---
type: "Bill"
title: "Nurse Registries"
description: "Nurse Registries; Authorizes use of licensed nurse registries for placement of attendant care provided for workers' compensation purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 437"
citation: "Florida HB 437 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["labor"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2020-101"
primary_sponsors: ["Insurance and Banking Subcommittee"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-10-23"
last_action: "2020-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4844bdc0-1af3-498d-91e1-c5bdd5f24441"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/437/ByCategory"
source_hash: "9369be0f292bfcbd78a989269d2d185003fa73730ca355d9ce036960733eb472"
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 437 (2020) — Nurse Registries

Nurse Registries; Authorizes use of licensed nurse registries for placement of attendant care provided for workers' compensation purposes.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2020-101.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 437 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/437/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 437 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/437/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 437 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/437/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Insurance & Banking Subcommittee) — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Health Market Reform Subcommittee) — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Commerce Committee) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **118–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Insurance and Banking Subcommittee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-10-23** Filed `filing`
- **2019-10-30** Referred to Insurance and Banking Subcommittee; Health Market Reform Subcommittee; Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-12-04** On Committee agenda-- Insurance and Banking Subcommittee, 12/11/19, 4:00 pm, Sumner Hall
- **2019-12-11** CS by Insurance and Banking Subcommittee; YEAS 10 NAYS 0
- **2019-12-12** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2019-12-16** Now in Health Market Reform Subcommittee
- **2020-01-13** On Committee agenda-- Health Market Reform Subcommittee, 01/15/20, 3:30 pm, Mashburn Hall
- **2020-01-14** Introduced `introduction`
- **2020-01-14** CS by Insurance and Banking Subcommittee read 1st time
- **2020-01-15** Favorable by Health Market Reform Subcommittee; YEAS 13 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-01-15** 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 20 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-01-23** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-13** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/19/20
- **2020-02-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-19** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2020-02-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-20** CS passed; YEAS 118 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2020-02-26** In Messages
- **2020-02-27** Referred to Banking and Insurance; Health Policy; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-02** Received
- **2020-03-11** Withdrawn from Banking and Insurance; Health Policy; Rules `withdrawal`
- **2020-03-11** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2020-03-11** Substituted for CS/SB 880
- **2020-03-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-11** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2020-03-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-12** CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Ordered enrolled
- **2020-06-17** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2020-06-27** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-29** Chapter No. 2020-101

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4844bdc0-1af3-498d-91e1-c5bdd5f24441`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).