---
type: "Bill"
title: "Withholding or Withdrawal of Life-prolonging Procedures"
description: "Withholding or Withdrawal of Life-prolonging Procedures; Provides requirements for court to modify or revoke authority of surrogate; requires guardian to file advance directive for health care with court; revises rights that may be removed from person by order determining incapacity; requires court approval to withhold or withdraw life-prolonging procedures of incapacitated persons; provides requirements for professional guardian to seek court approval; specifies procedures to be followed by court in acting on petition; provides requirements for initial & annual guardianship plans."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1119"
citation: "Florida HB 1119 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-287"
primary_sponsors: ["Berfield"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 42
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-23"
last_action: "2023-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f43603d2-d779-447c-b6fc-b2cc2ba421f3"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1119/ByCategory"
source_hash: "7989bca2951254f2ff88d8b7c4496b4005f1288deff2320969befe7c6e02e003"
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 1119 (2023) — Withholding or Withdrawal of Life-prolonging Procedures

Withholding or Withdrawal of Life-prolonging Procedures; Provides requirements for court to modify or revoke authority of surrogate; requires guardian to file advance directive for health care with court; revises rights that may be removed from person by order determining incapacity; requires court approval to withhold or withdraw life-prolonging procedures of incapacitated persons; provides requirements for professional guardian to seek court approval; specifies procedures to be followed by court in acting on petition; provides requirements for initial & annual guardianship plans.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-287.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1119 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1119/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1119 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1119/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1119 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1119/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 1119 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1119/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Health & Human Services Committee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Berfield — primary (person)
- Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Health & Human Services Committee — primary (organization)
- Basabe — cosponsor (person)
- López, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Plasencia — cosponsor (person)
- Roth — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-23** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-28** Referred to Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** Referred to Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** Now in Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee
- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2023-03-13** Added to Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-15** Favorable with CS by Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** Reported out of Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee
- **2023-03-16** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-03-16** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-16** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2023-03-17** Original reference removed: Civil Justice Subcommittee
- **2023-03-17** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-17** Now in Health & Human Services Committee
- **2023-04-13** Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda
- **2023-04-17** Favorable with CS by Health & Human Services Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-20** Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee
- **2023-04-20** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-04-20** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-04-20** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2023-04-20** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/25/2023)
- **2023-04-20** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
- **2023-04-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-25** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-25** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-26** CS passed; YEAS 112, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-26** In Messages
- **2023-04-26** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26** Received `enrolled`
- **2023-05-02** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2023-05-02** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-05-02** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1098
- **2023-05-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-02** CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-05-02** In Messages
- **2023-05-02** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-06-14** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-23** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-26** Chapter No. 2023-287

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f43603d2-d779-447c-b6fc-b2cc2ba421f3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).