---
type: "Bill"
title: "Administration of Vaccines"
description: "Administration of Vaccines; Authorizes registered pharmacy technicians to administer specified vaccines under certain circumstances; authorizes certified pharmacists to administer specified vaccines under certain circumstances; revises immunizations or vaccines that certified pharmacists, registered interns, & registered pharmacy technicians may administer; revises & provides continuing education requirements for registered pharmacy technicians."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1209"
citation: "Florida HB 1209 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["regulation of professions and occupations"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2022-60"
primary_sponsors: ["Tuck"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 42
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-01-05"
last_action: "2022-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a494a4f-ecaf-458e-aecc-20c8c8e11c08"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/1209/ByCategory"
source_hash: "d5963d36c761a44d9c564181fd309bb407c7211b3e4b513360e03e3859c92850"
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 1209 (2022) — Administration of Vaccines

Administration of Vaccines; Authorizes registered pharmacy technicians to administer specified vaccines under certain circumstances; authorizes certified pharmacists to administer specified vaccines under certain circumstances; revises immunizations or vaccines that certified pharmacists, registered interns, & registered pharmacy technicians may administer; revises & provides continuing education requirements for registered pharmacy technicians.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2022-60.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1209 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/1209/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1209 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/1209/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1209 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/1209/BillText/e1/PDF)
4. **H 1209 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/1209/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage — **115–1** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **35–3** (pass) · upper
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Professions & Public Health Subcommittee) — **17–1** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Health & Human Services Committee) — **18–1** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **114–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Professions and Public Health Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Tuck — primary (person)
- Fernandez-Barquin — cosponsor (person)
- Rizo — cosponsor (person)
- Roach — cosponsor (person)
- Smith, D. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-05** Filed `filing`
- **2022-01-11** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2022-01-12** Referred to Professions & Public Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-12** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-12** Now in Professions & Public Health Subcommittee
- **2022-01-31** Added to Professions & Public Health Subcommittee agenda
- **2022-02-02** Favorable with CS by Professions & Public Health Subcommittee
- **2022-02-02** Reported out of Professions & Public Health Subcommittee
- **2022-02-03** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2022-02-03** CS Filed
- **2022-02-03** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- **2022-02-07** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07** Now in Health & Human Services Committee
- **2022-02-15** Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda
- **2022-02-17** Favorable by Health & Human Services Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-17** Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee
- **2022-02-17** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2022-02-17** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2022-02-24** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/1/2022)
- **2022-03-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-01** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2022-03-01** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2022-03-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-02** CS passed; YEAS 114, NAYS 1 `passage`
- **2022-03-02** In Messages
- **2022-03-02** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02** Received
- **2022-03-04** Withdrawn from Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2022-03-04** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2022-03-04** Substituted for CS/SB 1892
- **2022-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-04** Amendment(s) adopted (136796)
- **2022-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-04** CS passed as amended; YEAS 35 NAYS 3 -SJ 673, 674 `passage`
- **2022-03-04** In Messages
- **2022-03-11** Added to Senate Message List
- **2022-03-11** Amendment 136796 Concur
- **2022-03-11** CS passed as amended; YEAS 115, NAYS 1 `passage`
- **2022-03-11** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
- **2022-04-05** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2022-04-06** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-08** Chapter No. 2022-60

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1a494a4f-ecaf-458e-aecc-20c8c8e11c08`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).