---
type: "Bill"
title: "Paid Family Leave Insurance"
description: "Paid Family Leave Insurance; Authorizes life insurers to transact paid family leave insurance; provides circumstances under which paid family leave insurance may be issued & purchased under paid family leave insurance policy; provides circumstances under which family leave insurance benefits may be provided; requires that paid family leave insurance policies specify details & requirements relating to covered circumstances; specifies requirements for policies relating to benefit periods, waiting periods, benefit amounts, certain offsets, & payment of benefits; provides that eligibility for family leave insurance benefits may be limited, excluded, or reduced, but any such limitation, exclusion, or reduction must be specified in policy; provides circumstances under which limitations, exclusions, & reductions are permissible; provides applicable provisions for calculating rates; provides that paid family leave insurance forms & riders are subject to review by OIR; specifies means by which policy must offer family leave insurance benefits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 721"
citation: "Florida HB 721 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["insurance"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-149"
primary_sponsors: ["Chaney"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 45
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-10"
last_action: "2023-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6489e47b-d099-4b39-97f2-eb538b8be10d"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/721/ByCategory"
source_hash: "3e833a8c8948dcfdd3cb79f1b5cd44f917dd06407e32793effb97d12ae39c116"
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 721 (2023) — Paid Family Leave Insurance

Paid Family Leave Insurance; Authorizes life insurers to transact paid family leave insurance; provides circumstances under which paid family leave insurance may be issued & purchased under paid family leave insurance policy; provides circumstances under which family leave insurance benefits may be provided; requires that paid family leave insurance policies specify details & requirements relating to covered circumstances; specifies requirements for policies relating to benefit periods, waiting periods, benefit amounts, certain offsets, & payment of benefits; provides that eligibility for family leave insurance benefits may be limited, excluded, or reduced, but any such limitation, exclusion, or reduction must be specified in policy; provides circumstances under which limitations, exclusions, & reductions are permissible; provides applicable provisions for calculating rates; provides that paid family leave insurance forms & riders are subject to review by OIR; specifies means by which policy must offer family leave insurance benefits.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-149.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 721 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/721/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 721 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/721/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 721 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/721/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 721 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/721/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Insurance & Banking Subcommittee) — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Commerce Committee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Appropriations Committee) — **26–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chaney — primary (person)
- Commerce Committee — primary (organization)
- Insurance & Banking Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Benjamin — cosponsor (person)
- Hunschofsky — cosponsor (person)
- Leek — cosponsor (person)
- McFarland — cosponsor (person)
- Nixon — cosponsor (person)
- Woodson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-10** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-21** Referred to Insurance & Banking Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21** Referred to Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21** Now in Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2023-03-10** Added to Insurance & Banking Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-14** Favorable with CS by Insurance & Banking Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15** Reported out of Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
- **2023-03-15** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-03-15** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-16** Referred to Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16** Now in Appropriations Committee
- **2023-03-16** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2023-03-24** Added to Appropriations Committee agenda
- **2023-03-28** Favorable by Appropriations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28** Reported out of Appropriations Committee
- **2023-03-28** Now in Commerce Committee
- **2023-04-06** Added to Commerce Committee agenda
- **2023-04-11** Favorable with CS by Commerce Committee (Amended) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-13** Reported out of Commerce Committee
- **2023-04-13** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-04-13** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-04-13** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2023-04-13** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/20/2023)
- **2023-04-13** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
- **2023-04-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-20** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-20** CS passed; YEAS 115, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-20** In Messages
- **2023-04-21** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-25** Received `enrolled`
- **2023-05-01** Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy `withdrawal`
- **2023-05-01** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-05-01** Substituted for CS/SB 670
- **2023-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-01** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-05-01** In Messages
- **2023-05-01** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-25** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-26** Chapter No. 2023-149

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6489e47b-d099-4b39-97f2-eb538b8be10d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).