---
type: "Bill"
title: "Physician Assistants"
description: "Physician Assistants; Revising legislative intent; defining and redefining terms; revising a limitation on the number of physician assistants a physician may supervise at one time; deleting a requirement that a physician assistant inform his or her patients that they have the right to see a physician before the physician assistant prescribes or dispenses a prescription; authorizing physician assistants to procure drugs and medical devices; revising requirements for a certain formulary; authorizing physician assistants to authenticate documents that may be authenticated by a physician, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 431"
citation: "Florida HB 431 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["domestic relations"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-204"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 52
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-01-26"
last_action: "2021-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a3fde73-5a5e-4827-8f34-139a9ad29345"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/431/ByCategory"
source_hash: "ef9cea5c35b5e49d551b8f286a5acb7c93accdf02542422a761c4e954cb9f287"
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 431 (2021) — Physician Assistants

Physician Assistants; Revising legislative intent; defining and redefining terms; revising a limitation on the number of physician assistants a physician may supervise at one time; deleting a requirement that a physician assistant inform his or her patients that they have the right to see a physician before the physician assistant prescribes or dispenses a prescription; authorizing physician assistants to procure drugs and medical devices; revising requirements for a certain formulary; authorizing physician assistants to authenticate documents that may be authenticated by a physician, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-204.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 431 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/431/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 431 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/431/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 431 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/431/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 431 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/431/BillText/e1/PDF)
5. **H 431 e2** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/431/BillText/e2/PDF)
6. **H 431 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/431/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Health & Human Services Committee) — **15–3** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **111–1** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **106–5** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **38–2** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Professions & Public Health Subcommittee) — **17–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Health and Human Services Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-26** Filed `filing`
- **2021-02-08** Referred to Professions & Public Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** Referred to Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** Now in Professions & Public Health Subcommittee
- **2021-03-02** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2021-03-19** PCS added to Professions & Public Health Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-03-23** Favorable with CS by Professions & Public Health Subcommittee
- **2021-03-25** Reported out of Professions & Public Health Subcommittee
- **2021-03-25** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2021-03-25** CS Filed
- **2021-03-25** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- **2021-03-29** Original reference removed: Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2021-03-29** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-29** Now in Health & Human Services Committee
- **2021-04-02** Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda
- **2021-04-06** Favorable with CS by Health & Human Services Committee
- **2021-04-07** Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee
- **2021-04-07** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2021-04-07** CS Filed
- **2021-04-07** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
- **2021-04-08** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2021-04-08** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2021-04-08** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/13/2021)
- **2021-04-09** Amendment 725777 filed
- **2021-04-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-13** Amendment 725777 adopted
- **2021-04-13** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2021-04-13** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2021-04-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-14** CS passed as amended; YEAS 106, NAYS 5 `passage`
- **2021-04-15** Message sent to senate
- **2021-04-15** In Messages
- **2021-04-19** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-20** Received
- **2021-04-26** Withdrawn from Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2021-04-26** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2021-04-26** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 894
- **2021-04-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-26** Amendment(s) adopted (869082)
- **2021-04-26** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2021-04-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-27** CS passed as amended; YEAS 38 NAYS 2 `passage`
- **2021-04-27** In Messages
- **2021-04-29** Added to Senate Message List
- **2021-04-29** CS passed as amended; YEAS 111, NAYS 1 `passage`
- **2021-04-29** Amendment 869082 Concur
- **2021-04-29** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
- **2021-04-29** Message sent to senate
- **2021-06-18** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2021-06-29** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-06** Chapter No. 2021-204

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9a3fde73-5a5e-4827-8f34-139a9ad29345`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).