---
type: "Bill"
title: "Substance Abuse Services"
description: "Substance Abuse Services"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 369"
citation: "Florida HB 369 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2019-159"
primary_sponsors: ["Caruso"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 34
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-21"
last_action: "2019-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/67bcf2df-5551-43e7-9c99-2c0df3d013b6"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/369/ByCategory"
source_hash: "a1dea979234bdbaa0449667bc307dbe7c16923b34423aaf58e3eded692408e2a"
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 369 (2019) — Substance Abuse Services

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2019-159.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 369 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/369/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 369 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/369/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 369 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/369/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 369 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/369/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee) — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Health & Human Services Committee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Caruso — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-21** Filed `filing`
- **2019-01-30** Referred to Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee; Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-04** PCS on Committee agenda-- Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee, 03/06/19, 9:00 am, 12 HOB
- **2019-03-05** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-03-06** CS by Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee; YEAS 14 NAYS 0
- **2019-03-07** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2019-03-07** CS by Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee read 1st time
- **2019-03-08** Original reference(s) removed: Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2019-03-08** CS referred to Health and Human Services Committee
- **2019-03-08** Now in Health and Human Services Committee
- **2019-03-12** On Committee agenda-- Health and Human Services Committee, 03/14/19, 12:00 pm, Morris Hall
- **2019-03-14** CS/CS by- Health and Human Services Committee; YEAS 17 NAYS 0
- **2019-03-15** Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2019-03-15** CS/CS by Health and Human Services Committee read 1st time
- **2019-03-18** Placed on Calendar
- **2019-04-18** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/23/19
- **2019-04-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-23** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2019-04-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-24** CS passed; YEAS 113 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-24** In Messages
- **2019-04-24** Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-25** Received
- **2019-05-02** Withdrawn from Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2019-05-02** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2019-05-02** Substituted for CS/SB 900
- **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 37 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2019-05-03** Ordered enrolled
- **2019-06-26** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2019-06-27** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-28** Chapter No. 2019-159

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/67bcf2df-5551-43e7-9c99-2c0df3d013b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).