---
type: "Bill"
title: "Donation and Transfer of Human Tissue"
description: "Donation and Transfer of Human Tissue"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 429"
citation: "Florida HB 429 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["health care", "emergency medical services", "anatomical gifts", "administration agency"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2018-36"
primary_sponsors: ["Health Quality Subcommittee"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-10-25"
last_action: "2018-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2652f5b1-2011-408b-b873-e906e9502738"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/00429/ByCategory"
source_hash: "093fc889fe4ec09f76c809f71e90e0c1e93ecf2bbb2beb16504224728d7da657"
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 429 (2018) — Donation and Transfer of Human Tissue

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-36.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **H 429 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/429/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 429 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/429/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 429 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/429/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 429 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/429/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Health Quality Subcommittee) — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Health & Human Services Committee) — **20–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Health Quality Subcommittee — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-10-25** Filed `filing`
- **2017-11-01** Referred to Health Quality Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-11-29** On Committee agenda-- Health Quality Subcommittee, 12/06/17, 8:30 am, Mashburn Hall
- **2017-12-06** CS by Health Quality Subcommittee; YEAS 13 NAYS 0
- **2017-12-08** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2017-12-11** Now in Health and Human Services Committee
- **2018-01-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-09** CS by Health Quality Subcommittee read 1st time
- **2018-01-16** On Committee agenda-- Health and Human Services Committee, 01/18/18, 8:00 am, Morris Hall
- **2018-01-18** CS/CS by- Health and Human Services Committee; YEAS 20 NAYS 0
- **2018-01-19** Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2018-01-22** CS/CS by Health and Human Services Committee read 1st time
- **2018-01-23** Placed on Calendar
- **2018-01-25** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 01/31/18
- **2018-01-31** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-01-31** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-01-31** CS passed; YEAS 114 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2018-02-07** In Messages
- **2018-02-08** Referred to Health Policy; Judiciary; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-08** Received
- **2018-02-21** Withdrawn from Health Policy; Judiciary; Rules `withdrawal`
- **2018-02-21** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2018-02-21** Substituted for CS/SB 514
- **2018-02-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-21** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-02-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-27** CS passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2018-02-27** Ordered enrolled
- **2018-03-09** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2018-03-19** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-21** Chapter No. 2018-36

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2652f5b1-2011-408b-b873-e906e9502738`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).