---
type: "Bill"
title: "Florida Kidcare Program"
description: "Florida Kidcare Program; Removing the lifetime maximum cap on covered expenses for a child enrolled in the Florida Healthy Kids program, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 348"
citation: "Florida SB 348 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["social welfare"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2020-12"
primary_sponsors: ["Bean"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 30
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-09-19"
last_action: "2020-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7746aaa0-d630-4c3c-909b-d584fff46d78"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/348/ByCategory"
source_hash: "21ab039a0498f8008e6fa071a8f52591edaa53c3bc79bf1a0242fe0ed5403d60"
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 348 (2020) — Florida Kidcare Program

Florida Kidcare Program; Removing the lifetime maximum cap on covered expenses for a child enrolled in the Florida Healthy Kids program, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2020-12.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 348 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/348/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 348 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/348/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **18–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bean — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-09-19** Filed `filing`
- **2019-10-15** Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-10-28** On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 11/05/19, 10:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2019-11-05** Favorable by Health Policy; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-11-05** Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services
- **2019-12-02** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, 12/11/19, 4:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
- **2019-12-11** Subcommittee Recommendation: Favorable by Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
- **2019-12-12** Now in Appropriations
- **2020-01-14** Introduced `introduction`
- **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** Favorable by- Appropriations; YEAS 18 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-06** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2020-02-06** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/12/20
- **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** Passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2020-02-19** 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 115 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-11** Ordered enrolled
- **2020-04-08** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2020-04-08** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-04-09** Chapter No. 2020-12

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7746aaa0-d630-4c3c-909b-d584fff46d78`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).