---
type: "Bill"
title: "Halifax Hospital Medical Center, Volusia County"
description: "Halifax Hospital Medical Center, Volusia County"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 523"
citation: "Florida HB 523 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["local bills"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2019-172"
primary_sponsors: ["Santiago"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-22"
last_action: "2019-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d78be934-7ae7-4f77-9546-6433280ec93a"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/523/ByCategory"
source_hash: "7f93bb5fa0c2ff1058bbf6c3640dbf9f5929dc3e835163f4d53e554616cbbf27"
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 523 (2019) — Halifax Hospital Medical Center, Volusia County

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2019-172.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 523 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/523/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 523 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/523/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 523 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/523/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 523 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/523/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (State Affairs Committee) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Local Bills — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Local, Federal & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee) — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Ways & Means Committee) — **15–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Santiago — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-22** Filed `filing`
- **2019-01-30** Referred to Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee; Ways and Means Committee; State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-03-15** PCS on Committee agenda-- Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee, 03/19/19, 8:00 am, 12 HOB
- **2019-03-19** CS by Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee; YEAS 15 NAYS 0
- **2019-03-20** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2019-03-20** CS by Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee read 1st time
- **2019-03-21** Now in Ways and Means Committee
- **2019-03-29** On Committee agenda-- Ways and Means Committee, 04/02/19, 8:30 am, Morris Hall
- **2019-04-02** CS/CS by Ways and Means Committee; YEAS 15 NAYS 0
- **2019-04-02** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2019-04-03** Now in State Affairs Committee
- **2019-04-03** CS/CS by Ways and Means Committee read 1st time
- **2019-04-08** On Committee agenda-- State Affairs Committee, 04/10/19, 8:00 am, Morris Hall
- **2019-04-10** Favorable by- State Affairs Committee; YEAS 21 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-10** 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 117 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-17** In Messages
- **2019-04-18** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-22** Received
- **2019-04-29** Placed on Local Calendar, 05/01/19
- **2019-05-01** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2019-05-01** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2019-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-01** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2019-05-01** Ordered enrolled
- **2019-05-09** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2019-05-10** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-08** Chapter No. 2019-172

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d78be934-7ae7-4f77-9546-6433280ec93a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).