---
type: "Bill"
title: "Continuing Education for Dentists"
description: "Continuing Education for Dentists"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 549"
citation: "Florida HB 549 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["regulation of professions and occupations"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2019-111"
primary_sponsors: ["Sirois"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 30
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-23"
last_action: "2019-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/89bf57f9-7165-459b-a2e8-2cc248154870"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/549/ByCategory"
source_hash: "ddfea752bd1a5911ddfa1eefc1aa2b2d241a2488b42ec736ec6ba0b49be53baa"
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 549 (2019) — Continuing Education for Dentists

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2019-111.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 549 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/549/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 549 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/549/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Health & Human Services Committee) — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee) — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Health Quality Subcommittee) — **13–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sirois — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-23** 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** Favorable by Health Quality Subcommittee; YEAS 13 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-06** Now in Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2019-03-15** On Committee agenda-- Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee, 03/19/19, 12:00 pm, Sumner Hall
- **2019-03-19** Favorable by Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 12 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-19** 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** Favorable by- Health and Human Services Committee; YEAS 15 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-28** 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** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2019-04-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-11** Passed; YEAS 113 NAYS 0
- **2019-04-18** In Messages
- **2019-04-18** Referred to Health Policy; Innovation, Industry, and Technology; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-22** Received
- **2019-04-23** Withdrawn from Health Policy; Innovation, Industry, and Technology; Rules `withdrawal`
- **2019-04-23** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2019-04-23** Substituted for SB 648
- **2019-04-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-23** Passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0 -SJ 404, 405
- **2019-04-23** Ordered enrolled
- **2019-06-13** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2019-06-18** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-18** Chapter No. 2019-111

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/89bf57f9-7165-459b-a2e8-2cc248154870`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).