---
type: "Bill"
title: "Genetic Information for Insurance Purposes"
description: "Genetic Information for Insurance Purposes; Prohibits life insurers & long-term care insurers from canceling, limiting, or denying coverage, or establishing differentials in premium rates based on genetic information; prohibits such insurers from taking certain actions relating to genetic information for any insurance purpose."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1189"
citation: "Florida HB 1189 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["insurance"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2020-159"
primary_sponsors: ["Sprowls", "Williamson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-01-09"
last_action: "2020-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cc1d223d-fd23-4bd6-8a0b-b7bb60bbad2b"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1189/ByCategory"
source_hash: "6c6cc0e8dc92a9039835b9c85a1db26e7f9f163ef258d3821c7ab49ba2c5fc7d"
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 1189 (2020) — Genetic Information for Insurance Purposes

Genetic Information for Insurance Purposes; Prohibits life insurers & long-term care insurers from canceling, limiting, or denying coverage, or establishing differentials in premium rates based on genetic information; prohibits such insurers from taking certain actions relating to genetic information for any insurance purpose.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2020-159.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1189 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1189/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1189 e1** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1189/BillText/e1/PDF)
3. **H 1189 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1189/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage — **110–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Health & Human Services Committee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **117–1** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Commerce Committee) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **35–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sprowls — primary (person)
- Williamson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-09** Filed `filing`
- **2020-01-13** Referred to Health and Human Services Committee; Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-14** On Committee agenda-- Health and Human Services Committee, 01/16/20, 12:30 pm, Morris Hall
- **2020-01-14** Introduced `introduction`
- **2020-01-16** Favorable by Health and Human Services Committee; YEAS 17 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-01-16** Now in Commerce Committee
- **2020-01-21** On Committee agenda-- Commerce Committee, 01/23/20, 9:30 am, Webster Hall
- **2020-01-23** Favorable by- Commerce Committee; YEAS 21 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-01-23** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-01-23** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 01/29/20
- **2020-01-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-01-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-01-29** Passed; YEAS 117 NAYS 1 `passage`
- **2020-02-05** In Messages
- **2020-02-10** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-12** Received
- **2020-03-10** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2020-03-10** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2020-03-10** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1564
- **2020-03-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-10** Amendment(s) adopted (624566)
- **2020-03-10** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2020-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-11** Passed as amended; YEAS 35 NAYS 3 `passage`
- **2020-03-11** In returning messages
- **2020-03-12** Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (624566)
- **2020-03-12** Passed as amended; YEAS 110 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
- **2020-06-17** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2020-06-30** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-07-01** Chapter No. 2020-159

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cc1d223d-fd23-4bd6-8a0b-b7bb60bbad2b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).