---
type: "Bill"
title: "Emergency Management"
description: "Emergency Management; Authorizing the Legislative Budget Commission to convene to transfer certain funds to the Emergency Preparedness and Response Fund; requiring that the state comprehensive emergency management plan provide for certain public health emergency communications and include the Department of Health’s public health emergency plan; redefining the term “essentials” to include personal protective equipment used during public health emergencies; specifying requirements for the purpose and scope of emergency orders; authorizing the Governor to invalidate certain emergency orders; revising the duties of the State Health Officer during a declared public health emergency, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 2006"
citation: "Florida SB 2006 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["military affairs and related matters", "reclamation", "and use"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-8"
primary_sponsors: ["Burgess"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 51
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2021-03-01"
last_action: "2021-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ebefc54-bb44-4831-8028-4401e67bc5b4"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/2006/ByCategory"
source_hash: "bd6d9e9611a7989519900d929ab8209355dc9f816c956a1d1744231f128fb79f"
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 2006 (2021) — Emergency Management

Emergency Management; Authorizing the Legislative Budget Commission to convene to transfer certain funds to the Emergency Preparedness and Response Fund; requiring that the state comprehensive emergency management plan provide for certain public health emergency communications and include the Department of Health’s public health emergency plan; redefining the term “essentials” to include personal protective equipment used during public health emergencies; specifying requirements for the purpose and scope of emergency orders; authorizing the Governor to invalidate certain emergency orders; revising the duties of the State Health Officer during a declared public health emergency, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-8.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 2006 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/2006/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 2006 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/2006/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 2006 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/2006/BillText/c2/HTML)
4. **S 2006 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/2006/BillText/e1/HTML)
5. **S 2006 e2** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/2006/BillText/e2/HTML)
6. **S 2006 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/2006/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Passage — **78–36** (pass) · lower
- Returning Messages — **23–15** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **76–40** (pass) · lower
- AH - 941618, Amendment, Returning Messages — **19–19** (fail) · upper
- Third Reading — **27–9** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **12–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Burgess — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-01** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-04** Referred to Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security; Appropriations; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-03-11** On Committee agenda-- Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security, 03/16/21, 3:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
- **2021-03-16** Favorable by Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security; YEAS 5 NAYS 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** Now in Appropriations
- **2021-03-26** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 03/31/21, 1:00 pm, 412 Knott Building --Not Considered
- **2021-03-29** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/01/21, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2021-04-01** CS by Appropriations; YEAS 20 NAYS 0
- **2021-04-01** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2021-04-01** Now in Rules
- **2021-04-01** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/06/21, 9:30 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2021-04-01** CS by Appropriations read 1st time
- **2021-04-06** CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 12 NAYS 5
- **2021-04-07** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2021-04-07** CS/CS by Rules read 1st time
- **2021-04-12** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2021-04-16** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/21/21
- **2021-04-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-21** Amendment(s) adopted (970074)
- **2021-04-21** Ordered engrossed
- **2021-04-21** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2021-04-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-22** CS passed as amended; YEAS 27 NAYS 9 `passage`
- **2021-04-22** In Messages
- **2021-04-26** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2021-04-26** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/27/2021)
- **2021-04-26** 1st Reading (Engrossed 1)
- **2021-04-27** Amendment 783711 filed
- **2021-04-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-27** Amendment 783711 adopted
- **2021-04-27** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2021-04-27** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2021-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-28** CS passed as amended; YEAS 76, NAYS 40 `passage`
- **2021-04-28** Message sent to senate
- **2021-04-28** In returning messages
- **2021-04-29** Amendment(s) to House amendment(s) adopted (364950)
- **2021-04-29** Amendment(s) to House amendment(s) failed (941618)
- **2021-04-29** Concurred in House amendment(s) as amended (783711)
- **2021-04-29** CS passed as amended; YEAS 23 NAYS 15 `passage`
- **2021-04-29** In Messages
- **2021-04-29** Added to Senate Message List
- **2021-04-29** Amendment 364950 Concur
- **2021-04-29** Concurred in Senate amendment(s) to House amendment(s)
- **2021-04-29** CS passed as amended; YEAS 78, NAYS 36 `passage`
- **2021-04-29** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
- **2021-04-29** Message sent to senate
- **2021-04-30** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2021-05-03** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-03** Chapter No. 2021-8

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1ebefc54-bb44-4831-8028-4401e67bc5b4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).