---
type: "Bill"
title: "Uterine Fibroid Research and Education"
description: "Uterine Fibroid Research and Education; Requires DOH to develop & maintain electronic database of information related to uterine fibroids; requires health care providers to submit information to DOH for inclusion in database; prohibits database from including personal identifying information; requires DOH to develop & include information related to fibroids in literature currently made available to public; provides appropriation & authorizes position."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 543"
citation: "Florida HB 543 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["appropriations"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2022-50"
primary_sponsors: ["Omphroy"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 51
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-11-09"
last_action: "2022-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d0ac025f-e8c0-4ac2-9822-299856d11ee5"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/543/ByCategory"
source_hash: "a1d0d2b99ca5567161fe695e679c9e57c80eb1179b94f26bbc390fc10058c12a"
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 543 (2022) — Uterine Fibroid Research and Education

Uterine Fibroid Research and Education; Requires DOH to develop & maintain electronic database of information related to uterine fibroids; requires health care providers to submit information to DOH for inclusion in database; prohibits database from including personal identifying information; requires DOH to develop & include information related to fibroids in literature currently made available to public; provides appropriation & authorizes position.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2022-50.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 543 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/543/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 543 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/543/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 543 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/543/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 543 c3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/543/BillText/c3/PDF)
5. **H 543 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/543/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Professions & Public Health Subcommittee) — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Health & Human Services Committee) — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Appropriations Committee) — **20–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Appropriations Committee — primary (organization)
- Health and Human Services Committee — primary (organization)
- Omphroy — primary (person)
- Professions and Public Health Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Hart — cosponsor (person)
- Salzman — cosponsor (person)
- Valdés — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-11-09** Filed `filing`
- **2021-11-19** Referred to Professions & Public Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-11-19** Referred to Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-11-19** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-11-19** Now in Professions & Public Health Subcommittee
- **2022-01-11** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2022-02-10** PCS added to Professions & Public Health Subcommittee agenda
- **2022-02-14** Favorable with CS by Professions & Public Health Subcommittee
- **2022-02-15** Reported out of Professions & Public Health Subcommittee
- **2022-02-15** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2022-02-15** CS Filed
- **2022-02-15** Original reference removed: Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2022-02-15** Referred to Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-15** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-15** Now in Appropriations Committee
- **2022-02-15** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- **2022-02-18** Added to Appropriations Committee agenda
- **2022-02-22** Favorable with CS by Appropriations Committee
- **2022-02-22** Reported out of Appropriations Committee
- **2022-02-22** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2022-02-22** CS Filed
- **2022-02-22** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
- **2022-02-24** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-24** Now in Health & Human Services Committee
- **2022-02-25** Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda
- **2022-02-28** Favorable with CS by Health & Human Services Committee
- **2022-02-28** Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee
- **2022-02-28** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2022-02-28** CS Filed
- **2022-02-28** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2022-02-28** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/3/2022)
- **2022-02-28** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 3)
- **2022-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **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; YEAS 113, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-04** In Messages
- **2022-03-04** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-04** Withdrawn from Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2022-03-04** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2022-03-04** Received
- **2022-03-04** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1010
- **2022-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-04** CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-04** In Messages
- **2022-03-04** 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. 2022-50

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d0ac025f-e8c0-4ac2-9822-299856d11ee5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).