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

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Veterinary Practices"
+description: "Veterinary Practices; Authorizing licensed veterinarians to practice veterinary telehealth in accordance with specified criteria; specifying the powers of the Board of Veterinary Medicine related to the practice of telehealth; providing that the practice of veterinary medicine is deemed to occur under specified circumstances; specifying the drugs that a veterinarian practicing telehealth may not provide unless specified conditions are met; providing specific authorizations for cases in which the patient is a food-producing species, etc."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
+legislature: "Florida Legislature"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "HB 849"
+citation: "Florida HB 849 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+chapter_law: "2024-260"
+primary_sponsors: ["Buchanan", "Killebrew"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 36
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2023-12-12"
+last_action: "2024-06-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4b654447-3d0f-4c75-973c-abf55f97a319"
+source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/849/ByCategory"
+source_hash: "9c39dc2be35102aea60f0e8d7c864ffce0b0daa0988566f79e68879c180465dd"
+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 849 (2024) — Veterinary Practices
+
+Veterinary Practices; Authorizing licensed veterinarians to practice veterinary telehealth in accordance with specified criteria; specifying the powers of the Board of Veterinary Medicine related to the practice of telehealth; providing that the practice of veterinary medicine is deemed to occur under specified circumstances; specifying the drugs that a veterinarian practicing telehealth may not provide unless specified conditions are met; providing specific authorizations for cases in which the patient is a food-producing species, etc.
+
+**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-260.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **H 849 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/849/BillText/Filed/PDF)
+2. **H 849 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/849/BillText/e1/PDF)
+3. **H 849 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/849/BillText/er/PDF)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage, Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
+- Passage — **113–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Buchanan — primary (person)
+- Killebrew — primary (person)
+- Arrington — cosponsor (person)
+- Casello — cosponsor (person)
+- Cross — cosponsor (person)
+- Daniels — cosponsor (person)
+- Garcia — cosponsor (person)
+- LaMarca — cosponsor (person)
+- Massullo — cosponsor (person)
+- McClain — cosponsor (person)
+- Plasencia — cosponsor (person)
+- Valdés — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-12-12** Filed `filing`
+- **2023-12-27** Referred to Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2023-12-27** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2023-12-27** Now in Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee
+- **2024-01-09** Added to Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee agenda
+- **2024-01-09** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
+- **2024-01-11** Favorable by Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-01-11** Reported out of Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee
+- **2024-01-11** Now in Commerce Committee
+- **2024-01-19** Added to Commerce Committee agenda
+- **2024-01-23** Favorable by Commerce Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-01-24** Reported out of Commerce Committee
+- **2024-01-24** Bill released to House Calendar
+- **2024-01-24** Added to Second Reading Calendar
+- **2024-01-24** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/1/2024)
+- **2024-02-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2024-02-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-01** Passed; YEAS 115, NAYS 0 `passage`
+- **2024-02-01** In Messages
+- **2024-02-02** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-06** Received `enrolled`
+- **2024-03-04** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
+- **2024-03-04** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
+- **2024-03-04** Substituted for CS/CS/CS/SB 1040
+- **2024-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2024-03-04** Amendment(s) adopted (171140)
+- **2024-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2024-03-04** Passed as amended; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
+- **2024-03-04** In Messages
+- **2024-03-06** Added to Senate Message List
+- **2024-03-06** Amendment 171140 Concur
+- **2024-03-06** Passed as amended; YEAS 113, NAYS 0 `passage`
+- **2024-03-06** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2024-06-07** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-06-21** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2024-06-24** Chapter No. 2024-260
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4b654447-3d0f-4c75-973c-abf55f97a319`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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