---
type: "Bill"
title: "Advertisements for Legal Services"
description: "Advertisements for Legal Services; Specifies prohibited practices relating to advertisements for legal services; requires persons & entities that issue advertisements for legal services to solicit clients to include specified information & statements in such advertisements; prohibits use, obtaining, sale, transfer, or disclosure of consumer's protected health information for specified purpose without written authorization; provides violations are deemed deceptive & unfair trade practices."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1205"
citation: "Florida HB 1205 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["and solicitations"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-289"
primary_sponsors: ["Andrade"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 41
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-27"
last_action: "2023-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/27ac14dc-3f6a-4a62-b997-7381efe0c35b"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1205/ByCategory"
source_hash: "80c0503893f0f75cb2a9612e601e28e218f3ff7b2ee0ae953b3cdf932b44ad8a"
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 1205 (2023) — Advertisements for Legal Services

Advertisements for Legal Services; Specifies prohibited practices relating to advertisements for legal services; requires persons & entities that issue advertisements for legal services to solicit clients to include specified information & statements in such advertisements; prohibits use, obtaining, sale, transfer, or disclosure of consumer's protected health information for specified purpose without written authorization; provides violations are deemed deceptive & unfair trade practices.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-289.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1205 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1205/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1205 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1205/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1205 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1205/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **79–37** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Civil Justice Subcommittee) — **12–5** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Judiciary Committee) — **14–6** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **26–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Andrade — primary (person)
- Civil Justice Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Basabe — cosponsor (person)
- Leek — cosponsor (person)
- Mooney — cosponsor (person)
- Roth — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-27** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-06** Referred to Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-06** Referred to Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-06** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-06** Now in Civil Justice Subcommittee
- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2023-03-31** Added to Civil Justice Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-04-04** Favorable with CS by Civil Justice Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Reported out of Civil Justice Subcommittee
- **2023-04-04** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-04-04** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-04-05** Original reference removed: Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee
- **2023-04-05** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2023-04-05** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2023-04-17** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- **2023-04-19** Favorable by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-19** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- **2023-04-19** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2023-04-19** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-20** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/25/2023)
- **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 79, NAYS 37 `passage`
- **2023-04-26** In Messages
- **2023-04-26** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26** Received `enrolled`
- **2023-04-28** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2023-04-28** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-04-28** Substituted for SB 1246
- **2023-04-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-28** Amendment(s) failed (201036)
- **2023-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-28** CS passed; YEAS 26 NAYS 11 `passage`
- **2023-04-28** In Messages
- **2023-04-28** 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. 2023-289

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/27ac14dc-3f6a-4a62-b997-7381efe0c35b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).