---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prescription Drug Monitoring Program"
description: "Prescription Drug Monitoring Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1253"
citation: "Florida HB 1253 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2019-127"
primary_sponsors: ["Health Quality Subcommittee"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 42
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-03-03"
last_action: "2019-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68720517-79cf-4b1e-a310-876164f96545"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/1253/ByCategory"
source_hash: "b110c5ae726559bb95d143e291e35a8d855e42f2e1422d7aa56da48f5f8fdbd7"
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 1253 (2019) — Prescription Drug Monitoring Program

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2019-127.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1253 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/1253/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1253 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/1253/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1253 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/1253/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 1253 e1** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/1253/BillText/e1/PDF)
5. **H 1253 e2** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/1253/BillText/e2/PDF)
6. **H 1253 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/1253/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Health & Human Services Committee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Health Quality Subcommittee) — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Judiciary Committee) — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Health Quality Subcommittee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-03** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-05** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-03-08** Referred to Health Quality Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee; Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-15** On Committee agenda-- Health Quality Subcommittee, 03/19/19, 8:00 am, Webster Hall
- **2019-03-19** CS by Health Quality Subcommittee; YEAS 13 NAYS 0
- **2019-03-20** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2019-03-20** CS by Health Quality Subcommittee read 1st time
- **2019-03-21** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2019-03-26** On Committee agenda-- Judiciary Committee, 03/28/19, 8:00 am, Sumner Hall
- **2019-03-28** Favorable by Judiciary Committee; YEAS 16 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-29** Now in Health and Human Services Committee
- **2019-04-05** On Committee agenda-- Health and Human Services Committee, 04/09/19, 2:00 pm, Morris Hall
- **2019-04-09** CS/CS by- Health and Human Services Committee; YEAS 18 NAYS 0
- **2019-04-11** Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2019-04-11** Placed on Calendar
- **2019-04-11** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/17/19
- **2019-04-11** CS/CS by Health and Human Services Committee read 1st time
- **2019-04-17** Temporarily postponed, on 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-18** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/23/19
- **2019-04-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-23** Amendment(s) adopted (789873) -HJ 773,774
- **2019-04-23** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2019-04-24** Temporarily postponed, on 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-25** Temporarily postponed, on 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-26** Temporarily postponed, on 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-29** Amendment(s) adopted (264867)
- **2019-04-29** CS passed as amended; YEAS 111 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-29** In Messages
- **2019-04-29** Referred to Health Policy; Judiciary; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-30** Received
- **2019-05-02** Withdrawn from Health Policy; Judiciary; Rules `withdrawal`
- **2019-05-02** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2019-05-02** Substituted for CS/SB 1700
- **2019-05-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-02** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2019-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-03** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 -SJ 887, 888 `passage`
- **2019-05-03** Ordered enrolled
- **2019-06-13** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2019-06-24** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-25** Chapter No. 2019-127, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 375 (Ch. 2019-70)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/68720517-79cf-4b1e-a310-876164f96545`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).