---
type: "Bill"
title: "Carrying of Firearms by Tactical Medical Professionals"
description: "Carrying of Firearms by Tactical Medical Professionals"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 487"
citation: "Florida HB 487 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["crimes"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2019-77"
primary_sponsors: ["Smith", "Gottlieb"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 36
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-22"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/509b28a6-c6f7-48c4-bf42-968feb47ff44"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/487/ByCategory"
source_hash: "e505fcfd5396b70e9a069f0986bad3b428818b1e5de93e09d3a2dbb3d99f887a"
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 487 (2019) — Carrying of Firearms by Tactical Medical Professionals

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2019-77.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 487 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/487/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 487 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/487/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 487 e1** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/487/BillText/e1/PDF)
4. **H 487 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/487/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Judiciary Committee) — **13–1** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **111–2** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Criminal Justice Subcommittee) — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **39–1** (pass) · upper
- Senate Message, Passage — **106–7** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Health Quality Subcommittee) — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Smith — primary (person)
- Gottlieb — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-22** Filed `filing`
- **2019-01-30** Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee; Health Quality Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-03-15** On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice Subcommittee, 03/19/19, 8:00 am, Sumner Hall
- **2019-03-19** CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee; YEAS 13 NAYS 0
- **2019-03-19** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2019-03-20** CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee read 1st time
- **2019-03-20** Now in Health Quality Subcommittee
- **2019-03-22** On Committee agenda-- Health Quality Subcommittee, 03/26/19, 8:00 am, Webster Hall
- **2019-03-26** Favorable by Health Quality Subcommittee; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-26** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2019-04-01** On Committee agenda-- Judiciary Committee, 04/03/19, 9:00 am, Sumner Hall
- **2019-04-03** Favorable by- Judiciary Committee; YEAS 13 NAYS 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Placed on Calendar
- **2019-04-11** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/17/19
- **2019-04-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-17** CS passed; YEAS 111 NAYS 2 `passage`
- **2019-04-23** In Messages
- **2019-04-24** Referred to Judiciary; Infrastructure and Security; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24** Received
- **2019-04-29** Withdrawn from Judiciary; Infrastructure and Security; Rules `withdrawal`
- **2019-04-29** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2019-04-29** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 722
- **2019-04-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-29** Amendment(s) adopted (764278)
- **2019-04-29** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2019-04-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-30** CS passed as amended; YEAS 39 NAYS 1 `passage`
- **2019-04-30** In returning messages
- **2019-05-01** Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (764278)
- **2019-05-01** CS passed as amended; YEAS 106 NAYS 7 `passage`
- **2019-05-01** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
- **2019-06-05** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2019-06-07** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10** Chapter No. 2019-77

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/509b28a6-c6f7-48c4-bf42-968feb47ff44`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).