---
type: "Bill"
title: "Treatments for Sex Reassignment"
description: "Treatments for Sex Reassignment; Granting courts of this state temporary emergency jurisdiction over a child present in this state if the child has been subjected to or is threatened with being subjected to sex-reassignment prescriptions or procedures; providing that, for purposes of warrants to take physical custody of a child in certain child custody enforcement proceedings, serious physical harm to the child includes, but is not limited to, being subjected to sex-reassignment prescriptions or procedures; prohibiting certain public entities from expending state funds for the provision of sex-reassignment prescriptions or procedures; prohibiting sex-reassignment prescriptions and procedures for patients younger than 18 years of age; requiring the department to immediately suspend the license of a health care practitioner who is arrested for committing or attempting, soliciting, or conspiring to commit specified violations related to sex-reassignment prescriptions or procedures for a patient younger than 18 years of age, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 254"
citation: "Florida SB 254 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["torts"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-90"
primary_sponsors: ["Health Policy", "Yarborough"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 61
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2023-03-03"
last_action: "2023-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b85293f1-8ef3-4f9f-aa41-22c29eae805d"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/254/ByCategory"
source_hash: "ebe6fdae872c0a03f2e62883010673c5d9f6f43773d5d7a10cd30e30f73c6189"
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 254 (2023) — Treatments for Sex Reassignment

Treatments for Sex Reassignment; Granting courts of this state temporary emergency jurisdiction over a child present in this state if the child has been subjected to or is threatened with being subjected to sex-reassignment prescriptions or procedures; providing that, for purposes of warrants to take physical custody of a child in certain child custody enforcement proceedings, serious physical harm to the child includes, but is not limited to, being subjected to sex-reassignment prescriptions or procedures; prohibiting certain public entities from expending state funds for the provision of sex-reassignment prescriptions or procedures; prohibiting sex-reassignment prescriptions and procedures for patients younger than 18 years of age; requiring the department to immediately suspend the license of a health care practitioner who is arrested for committing or attempting, soliciting, or conspiring to commit specified violations related to sex-reassignment prescriptions or procedures for a patient younger than 18 years of age, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-90.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 254 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/254/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 254 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/254/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 254 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/254/BillText/e1/HTML)
4. **S 254 e2** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/254/BillText/e2/HTML)
5. **S 254 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/254/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **27–12** (pass) · upper
- AA - 389103, Adoption, Second Reading — **31–82** (fail) · lower
- Returning Messages — **26–13** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **83–28** (pass) · lower
- Favorable — **13–6** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **82–31** (pass) · lower
- AA - 633677, Adoption, Second Reading — **32–82** (fail) · lower
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **8–3** (pass) · upper
- AA - 608559, Adoption, Second Reading — **28–82** (fail) · lower
- AA - 531629, Adoption, Second Reading — **27–81** (fail) · lower
- AA - 829593, Adoption, Second Reading — **28–82** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Health Policy — primary (person)
- Yarborough — primary (person)
- Broxson — cosponsor (person)
- Perry — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-03** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-06** Referred to Health Policy; Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-03-08** On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 03/13/23, 3:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
- **2023-03-13** CS by Health Policy; YEAS 8 NAYS 3
- **2023-03-14** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2023-03-14** CS by Health Policy read 1st time
- **2023-03-15** Now in Fiscal Policy
- **2023-03-20** On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 03/23/23, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2023-03-23** Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 13 NAYS 6 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-23** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-03-27** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/30/23
- **2023-03-30** Retained on Calendar
- **2023-03-30** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/03/23
- **2023-04-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-03** Amendment(s) adopted (218794, 450510, 654418, 756102)
- **2023-04-03** Amendment(s) failed (299002, 442004, 616390, 712462, 818468)
- **2023-04-03** Ordered engrossed
- **2023-04-03** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-04** CS passed as amended; YEAS 27 NAYS 12 `passage`
- **2023-04-04** Immediately certified
- **2023-04-05** In Messages
- **2023-04-13** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2023-04-13** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/18/2023)
- **2023-04-13** 1st Reading (Engrossed 1) `reading-1`
- **2023-04-18** Substituted for CS/CS/HB 1421
- **2023-04-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-18** Amendment 311545 temporarily postponed
- **2023-04-18** Amendment 289149 Failed
- **2023-04-18** Amendment 531629 Failed
- **2023-04-18** Amendment 117705 Failed
- **2023-04-18** Amendment 374289 Failed
- **2023-04-18** Amendment 388571 Failed
- **2023-04-18** Amendment 389103 Failed
- **2023-04-18** Amendment 633677 Failed
- **2023-04-18** Amendment 916215 Failed
- **2023-04-18** Amendment 088875 Failed
- **2023-04-18** Amendment 608559 Failed
- **2023-04-18** Amendment 386565 Failed
- **2023-04-18** Amendment 172969 Failed
- **2023-04-18** Amendment 829593 Failed
- **2023-04-18** Amendment 063349 Failed
- **2023-04-18** Amendment 256341 adopted
- **2023-04-18** Amendment 984929 ruled out of order
- **2023-04-18** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-18** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-19** CS passed as amended; YEAS 82, NAYS 31 `passage`
- **2023-04-19** In returning messages
- **2023-05-04** Amendment(s) to House amendment(s) adopted (738500)
- **2023-05-04** Concurred in House amendment(s) as amended (256341)
- **2023-05-04** CS passed as amended; YEAS 26 NAYS 13 `passage`
- **2023-05-04** In Messages
- **2023-05-04** Added to Senate Message List
- **2023-05-04** Amendment 738500 Concur
- **2023-05-04** CS passed as amended; YEAS 83, NAYS 28 `passage`
- **2023-05-04** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-17** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-18** Chapter No. 2023-90

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b85293f1-8ef3-4f9f-aa41-22c29eae805d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).