03-20** Added to Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee agenda
+- **2023-03-22** Favorable with CS by Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-24** Reported out of Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee
+- **2023-03-24** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
+- **2023-03-24** CS Filed `filing`
+- **2023-03-27** Original reference removed: Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
+- **2023-03-27** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-27** Now in Health & Human Services Committee
+- **2023-03-27** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
+- **2023-04-06** Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda
+- **2023-04-10** Favorable with CS by Health & Human Services Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-12** Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee
+- **2023-04-12** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
+- **2023-04-12** CS Filed `filing`
+- **2023-04-12** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
+- **2023-04-13** Bill referred to House Calendar
+- **2023-04-13** Added to Second Reading Calendar
+- **2023-04-13** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/20/2023)
+- **2023-04-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-20** Added to Third Reading Calendar
+- **2023-04-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-20** CS passed; YEAS 100, NAYS 7 `passage`
+- **2023-04-20** In Messages
+- **2023-04-21** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-25** Received `enrolled`
+- **2023-05-01** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
+- **2023-05-01** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
+- **2023-05-01** Substituted for CS/SB 940
+- **2023-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-05-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-01** CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
+- **2023-05-01** In Messages
+- **2023-05-01** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2023-06-05** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-06-09** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-06-12** Chapter No. 2023-212
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8cd037a6-a54f-450b-a825-f6c505eb7731`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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