---
type: "Bill"
title: "Florida Kidcare Program Eligibility"
description: "Florida Kidcare Program Eligibility; Increases income eligibility threshold for coverage under Medikids program component; increases income eligibility threshold for coverage under Florida Kidcare program; requires applicant seeking coverage under program to provide certain documentation if eligibility cannot be verified using reliable data sources; requires that premiums for certain enrollees under Florida Kidcare program be based on tiered system of uniform premiums."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 121"
citation: "Florida HB 121 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["(adopted)"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-277"
primary_sponsors: ["Bartleman", "Trabulsy"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 48
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-05"
last_action: "2023-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4586315-02b6-4bff-8fdc-977d61e616e3"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/121/ByCategory"
source_hash: "96ec78a51d42c390a52ce313fcce769c4c9da740612da3265498aaafc0690951"
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 121 (2023) — Florida Kidcare Program Eligibility

Florida Kidcare Program Eligibility; Increases income eligibility threshold for coverage under Medikids program component; increases income eligibility threshold for coverage under Florida Kidcare program; requires applicant seeking coverage under program to provide certain documentation if eligibility cannot be verified using reliable data sources; requires that premiums for certain enrollees under Florida Kidcare program be based on tiered system of uniform premiums.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-277.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 121 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/121/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 121 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/121/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 121 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/121/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 121 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/121/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **105–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Health & Human Services Committee) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee) — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bartleman — primary (person)
- Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Trabulsy — primary (person)
- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Benjamin — cosponsor (person)
- Berfield — cosponsor (person)
- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
- Canady — cosponsor (person)
- Cassel — cosponsor (person)
- Chaney — cosponsor (person)
- Daley — cosponsor (person)
- Eskamani — cosponsor (person)
- Franklin — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Hinson — cosponsor (person)
- Hunschofsky — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph — cosponsor (person)
- LaMarca — cosponsor (person)
- Leek — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, V. — cosponsor (person)
- López, J. — cosponsor (person)
- McFarland — cosponsor (person)
- Mooney — cosponsor (person)
- Nixon — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson, F. — cosponsor (person)
- Roth — cosponsor (person)
- Skidmore — cosponsor (person)
- Stevenson — cosponsor (person)
- Tant — cosponsor (person)
- Waldron — cosponsor (person)
- Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Woodson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-05** Filed `filing`
- **2023-01-17** Referred to Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17** Referred to Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17** Now in Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee
- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2023-03-14** Added to Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-16** Favorable with CS by Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** Reported out of Healthcare Regulation 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** Referred to Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-17** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-17** Now in Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2023-03-20** Added to Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-22** Favorable with CS by Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-23** Reported out of Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2023-03-23** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-03-23** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-24** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-24** Now in Health & Human Services Committee
- **2023-03-24** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
- **2023-03-28** Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda
- **2023-03-30** Favorable by Health & Human Services Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee
- **2023-03-30** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2023-03-30** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-10** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/13/2023)
- **2023-04-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-13** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-13** CS passed; YEAS 105, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-13** In Messages
- **2023-04-14** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-17** Received `enrolled`
- **2023-05-03** Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy `withdrawal`
- **2023-05-03** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-05-03** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 246
- **2023-05-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-03** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-05-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-04** CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-05-04** In Messages
- **2023-05-04** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-06-12** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-22** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-22** Chapter No. 2023-277

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b4586315-02b6-4bff-8fdc-977d61e616e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).