---
type: "Bill"
title: "Nonopioid Alternatives"
description: "Nonopioid Alternatives"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 451"
citation: "Florida HB 451 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2019-123"
primary_sponsors: ["Plakon"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 36
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-22"
last_action: "2019-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be6da7b4-b814-453f-9eb3-98ab563e235a"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/451/ByCategory"
source_hash: "1ac5399a18e7609c7fd9faef8d229496208251cb6783a8790c9f1f3f59a165b3"
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 451 (2019) — Nonopioid Alternatives

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2019-123.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 451 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/451/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 451 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/451/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 451 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/451/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 451 e1** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/451/BillText/e1/PDF)
5. **H 451 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/451/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Health Quality Subcommittee) — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Health & Human Services Committee) — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **113–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Plakon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-22** Filed `filing`
- **2019-01-30** Referred to Health Quality Subcommittee; Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; 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** CS by Health Quality Subcommittee; YEAS 14 NAYS 0
- **2019-03-07** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2019-03-07** CS by Health Quality 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 16 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
- **2019-03-21** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/27/19
- **2019-03-27** Temporarily postponed, on 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-11** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/17/19
- **2019-04-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-17** Amendment(s) adopted (099799, 879149)
- **2019-04-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-17** CS passed as amended; YEAS 113 NAYS 1 `passage`
- **2019-04-23** In Messages
- **2019-04-24** Referred to Health Policy; Judiciary; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24** Received
- **2019-04-29** Withdrawn from Health Policy; Judiciary; Rules `withdrawal`
- **2019-04-29** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2019-04-29** Substituted for CS/SB 630
- **2019-04-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-29** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2019-04-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-30** CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-30** 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. 2019-123

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/be6da7b4-b814-453f-9eb3-98ab563e235a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).