--- type: "Bill" title: "Pregnancy and Parenting Support" description: "Pregnancy and Parenting Support; Citing this act as the “Heartbeat Protection Act”; requiring the Department of Health to contract for the management and delivery of parenting support services, in addition to pregnancy support services; prohibiting physicians from knowingly performing or inducing a termination of pregnancy after the gestational age of the fetus is determined to be more than 6 weeks, rather than 15 weeks, with exceptions; providing an exception if the woman obtaining the abortion is doing so because she is a victim of rape, incest, or human trafficking, subject to certain conditions; requiring that medications intended for use in a medical abortion be dispensed in person by a physician, etc." jurisdiction: "us/states/fl" legislature: "Florida Legislature" session: "2023" identifier: "SB 300" citation: "Florida SB 300 (2023)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: [] status: "enacted" chapter_law: "2023-21" primary_sponsors: ["Grall"] version_count: 3 action_count: 78 vote_count: 15 first_action: "2023-03-07" last_action: "2023-04-14" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68f50287-4944-448d-aad6-495c6b836edd" source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/300/ByCategory" source_hash: "710dd62144043e6ed5860dde815bb2e694a0eb3ba7cfe6f550ae0c434fecb87e" 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 300 (2023) — Pregnancy and Parenting Support Pregnancy and Parenting Support; Citing this act as the “Heartbeat Protection Act”; requiring the Department of Health to contract for the management and delivery of parenting support services, in addition to pregnancy support services; prohibiting physicians from knowingly performing or inducing a termination of pregnancy after the gestational age of the fetus is determined to be more than 6 weeks, rather than 15 weeks, with exceptions; providing an exception if the woman obtaining the abortion is doing so because she is a victim of rape, incest, or human trafficking, subject to certain conditions; requiring that medications intended for use in a medical abortion be dispensed in person by a physician, etc. **Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-21. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **S 300 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/300/BillText/Filed/HTML) 2. **S 300 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/300/BillText/e1/HTML) 3. **S 300 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/300/BillText/er/HTML) ## Votes - A - 970730, Amendment, Second Reading — **12–28** (fail) · upper - A - 833920, Amendment, Second Reading — **12–28** (fail) · upper - A - 286229, Adoption, Second Reading — **33–80** (fail) · lower - Favorable — **12–7** (pass) · upper - A - 212971, Adoption, Second Reading — **35–77** (fail) · lower - A - 025301, Adoption, Second Reading — **34–79** (fail) · lower - A - 317486, Amendment, Second Reading — **28–12** (pass) · upper - A - 271985, Adoption, Second Reading — **33–80** (fail) · lower - Passage, Third Reading — **70–40** (pass) · lower - A - 708245, Adoption, Second Reading — **33–80** (fail) · lower - Third Reading — **26–13** (pass) · upper - A - 441279, Adoption, Second Reading — **33–80** (fail) · lower - A - 935677, Adoption, Second Reading — **34–79** (fail) · lower - Favorable — **7–4** (pass) · upper - A - 440331, Adoption, Second Reading — **33–80** (fail) · lower ## Sponsors - Grall — primary (person) - Gruters — cosponsor (person) - Yarborough — cosponsor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2023-03-07** Filed `filing` - **2023-03-09** Referred to Health Policy; Fiscal Policy `referral-committee` - **2023-03-14** Introduced `introduction` - **2023-03-15** On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 03/20/23, 3:30 pm, 412 Knott Building - **2023-03-20** Favorable by Health Policy; YEAS 7 NAYS 4 `committee-passage-favorable` - **2023-03-21** Now in Fiscal Policy - **2023-03-23** On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 03/28/23, 8:30 am, 110 Senate Building - **2023-03-28** Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 12 NAYS 7 `committee-passage-favorable` - **2023-03-28** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading - **2023-03-28** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/30/23 - **2023-03-30** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2023-03-30** Amendment(s) failed (171258, 219412, 273570, 344972, 365590, 395128, 424832, 576072, 735932, 789458, 833920, 900524, 917694, 970730) - **2023-03-30** Amendment(s) adopted (317486, 718612) - **2023-03-30** Ordered engrossed - **2023-03-30** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3` - **2023-04-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2023-04-03** Passed as amended; YEAS 26 NAYS 13 `passage` - **2023-04-05** In Messages - **2023-04-10** Bill referred to House Calendar - **2023-04-10** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/13/2023) - **2023-04-10** 1st Reading (Engrossed 1) `reading-1` - **2023-04-13** Substituted for CS/HB 7 - **2023-04-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2023-04-13** Amendment 800541 Failed - **2023-04-13** Amendment 561809 Failed - **2023-04-13** Amendment 467821 Failed - **2023-04-13** Amendment 347967 Failed - **2023-04-13** Amendment 225255 Failed - **2023-04-13** Amendment 011527 Failed - **2023-04-13** Amendment 013275 Failed - **2023-04-13** Amendment 620479 Failed - **2023-04-13** Amendment 296687 Failed - **2023-04-13** Amendment 264101 Failed - **2023-04-13** Amendment 738239 Failed - **2023-04-13** Amendment 212971 Failed - **2023-04-13** Amendment 251765 Failed - **2023-04-13** Amendment 717981 Failed - **2023-04-13** Amendment 935677 Failed - **2023-04-13** Amendment 209739 Failed - **2023-04-13** Amendment 311003 Failed - **2023-04-13** Amendment 613993 Failed - **2023-04-13** Amendment 025301 Failed - **2023-04-13** Amendment 025301 Failed - **2023-04-13** Amendment 656933 Failed - **2023-04-13** Amendment 784411 Failed - **2023-04-13** Amendment 708245 Failed - **2023-04-13** Amendment 583099 Failed - **2023-04-13** Amendment 168119 Failed - **2023-04-13** Amendment 286229 Failed - **2023-04-13** Amendment 167839 Failed - **2023-04-13** Amendment 701269 Failed - **2023-04-13** Amendment 185977 Failed - **2023-04-13** Amendment 868849 Failed - **2023-04-13** Amendment 891331 Failed - **2023-04-13** Amendment 832695 Failed - **2023-04-13** Amendment 787219 Failed - **2023-04-13** Amendment 440331 Failed - **2023-04-13** Amendment 016563 Failed - **2023-04-13** Amendment 503915 Failed - **2023-04-13** Amendment 218497 Failed - **2023-04-13** Amendment 441279 Failed - **2023-04-13** Amendment 494321 Failed - **2023-04-13** Amendment 876609 Failed - **2023-04-13** Amendment 271985 Failed - **2023-04-13** Amendment 323549 Failed - **2023-04-13** Amendment 588317 Failed - **2023-04-13** Amendment 573331 Failed - **2023-04-13** Amendment 812897 Failed - **2023-04-13** Amendment 315897 Failed - **2023-04-13** Amendment 935893 Failed - **2023-04-13** Amendment 771003 Failed - **2023-04-13** Added to Third Reading Calendar - **2023-04-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2023-04-13** Passed; YEAS 70, NAYS 40 `passage` - **2023-04-13** Ordered enrolled `enrolled` - **2023-04-13** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt` - **2023-04-13** Approved by Governor `executive-signature` - **2023-04-14** Chapter No. 2023-21 ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/68f50287-4944-448d-aad6-495c6b836edd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).