---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prescription Drug Importation Programs"
description: "Prescription Drug Importation Programs"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 19"
citation: "Florida HB 19 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2019-99"
primary_sponsors: ["Leek"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 37
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-02-20"
last_action: "2019-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/32f9c7ab-aa37-4cd5-95cb-d6895ebae5f8"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/19/ByCategory"
source_hash: "4daad902a4fbd30c4d21b5238d8efee905dad9548a81b6b0d0ffc3a113babf8c"
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 19 (2019) — Prescription Drug Importation Programs

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2019-99.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 19 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/19/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 19 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/19/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 19 e1** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/19/BillText/e1/PDF)
4. **H 19 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/19/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Health & Human Services Committee) — **11–6** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **27–13** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Health Quality Subcommittee) — **12–2** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **93–22** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Appropriations Committee) — **20–8** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **93–20** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Leek — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-20** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-28** Referred to Health Quality Subcommittee; Appropriations Committee; Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-03-08** On Committee agenda-- Health Quality Subcommittee, 03/12/19, 8:30 am, Webster Hall
- **2019-03-12** Favorable by Health Quality Subcommittee; YEAS 12 NAYS 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-13** Now in Appropriations Committee
- **2019-03-14** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee, 03/18/19, 1:00 pm, Webster Hall
- **2019-03-18** Favorable by Appropriations Committee; YEAS 20 NAYS 8 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-19** Now in Health and Human Services Committee
- **2019-03-26** On Committee agenda-- Health and Human Services Committee, 03/28/19, 8:00 am, Morris Hall
- **2019-03-28** CS by- Health and Human Services Committee; YEAS 11 NAYS 6
- **2019-03-28** Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2019-03-28** CS by Health and Human Services Committee read 1st time
- **2019-03-29** Placed on Calendar
- **2019-04-04** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/10/19
- **2019-04-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-10** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2019-04-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-11** CS passed; YEAS 93 NAYS 22 `passage`
- **2019-04-18** In Messages
- **2019-04-18** Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-22** Received
- **2019-04-26** Withdrawn from Health Policy; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2019-04-26** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2019-04-26** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1528
- **2019-04-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-26** Amendment(s) adopted (339068)
- **2019-04-26** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2019-04-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-29** CS passed as amended; YEAS 27 NAYS 13 `passage`
- **2019-04-29** In returning messages
- **2019-04-29** Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (339068) -HJ 994, 1002
- **2019-04-29** CS passed as amended; YEAS 93 NAYS 20 `passage`
- **2019-04-29** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
- **2019-06-10** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2019-06-11** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-11** Chapter No. 2019-99

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/32f9c7ab-aa37-4cd5-95cb-d6895ebae5f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).