---
type: "Bill"
title: "Practice of Veterinary Medicine"
description: "Practice of Veterinary Medicine; Exempts certain out-of-state veterinarians who provide specified services under responsible supervision of veterinarian licensed in this state from certain regulations governing veterinary medical practice; provides supervising licensed veterinarian is responsible for such services; specifies that such out-of-state veterinarians are ineligible for premises permit."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 719"
citation: "Florida HB 719 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-208"
primary_sponsors: ["Killebrew"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 34
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-10"
last_action: "2023-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c379a87c-2e7e-4d16-83b6-8f53d4c2f45c"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/719/ByCategory"
source_hash: "4b64d203004a1f7c5e4460cd9f23d999f317be425fa54f65a62aed8230cfcbde"
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 719 (2023) — Practice of Veterinary Medicine

Practice of Veterinary Medicine; Exempts certain out-of-state veterinarians who provide specified services under responsible supervision of veterinarian licensed in this state from certain regulations governing veterinary medical practice; provides supervising licensed veterinarian is responsible for such services; specifies that such out-of-state veterinarians are ineligible for premises permit.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-208.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 719 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/719/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 719 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/719/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Commerce Committee) — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee) — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **106–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Killebrew — primary (person)
- Arrington — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Leek — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-10** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-21** Referred to Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21** Now in Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee
- **2023-03-07** Added to Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2023-03-09** Favorable by Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-10** Reported out of Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee
- **2023-03-10** Now in Commerce Committee
- **2023-03-15** Added to Commerce Committee agenda
- **2023-03-17** Favorable by Commerce Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Reported out of Commerce Committee
- **2023-03-17** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2023-03-17** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2023-03-20** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/23/2023)
- **2023-03-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-23** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-23** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-03-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-24** Passed; YEAS 106, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-03-24** In Messages
- **2023-03-27** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-28** Received `enrolled`
- **2023-04-18** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2023-04-18** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-04-18** Substituted for SB 722
- **2023-04-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-18** Passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-19** In Messages
- **2023-04-19** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-06-05** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-09** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-12** Chapter No. 2023-208

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c379a87c-2e7e-4d16-83b6-8f53d4c2f45c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).