---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dental Services for Veterans"
description: "Dental Services for Veterans; Establishes Veterans Dental Care Grant Program within DVA; specifies purpose of program; requires DVA to contract with direct-support organization to administer program; provides program funding is subject to legislative appropriation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 635"
citation: "Florida HB 635 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["veterans"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-164"
primary_sponsors: ["Maney"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 44
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-07"
last_action: "2023-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/788418ea-03a9-4d16-8f4b-21dd5745ee89"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/635/ByCategory"
source_hash: "e69aed14a75b3ef51b70044c320e02fe2aaefc52dafd57aeb6b341fd76cad873"
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 635 (2023) — Dental Services for Veterans

Dental Services for Veterans; Establishes Veterans Dental Care Grant Program within DVA; specifies purpose of program; requires DVA to contract with direct-support organization to administer program; provides program funding is subject to legislative appropriation.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-164.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 635 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/635/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 635 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/635/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 635 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/635/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee) — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (State Affairs Committee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee) — **15–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Maney — primary (person)
- Altman — cosponsor (person)
- Amesty — cosponsor (person)
- Baker — cosponsor (person)
- Bankson — cosponsor (person)
- Bartleman — cosponsor (person)
- Basabe — cosponsor (person)
- Benjamin — cosponsor (person)
- Cassel — cosponsor (person)
- Chaney — cosponsor (person)
- Daniels — cosponsor (person)
- Driskell — cosponsor (person)
- Dunkley — cosponsor (person)
- Eskamani — cosponsor (person)
- Gantt — cosponsor (person)
- Griffitts — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Holcomb — cosponsor (person)
- Hunschofsky — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph — cosponsor (person)
- Killebrew — cosponsor (person)
- Leek — cosponsor (person)
- Maggard — cosponsor (person)
- Melo — cosponsor (person)
- Michael — cosponsor (person)
- Mooney — cosponsor (person)
- Plakon — cosponsor (person)
- Porras — cosponsor (person)
- Rizo — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson, F. — cosponsor (person)
- Roth — cosponsor (person)
- Salzman — cosponsor (person)
- Tant — cosponsor (person)
- Waldron — cosponsor (person)
- Woodson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-07** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-14** Referred to Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Referred to Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Now in Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee
- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2023-03-16** Added to Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-20** Favorable with CS by Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-20** Reported out of Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee
- **2023-03-20** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-03-20** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-20** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2023-03-21** Referred to Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** Now in Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2023-03-27** Added to Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-29** Favorable by Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29** Reported out of Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2023-03-29** 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
- **2023-04-20** 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 116, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-26** In Messages
- **2023-04-26** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26** Received `enrolled`
- **2023-05-02** Withdrawn from Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2023-05-02** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-05-02** Substituted for CS/SB 366
- **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`
- **2023-05-22** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-26** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-26** Chapter No. 2023-164

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/788418ea-03a9-4d16-8f4b-21dd5745ee89`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).