---
type: "Bill"
title: "Telehealth"
description: "Telehealth"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 23"
citation: "Florida HB 23 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2019-137"
primary_sponsors: ["Yarborough"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 41
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-02-21"
last_action: "2019-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/534975ab-8d92-40ff-9c63-ca658daff119"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/23/ByCategory"
source_hash: "10ffda0add1db86fbc5d4ad0a9167c06f165e99ac80dd8bcd6771f994903a04c"
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 23 (2019) — Telehealth

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2019-137.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 23 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/23/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 23 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/23/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 23 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/23/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 23 e1** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/23/BillText/e1/PDF)
5. **H 23 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/23/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Health & Human Services Committee) — **14–3** (pass) · lower
- A - 040721, Adoption, Second Reading — **41–70** (fail) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Ways & Means Committee) — **14–3** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **30–9** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **102–14** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Health Quality Subcommittee) — **11–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Yarborough — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-21** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-28** Referred to Health Quality Subcommittee; Ways and Means Committee; Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-01** On Committee agenda-- Health Quality Subcommittee, 03/05/19, 1:00 pm, Webster Hall
- **2019-03-05** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-03-05** Favorable by Health Quality Subcommittee; YEAS 11 NAYS 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-07** Now in Ways and Means Committee
- **2019-03-08** On Committee agenda-- Ways and Means Committee, 03/12/19, 4:00 pm, Morris Hall -- Removed from meeting agenda
- **2019-03-14** On Committee agenda-- Ways and Means Committee, 03/18/19, 3:30 pm, Morris Hall
- **2019-03-18** CS by Ways and Means Committee; YEAS 14 NAYS 3
- **2019-03-19** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2019-03-19** CS by Ways and Means Committee read 1st time
- **2019-03-20** 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/CS by- Health and Human Services Committee; YEAS 14 NAYS 3
- **2019-03-28** Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2019-03-28** CS/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** Amendment(s) failed (040721, 195975) -HJ 605, 608
- **2019-04-10** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2019-04-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-11** CS passed; YEAS 102 NAYS 14 `passage`
- **2019-04-18** In Messages
- **2019-04-18** Referred to Health Policy; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-22** Received
- **2019-04-26** Withdrawn from Health Policy; Rules `withdrawal`
- **2019-04-26** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2019-04-26** Substituted for CS/SB 1526
- **2019-04-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-26** Amendment(s) adopted (845780)
- **2019-04-26** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2019-04-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-29** CS passed as amended; YEAS 30 NAYS 9 `passage`
- **2019-04-29** In returning messages
- **2019-04-29** Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (845780) -HJ 992, 994
- **2019-04-29** CS passed as amended; YEAS 113 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-29** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
- **2019-06-25** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2019-06-25** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-26** Chapter No. 2019-137

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/534975ab-8d92-40ff-9c63-ca658daff119`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).