---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prescription Drug Donation Repository Program"
description: "Prescription Drug Donation Repository Program; Creates Prescription Drug Donation Repository Program within DOH; provides criteria & conditions for donation of prescription drugs & supplies from certain authorized entities for dispensing to eligible patients; authorizes Governor to waive program patient eligibility requirements during declared state of emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 177"
citation: "Florida HB 177 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["military affairs and related matters"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2020-23"
primary_sponsors: ["Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-09-16"
last_action: "2020-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/17bb0d70-5a08-4641-bdbe-7355f90500da"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/177/ByCategory"
source_hash: "f8dc0028dd541b93654b03b8abc68bb049fa8ba21c18041f491d319de7a6adf0"
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 177 (2020) — Prescription Drug Donation Repository Program

Prescription Drug Donation Repository Program; Creates Prescription Drug Donation Repository Program within DOH; provides criteria & conditions for donation of prescription drugs & supplies from certain authorized entities for dispensing to eligible patients; authorizes Governor to waive program patient eligibility requirements during declared state of emergency.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2020-23.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 177 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/177/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 177 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/177/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 177 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/177/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee) — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Health & Human Services Committee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **118–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Health Quality Subcommittee) — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-09-16** Filed `filing`
- **2019-09-25** Referred to Health Quality Subcommittee; Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-10-16** On Committee agenda-- Health Quality Subcommittee, 10/23/19, 9:00 am, Webster Hall
- **2019-10-23** Favorable by Health Quality Subcommittee; YEAS 14 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-10-23** Now in Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2019-10-30** On Committee agenda-- Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee, 11/06/19, 1:00 pm, Sumner Hall
- **2019-11-06** CS by Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 10 NAYS 0
- **2019-11-08** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2019-11-13** Now in Health and Human Services 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`
- **2020-01-14** CS by Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee read 1st time
- **2020-01-16** Favorable by- Health and Human Services Committee; YEAS 17 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-01-16** 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** CS passed; YEAS 118 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2020-02-05** In Messages
- **2020-02-06** Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-06** Received
- **2020-02-12** Withdrawn from Health Policy; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2020-02-12** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2020-02-12** Substituted for CS/SB 58
- **2020-02-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-12** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2020-02-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-13** CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2020-02-19** Ordered enrolled
- **2020-05-26** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2020-06-09** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-10** Chapter No. 2020-23

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/17bb0d70-5a08-4641-bdbe-7355f90500da`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).