---
type: "Bill"
title: "Nondiscrimination in Organ Transplants"
description: "Nondiscrimination in Organ Transplants; Prohibits certain entities from making certain determinations or engaging in certain actions related to organ transplants solely on basis of individual's disability; provides exceptions; provides cause of action for injunctive & other relief; prohibits certain insurers, nonprofit health care service plans, & HMOs that provide coverage for organ transplants from denying coverage solely on basis of individual's disability."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1179"
citation: "Florida HB 1179 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2020-139"
primary_sponsors: ["Fischer"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-01-08"
last_action: "2020-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b3a28d74-0ec4-434f-a1b6-b2803243fed5"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1179/ByCategory"
source_hash: "99095bf2eeae495abaa14d8038a5d5227901248bab2bc0ef64ddbec1dbf2f752"
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 1179 (2020) — Nondiscrimination in Organ Transplants

Nondiscrimination in Organ Transplants; Prohibits certain entities from making certain determinations or engaging in certain actions related to organ transplants solely on basis of individual's disability; provides exceptions; provides cause of action for injunctive & other relief; prohibits certain insurers, nonprofit health care service plans, & HMOs that provide coverage for organ transplants from denying coverage solely on basis of individual's disability.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2020-139.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1179 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1179/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1179 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1179/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1179 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1179/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Health Market Reform Subcommittee) — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Health & Human Services Committee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Fischer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-08** Filed `filing`
- **2020-01-13** Referred to Health Market Reform Subcommittee; Appropriations Committee; Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-14** Introduced `introduction`
- **2020-01-24** On Committee agenda-- Health Market Reform Subcommittee, 01/28/20, 3:30 pm, Mashburn Hall
- **2020-01-28** CS by Health Market Reform Subcommittee; YEAS 14 NAYS 0
- **2020-01-30** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2020-01-30** CS by Health Market Reform Subcommittee read 1st time
- **2020-02-02** Original reference(s) removed: Appropriations Committee
- **2020-02-02** CS referred to Health and Human Services Committee
- **2020-02-02** Now in Health and Human Services Committee
- **2020-02-10** On Committee agenda-- Health and Human Services Committee, 02/12/20, 10:00 am, Morris Hall
- **2020-02-12** Favorable by- Health and Human Services Committee; YEAS 18 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-12** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-20** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/26/20
- **2020-02-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-26** CS passed; YEAS 111 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-03** In Messages
- **2020-03-05** Referred to Health Policy; Banking and Insurance; Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-05** Received
- **2020-03-10** Withdrawn from Health Policy; Banking and Insurance; Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2020-03-10** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2020-03-10** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1556
- **2020-03-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-10** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2020-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-11** CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 -SJ 664, 665 `passage`
- **2020-03-11** Ordered enrolled
- **2020-06-17** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2020-06-29** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-30** Chapter No. 2020-139

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b3a28d74-0ec4-434f-a1b6-b2803243fed5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).