--- type: "Bill" title: "Nursing Homes" description: "Nursing Homes; Specifies functions that do not constitute direct care staffing hours for purposes of required nursing home staffing ratios; requires facilities to determine their direct care staffing needs based on certain assessment & resident care plan; revises nursing home staffing requirements; revises provisions relating to applications for change of ownership; revises provisions relating to facility's failure to comply with minimum staffing requirements." jurisdiction: "us/states/fl" legislature: "Florida Legislature" session: "2022" identifier: "HB 1239" citation: "Florida HB 1239 (2022)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["insurance"] status: "enacted" chapter_law: "2022-61" primary_sponsors: ["Melo"] version_count: 5 action_count: 52 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2022-01-06" last_action: "2022-04-08" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c947feae-e6f7-4b2c-953c-79024d5097a8" source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/1239/ByCategory" source_hash: "f3ece6f8905178dd5ad4527da4a56911a95000f7c9b2d4805005e284332f6cf9" 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 1239 (2022) — Nursing Homes Nursing Homes; Specifies functions that do not constitute direct care staffing hours for purposes of required nursing home staffing ratios; requires facilities to determine their direct care staffing needs based on certain assessment & resident care plan; revises nursing home staffing requirements; revises provisions relating to applications for change of ownership; revises provisions relating to facility's failure to comply with minimum staffing requirements. **Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2022-61. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **H 1239 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/1239/BillText/Filed/PDF) 2. **H 1239 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/1239/BillText/c1/PDF) 3. **H 1239 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/1239/BillText/c2/PDF) 4. **H 1239 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/1239/BillText/e1/PDF) 5. **H 1239 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/1239/BillText/er/PDF) ## Votes - Third Reading — **28–9** (pass) · upper - Favorable With Committee Substitute (Finance & Facilities Subcommittee) — **14–4** (pass) · lower - Favorable (Health & Human Services Committee) — **15–5** (pass) · lower - Favorable (Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee) — **9–4** (pass) · lower - Passage, Third Reading — **80–31** (pass) · lower - A - 955375, Adoption, Second Reading — **40–73** (fail) · lower ## Sponsors - Finance and Facilities Subcommittee — primary (organization) - Health and Human Services Committee — primary (organization) - Melo — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2022-01-06** Filed `filing` - **2022-01-11** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) - **2022-01-12** Referred to Finance & Facilities Subcommittee `referral-committee` - **2022-01-12** Referred to Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee` - **2022-01-12** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee` - **2022-01-12** Now in Finance & Facilities Subcommittee - **2022-02-04** Added to Finance & Facilities Subcommittee agenda - **2022-02-08** Favorable with CS by Finance & Facilities Subcommittee - **2022-02-10** Reported out of Finance & Facilities Subcommittee - **2022-02-10** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) - **2022-02-10** CS Filed - **2022-02-10** Referred to Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee` - **2022-02-10** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee` - **2022-02-10** Now in Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee - **2022-02-10** Added to Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee agenda - **2022-02-10** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) - **2022-02-14** Favorable by Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2022-02-14** Reported out of Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee - **2022-02-14** Now in Health & Human Services Committee - **2022-02-21** PCS added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda - **2022-02-23** Favorable with CS by Health & Human Services Committee - **2022-02-23** Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee - **2022-02-23** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) - **2022-02-23** CS Filed - **2022-02-24** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) - **2022-02-24** Bill referred to House Calendar - **2022-02-24** Added to Second Reading Calendar - **2022-02-28** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/3/2022) - **2022-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2022-03-03** Amendment 422403 Failed - **2022-03-03** Amendment 955375 Failed - **2022-03-03** Amendment 759563 adopted - **2022-03-03** Amendment 778745 Failed - **2022-03-03** Placed on 3rd reading - **2022-03-03** Added to Third Reading Calendar - **2022-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2022-03-04** CS passed as amended; YEAS 80, NAYS 31 `passage` - **2022-03-04** In Messages - **2022-03-04** Referred to Rules `referral-committee` - **2022-03-04** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal` - **2022-03-04** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading - **2022-03-04** Received - **2022-03-04** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 804 - **2022-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2022-03-04** Placed on 3rd reading - **2022-03-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2022-03-07** CS passed; YEAS 28 NAYS 9 `passage` - **2022-03-07** In Messages - **2022-03-07** Ordered enrolled - **2022-04-05** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor - **2022-04-06** Approved by Governor `executive-signature` - **2022-04-08** Chapter No. 2022-61 ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c947feae-e6f7-4b2c-953c-79024d5097a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).