---
type: "Bill"
title: "Lee Memorial Health System, Lee County"
description: "Lee Memorial Health System, Lee County; Provides quorum requirements for system board meetings; removes requirement that health system’s annual audit & annual budget be filed with clerk of circuit court; revises provisions relating to purchasing real property, entering into financial agreements, & managing funds; provides process by which health system may convert to nonprofit entity; removes provisions relating to execution & enforcement of liens."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 227"
citation: "Florida HB 227 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["local bills"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-326"
primary_sponsors: ["Botana"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 37
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-17"
last_action: "2023-07-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd620750-5bd1-4059-880f-ae57317af0ef"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/227/ByCategory"
source_hash: "901f8399f749077ff481d3204afb17b2dfa1f7c6a0dffd36a28e6006b7163194"
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 227 (2023) — Lee Memorial Health System, Lee County

Lee Memorial Health System, Lee County; Provides quorum requirements for system board meetings; removes requirement that health system’s annual audit & annual budget be filed with clerk of circuit court; revises provisions relating to purchasing real property, entering into financial agreements, & managing funds; provides process by which health system may convert to nonprofit entity; removes provisions relating to execution & enforcement of liens.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-326.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 227 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/227/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 227 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/227/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (State Affairs Committee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Health & Human Services Committee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Botana — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-17** Filed `filing`
- **2023-01-25** Referred to Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Now in Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee
- **2023-02-01** Added to Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-02-08** Favorable by Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-08** Reported out of Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee
- **2023-02-08** Now in Health & Human Services Committee
- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2023-03-22** Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda
- **2023-03-24** Favorable by Health & Human Services Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-24** Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee
- **2023-03-24** Now in State Affairs Committee
- **2023-04-07** Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
- **2023-04-11** Favorable by State Affairs Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-11** Reported out of State Affairs Committee
- **2023-04-11** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2023-04-11** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-24** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/27/2023)
- **2023-04-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-27** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-27** Passed; YEAS 114, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-27** In Messages
- **2023-04-27** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-27** Received `enrolled`
- **2023-05-04** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2023-05-04** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-05-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-04** Passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-05-04** In Messages
- **2023-05-04** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-06-05** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-16** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-07-07** Chapter No. 2023-326

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fd620750-5bd1-4059-880f-ae57317af0ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).