---
type: "Bill"
title: "Opioid Abatement"
description: "Opioid Abatement; Establishes Statewide Council on Opioid Abatement within DCF; provides for purpose, membership, organization & support, & duties of the council."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 783"
citation: "Florida HB 783 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["torts"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-184"
primary_sponsors: ["Caruso"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 55
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-02-13"
last_action: "2023-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/72d9663e-324f-4dba-b002-4155d3e07a6a"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/783/ByCategory"
source_hash: "ce209300b8f96cd0542afb8b125f34b6d01d2d2af7b445fa7d73ea4e89255902"
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 783 (2023) — Opioid Abatement

Opioid Abatement; Establishes Statewide Council on Opioid Abatement within DCF; provides for purpose, membership, organization & support, & duties of the council.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-184.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 783 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/783/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 783 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/783/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 783 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/783/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 783 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/783/BillText/e1/PDF)
5. **H 783 e2** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/783/BillText/e2/PDF)
6. **H 783 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/783/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Health & Human Services Committee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee) — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee) — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Caruso — primary (person)
- Health & Human Services Committee — primary (organization)
- Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Edmonds — cosponsor (person)
- Mooney — cosponsor (person)
- Roth — cosponsor (person)
- Rudman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-13** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-21** Referred to Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21** Referred to Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21** Referred to Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21** Now in Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee
- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2023-03-20** Added to Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-22** Favorable with CS by Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-22** Reported out of Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee
- **2023-03-22** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-03-22** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-23** Original reference removed: Civil Justice Subcommittee
- **2023-03-23** Referred to Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23** Now in Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2023-03-23** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **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 Health & Human Services Committee
- **2023-04-13** Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda
- **2023-04-17** Favorable with CS by Health & Human Services Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-18** Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee
- **2023-04-18** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-04-18** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-04-18** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
- **2023-04-19** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2023-04-19** 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** Amendment 423217 adopted
- **2023-04-25** Amendment 511693 adopted
- **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 as amended; YEAS 116, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-26** In Messages
- **2023-04-26** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26** Received `enrolled`
- **2023-05-02** Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy `withdrawal`
- **2023-05-02** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-05-02** Substituted for CS/SB 704
- **2023-05-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-02** Amendment(s) adopted (542946)
- **2023-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-02** CS passed as amended; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-05-02** In Messages
- **2023-05-03** Added to Senate Message List
- **2023-05-03** Amendment 542946 Concur
- **2023-05-03** CS passed as amended; YEAS 116, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-05-03** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-23** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-02** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-02** Chapter No. 2023-184

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/72d9663e-324f-4dba-b002-4155d3e07a6a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).