--- type: "Bill" title: "State Group Insurance Program" description: "State Group Insurance Program; Authorizing eligible former employees to participate in the state group insurance program; removing certain benefit levels for certain health plans; requiring cost savings to an enrollee to include a specified waiver, unless prohibited under certain tax laws; requiring the Division of State Group Insurance to establish and maintain, or contract with other entities to establish and maintain, a designated anti-fraud unit for certain purposes, to adopt an anti-fraud plan; specifying that eligible former employees may obtain certain health insurance coverage within a specified time after their separation from employment; providing requirements for certain health insurance coverage options; removing language that certain additional appropriations are considered a state contribution, which result in an increase in the state premium, etc." jurisdiction: "us/states/fl" legislature: "Florida Legislature" session: "2022" identifier: "HB 5009" citation: "Florida HB 5009 (2022)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["conference committee", "public officers", "employees", "and records"] status: "enacted" chapter_law: "2022-160" primary_sponsors: ["Stevenson"] version_count: 3 action_count: 41 vote_count: 5 first_action: "2022-02-09" last_action: "2022-06-03" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe486b30-4440-44b0-a234-bd39dcdbfe51" source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/5009/ByCategory" source_hash: "601dc57c15dfdc95e28fbb93283347d56a59b2769080c7248afaebca9581192a" 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 5009 (2022) — State Group Insurance Program State Group Insurance Program; Authorizing eligible former employees to participate in the state group insurance program; removing certain benefit levels for certain health plans; requiring cost savings to an enrollee to include a specified waiver, unless prohibited under certain tax laws; requiring the Division of State Group Insurance to establish and maintain, or contract with other entities to establish and maintain, a designated anti-fraud unit for certain purposes, to adopt an anti-fraud plan; specifying that eligible former employees may obtain certain health insurance coverage within a specified time after their separation from employment; providing requirements for certain health insurance coverage options; removing language that certain additional appropriations are considered a state contribution, which result in an increase in the state premium, etc. **Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2022-160. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **H 5009 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/5009/BillText/Filed/PDF) 2. **H 5009 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/5009/BillText/e1/PDF) 3. **H 5009 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/5009/BillText/er/PDF) ## Votes - Favorable (Appropriations Committee) — **28–0** (pass) · lower - Conference Report — **33–0** (pass) · upper - Conference Committee Report, Passage — **108–0** (pass) · lower - Passage, Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower - Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Appropriations Committee — primary (organization) - Stevenson — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2022-02-09** Filed `filing` - **2022-02-10** Bill referred to House Calendar - **2022-02-10** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/15/2022) - **2022-02-10** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) - **2022-02-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2022-02-15** Placed on 3rd reading - **2022-02-15** Added to Third Reading Calendar - **2022-02-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2022-02-16** Passed; YEAS 117, NAYS 0 `passage` - **2022-02-17** Requests that the Senate pass the bill as passed by the House or agree to include the bill in the Budget Conference - **2022-02-17** Immediately certified - **2022-02-17** In Messages - **2022-02-17** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee` - **2022-02-17** Withdrawn from Appropriations `withdrawal` - **2022-02-17** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading - **2022-02-17** Substituted for SB 2506 - **2022-02-17** Received - **2022-02-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2022-02-17** Amendment(s) adopted (105220) - **2022-02-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2022-02-17** Passed as amended; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage` - **2022-02-17** The Senate having refused to pass the bill as passed by the House, acceded to the request for a conference - **2022-02-17** Immediately certified - **2022-02-17** In Messages - **2022-02-28** Bill placed in Conference (Appropriations Conference Committee/Appropriations) - **2022-03-01** Conference Committee appointed: Appropriations Conference Committee/Appropriations: Stargel (Chair), Bean (At Large), Book (At Large), Gibson (At Large), Mayfield (At Large), Passidomo (At Large), Perry (At Large), Powell (At Large), Rouson (At Large), Stewart (At Large); Appropriations Conference Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government/Agriculture and Natural Resources: Albritton (Chair), Ausley, Berman, Boyd, Bradley, Brodeur, Garcia, Mayfield, Rodrigues, Stewart; Appropriations Conference Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government/State Administration and Technology: Albritton (Chair), Ausley, Berman, Boyd, Bradley, Brodeur, Garcia, Mayfield, Rodrigues, Stewart; Appropriations Conference Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice/Justice: Perry (Chair), Baxley, Bracy, Gainer, Pizzo, Rodriguez, Torres, Wright; Appropriations Conference Committee on Education/Higher Education: Broxson (Chair), Cruz, Diaz, Gibson, Gruters, Hutson, Passidomo, Polsky; Appropriations Conference Committee on Education/PreK-12: Broxson (Chair), Cruz, Diaz, Gibson, Gruters, Hutson, Passidomo, Polsky; Appropriations Conference Committee on Health and Human Services/Health Care: Bean (Chair), Book, Brodeur, Burgess, Diaz, Farmer, Harrell, Jones, Rodrigues, Rodriguez, Rouson; Appropriations Conference Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development/Infrastructure and Tourism: Gainer (Chair), Ausley, Boyd, Cruz, Garcia, Gibson, Hooper, Mayfield, Perry, Taddeo, Wright; - **2022-03-11** Bill placed in Conference (Appropriations Conference Committee/Appropriations) - **2022-03-11** Conference Committee appointed - **2022-03-14** Conference Committee Report considered - **2022-03-14** Amendment 334689 adopted - **2022-03-14** Conference Committee Report adopted - **2022-03-14** Passed as amended by Conference Committee Report; YEAS 108, NAYS 0 `passage` - **2022-03-14** In returning messages - **2022-03-14** Conference Committee Report received - **2022-03-14** Conference Committee Report adopted (334689) - **2022-03-14** Passed as amended by Conference Committee Report; YEAS 33 NAYS 0 `passage` - **2022-03-14** In Messages - **2022-03-14** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled - **2022-06-02** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor - **2022-06-02** Approved by Governor `executive-signature` - **2022-06-03** Chapter No. 2022-160; companion bill(s) passed, see HB 5001 (Ch. 2022-156) ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fe486b30-4440-44b0-a234-bd39dcdbfe51`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).