---
type: "Bill"
title: "Florida Occupational Safety and Health State Plan"
description: "Florida Occupational Safety and Health State Plan; Requires EOG to develop proposal for state plan to assert state jurisdiction over occupational safety & health issues for government & private employees; requires office to designate or hire necessary staff to develop proposal; requires Division of Risk Management & Division of Workers' Compensation within DFS, DOH, & DBPR to assist office with development of proposal upon request; requires office to submit status report to Legislature by specified date; requires that status report contain specified information; provides appropriation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021B"
identifier: "HB 5B"
citation: "Florida HB 5B (2021B)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["appropriations"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-274"
primary_sponsors: ["Zika"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 33
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-11-08"
last_action: "2021-11-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/40c57811-fc35-410c-9a24-1710a5615bf1"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021B/5B/ByCategory"
source_hash: "2d9de7c881044b77ec03755a9214cf13c7d2b0af9dcb318a8948fe3687a5cf2d"
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 5B (2021B) — Florida Occupational Safety and Health State Plan

Florida Occupational Safety and Health State Plan; Requires EOG to develop proposal for state plan to assert state jurisdiction over occupational safety & health issues for government & private employees; requires office to designate or hire necessary staff to develop proposal; requires Division of Risk Management & Division of Workers' Compensation within DFS, DOH, & DBPR to assist office with development of proposal upon request; requires office to submit status report to Legislature by specified date; requires that status report contain specified information; provides appropriation.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-274.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 5B Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021B/5B/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 5B er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021B/5B/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **76–38** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **23–13** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Pandemics & Public Emergencies Committee) — **13–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Zika — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-11-08** Filed `filing`
- **2021-11-08** Referred to Pandemics & Public Emergencies Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-11-08** Now in Pandemics & Public Emergencies Committee
- **2021-11-15** Added to Pandemics & Public Emergencies Committee agenda
- **2021-11-15** Favorable by Pandemics & Public Emergencies Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-11-15** Reported out of Pandemics & Public Emergencies Committee
- **2021-11-15** Bill released to Rules Committee
- **2021-11-15** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (11/16/2021)
- **2021-11-15** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2021-11-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-11-16** Amendment 032897 ruled out of order
- **2021-11-16** Amendment 541075 ruled out of order
- **2021-11-16** Amendment 179457 Failed
- **2021-11-16** Amendment 505369 Failed
- **2021-11-16** Amendment 154975 Failed
- **2021-11-16** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2021-11-16** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2021-11-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-11-17** Passed; YEAS 76, NAYS 38 `passage`
- **2021-11-17** In Messages
- **2021-11-17** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-11-17** Withdrawn from Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2021-11-17** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2021-11-17** Received
- **2021-11-17** Substituted for SB 6-B
- **2021-11-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-11-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-11-17** Passed; YEAS 23 NAYS 13 `passage`
- **2021-11-17** In Messages
- **2021-11-17** Ordered enrolled
- **2021-11-17** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2021-11-18** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-11-19** Chapter No. 2021-274

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/40c57811-fc35-410c-9a24-1710a5615bf1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).