---
type: "Bill"
title: "Physician Assistant Licensure"
description: "Physician Assistant Licensure; Revises requirements for applicant for licensure as physician assistant."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1133"
citation: "Florida HB 1133 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-274"
primary_sponsors: ["Rizo"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-24"
last_action: "2023-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a56f7e05-9041-47ec-9c36-d46883a28191"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1133/ByCategory"
source_hash: "85f2586ea63bd63241ac48135d4aeb7b60cbebbce038b9c617bfbc73a391632c"
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 1133 (2023) — Physician Assistant Licensure

Physician Assistant Licensure; Revises requirements for applicant for licensure as physician assistant.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-274.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1133 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1133/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1133 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1133/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1133 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1133/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee) — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Health & Human Services Committee) — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Rizo — primary (person)
- Basabe — cosponsor (person)
- Benjamin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-24** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-06** Referred to Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-06** Referred to Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-06** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-06** Now in Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee
- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2023-03-20** Added to Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-22** Favorable with CS by Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-23** Reported out of Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee
- **2023-03-23** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-03-23** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-23** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2023-03-24** Original reference removed: Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2023-03-24** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-24** Now in Health & Human Services Committee
- **2023-04-06** Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda
- **2023-04-10** Favorable by Health & Human Services Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-11** Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee
- **2023-04-11** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2023-04-11** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-13** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/20/2023)
- **2023-04-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-20** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-20** CS passed; YEAS 113, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-20** In Messages
- **2023-04-21** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-25** Received `enrolled`
- **2023-04-27** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2023-04-27** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-04-27** Substituted for CS/SB 454
- **2023-04-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-27** CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-27** In Messages
- **2023-04-27** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-06-12** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-21** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-22** Chapter No. 2023-274

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a56f7e05-9041-47ec-9c36-d46883a28191`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).