---
type: "Bill"
title: "Correctional Medical Authority"
description: "Correctional Medical Authority; Transferring the State of Florida Correctional Medical Authority from the Executive Office of the Governor to the Department of Health by a type two transfer, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 2506"
citation: "Florida SB 2506 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["criminal procedure and corrections"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2020-113"
primary_sponsors: ["Appropriations"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-30"
last_action: "2020-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa503533-ffd5-474e-82d2-b294d331668c"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/2506/ByCategory"
source_hash: "bdd13dfc49e72bf32f88832be38cadac7d87685e8b0890711d6dc06c0b31f393"
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 SB 2506 (2020) — Correctional Medical Authority

Correctional Medical Authority; Transferring the State of Florida Correctional Medical Authority from the Executive Office of the Governor to the Department of Health by a type two transfer, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2020-113.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 2506 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/2506/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 2506 pb** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/2506/BillText/pb/HTML)
3. **S 2506 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/2506/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Submitted and Reported Favorably as Committee Bill — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Appropriations — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-30** Submitted for consideration by Appropriations
- **2020-01-31** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 02/05/20, 1:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
- **2020-02-03** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 02/06/20, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building --Meeting cancelled
- **2020-02-05** Submitted as Committee Bill and Reported Favorably by Appropriations; YEAS 20 NAYS 0
- **2020-02-06** Filed `filing`
- **2020-02-06** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2020-02-06** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/12/20
- **2020-02-06** Introduced `introduction`
- **2020-02-12** Retained on Calendar
- **2020-03-04** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/06/20
- **2020-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-06** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2020-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-09** Passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-09** In Messages
- **2020-03-09** Referred to Calendar `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-09** Received
- **2020-03-10** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/10/20
- **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** Passed; YEAS 117 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-11** Ordered enrolled
- **2020-06-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2020-06-29** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-29** Chapter No. 2020-113

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aa503533-ffd5-474e-82d2-b294d331668c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).