---
type: "Bill"
title: "Genetic Counselors Using Telehealth"
description: "Genetic Counselors Using Telehealth; Revising the definition of the term “telehealth provider” to include persons licensed as genetic counselors, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 218"
citation: "Florida SB 218 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["regulation of professions and occupations"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-132"
primary_sponsors: ["Harrell"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 30
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-18"
last_action: "2023-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/95d13e38-3a9b-4c50-8a6c-0ca4ef98d95f"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/218/ByCategory"
source_hash: "0dcd8c34ccccc189eebd18e6fb005aee45161d29da9dcb497f1e4697efd8e0d0"
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 SB 218 (2023) — Genetic Counselors Using Telehealth

Genetic Counselors Using Telehealth; Revising the definition of the term “telehealth provider” to include persons licensed as genetic counselors, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-132.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 218 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/218/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 218 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/218/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Favorable — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **18–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Harrell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-18** Filed `filing`
- **2023-01-26** Referred to Health Policy; Judiciary; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 02/20/23, 3:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
- **2023-02-20** Favorable by Health Policy; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-21** Now in Judiciary
- **2023-03-02** On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 03/07/23, 2:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
- **2023-03-07** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-03-07** Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-08** Now in Rules
- **2023-03-10** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 03/15/23, 3:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
- **2023-03-15** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 18 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-03-20** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/23/23
- **2023-03-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-23** Passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-03-23** Immediately certified
- **2023-03-24** In Messages
- **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 (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2023-04-20** Substituted for HB 117
- **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** Passed; YEAS 116, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-20** 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. 2023-132

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/95d13e38-3a9b-4c50-8a6c-0ca4ef98d95f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).