---
type: "Bill"
title: "Consent for Pelvic Examinations"
description: "Consent for Pelvic Examinations; Revising the definition of the term “pelvic examination”; revising the circumstances under which a pelvic examination may be performed without consent; providing that certain health care practitioners and students need only obtain written consent for the initial pelvic examination for certain patients under certain circumstances; requiring such written consent form to inform the patient that multiple pelvic examinations may be conducted during the course of care and treatment, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 716"
citation: "Florida SB 716 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["regulation of professions and occupations"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-126"
primary_sponsors: ["Book"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 35
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-01-21"
last_action: "2021-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e18bd00-d3f2-4245-81dd-abbe7daa2b0f"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/716/ByCategory"
source_hash: "19ddae4c6eec3a11a8859f811e4ce498b6f7d9b8942e38a73d885410edf9f07f"
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 716 (2021) — Consent for Pelvic Examinations

Consent for Pelvic Examinations; Revising the definition of the term “pelvic examination”; revising the circumstances under which a pelvic examination may be performed without consent; providing that certain health care practitioners and students need only obtain written consent for the initial pelvic examination for certain patients under certain circumstances; requiring such written consent form to inform the patient that multiple pelvic examinations may be conducted during the course of care and treatment, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-126.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 716 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/716/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 716 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/716/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 716 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/716/BillText/c2/HTML)
4. **S 716 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/716/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Favorable — **17–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Book — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-21** Filed `filing`
- **2021-01-28** Referred to Health Policy; Judiciary; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-03-12** On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 03/17/21, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2021-03-17** CS by Health Policy; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
- **2021-03-19** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2021-03-19** Now in Judiciary
- **2021-03-23** CS by Health Policy read 1st time
- **2021-03-24** On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 03/29/21, 3:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
- **2021-03-29** CS/CS by Judiciary; YEAS 11 NAYS 0
- **2021-03-30** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2021-03-31** Now in Rules
- **2021-04-01** CS/CS by Judiciary read 1st time
- **2021-04-13** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/16/21, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2021-04-15** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/20/21, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2021-04-16** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 17 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-16** 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** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-21** CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-21** In Messages
- **2021-04-23** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2021-04-23** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/26/2021)
- **2021-04-23** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
- **2021-04-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-26** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2021-04-26** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2021-04-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-27** CS passed; YEAS 116, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-27** Ordered enrolled
- **2021-04-27** Message sent to senate
- **2021-06-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2021-06-21** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-23** Chapter No. 2021-126

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0e18bd00-d3f2-4245-81dd-abbe7daa2b0f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).