---
type: "Bill"
title: "OGSR/Substance Abuse Impaired Persons"
description: "OGSR/Substance Abuse Impaired Persons; Amending a provision relating to an exemption from public records requirements for involuntary assessment and stabilization, court orders, related records, and personal identifying information regarding substance abuse impaired persons; removing the scheduled repeal date of the exemption, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 7008"
citation: "Florida SB 7008 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["public officers", "employees", "and records"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2022-44"
primary_sponsors: ["Children, Families, and Elder Affairs"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-11-22"
last_action: "2022-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c1ba064-1ad3-48dc-968c-714031e9fcd8"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/7008/ByCategory"
source_hash: "78ff31b0fb3f662b02df5745c7f6ec0dee2a9a3aa02d9400b518e2787b5aab77"
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 SB 7008 (2022) — OGSR/Substance Abuse Impaired Persons

OGSR/Substance Abuse Impaired Persons; Amending a provision relating to an exemption from public records requirements for involuntary assessment and stabilization, court orders, related records, and personal identifying information regarding substance abuse impaired persons; removing the scheduled repeal date of the exemption, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2022-44.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 7008 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/7008/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 7008 pb** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/7008/BillText/pb/HTML)
3. **S 7008 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/7008/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Submitted and Reported Favorably as Committee Bill — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **15–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-11-22** Submitted for consideration by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
- **2021-11-22** On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 11/30/21, 12:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
- **2021-11-30** Submitted as Committee Bill and Reported Favorably by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
- **2021-12-01** Filed `filing`
- **2021-12-13** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-10** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 01/13/22, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2022-01-11** Introduced `introduction`
- **2022-01-13** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 15 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-13** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2022-01-13** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 01/19/22
- **2022-01-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-01-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-01-19** Passed; YEAS 35 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2022-01-19** Immediately certified
- **2022-01-19** In Messages
- **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 (Original Filed Version)
- **2022-03-03** Substituted for HB 7011
- **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** Passed; YEAS 113, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **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. 2022-44

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5c1ba064-1ad3-48dc-968c-714031e9fcd8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).