---
type: "Bill"
title: "Blood Clot and Pulmonary Embolism Policy Workgroup"
description: "Blood Clot and Pulmonary Embolism Policy Workgroup; Citing this act as the “Emily Adkins Prevention Act”; requiring the Secretary of Health Care Administration, in conjunction with the State Surgeon General, to establish a blood clot and pulmonary embolism policy workgroup; requiring the secretary to submit a final report to the Governor and the Legislature by a specified date, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 612"
citation: "Florida SB 612 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["public health"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-192"
primary_sponsors: ["Health Policy", "Yarborough"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-02-09"
last_action: "2023-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b69ccfef-073a-4fec-8bff-59e9198973f1"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/612/ByCategory"
source_hash: "d30265c1067df3be84a52cc41680e70852091f52f3590ee0e85999e86b2c6900"
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 612 (2023) — Blood Clot and Pulmonary Embolism Policy Workgroup

Blood Clot and Pulmonary Embolism Policy Workgroup; Citing this act as the “Emily Adkins Prevention Act”; requiring the Secretary of Health Care Administration, in conjunction with the State Surgeon General, to establish a blood clot and pulmonary embolism policy workgroup; requiring the secretary to submit a final report to the Governor and the Legislature by a specified date, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-192.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 612 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/612/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 612 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/612/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 612 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/612/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Favorable — **16–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Co-Introduce — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Health Policy — primary (person)
- Yarborough — primary (person)
- Albritton — cosponsor (person)
- Avila — cosponsor (person)
- Baxley — cosponsor (person)
- Berman — cosponsor (person)
- Book — cosponsor (person)
- Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- Bradley — cosponsor (person)
- Brodeur — cosponsor (person)
- Broxson — cosponsor (person)
- Burgess — cosponsor (person)
- Burton — cosponsor (person)
- Calatayud — cosponsor (person)
- Collins — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- DiCeglie — cosponsor (person)
- Garcia — cosponsor (person)
- Grall — cosponsor (person)
- Gruters — cosponsor (person)
- Harrell — cosponsor (person)
- Hooper — cosponsor (person)
- Hutson — cosponsor (person)
- Ingoglia — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Mayfield — cosponsor (person)
- Osgood — cosponsor (person)
- Passidomo — cosponsor (person)
- Perry — cosponsor (person)
- Pizzo — cosponsor (person)
- Polsky — cosponsor (person)
- Powell — cosponsor (person)
- Rodriguez — cosponsor (person)
- Rouson — cosponsor (person)
- Simon — cosponsor (person)
- Stewart — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Torres — cosponsor (person)
- Trumbull — cosponsor (person)
- Wright — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-09** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-16** Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-03-22** On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 03/27/23, 3:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
- **2023-03-27** CS by Health Policy; YEAS 12 NAYS 0
- **2023-03-29** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2023-03-29** Now in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
- **2023-03-29** CS by Health Policy read 1st time
- **2023-04-06** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, 04/12/23, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2023-04-12** Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 16 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-12** Now in Fiscal Policy
- **2023-04-17** On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 04/20/23, 9:30 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2023-04-20** Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 20 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-21** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-04-24** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/27/23
- **2023-04-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-27** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-27** In Messages
- **2023-05-01** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2023-05-01** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (5/2/2023)
- **2023-05-01** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2023-05-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-02** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-05-02** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-03** CS passed; YEAS 114, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-05-03** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-23** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-05** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-06** Chapter No. 2023-192

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b69ccfef-073a-4fec-8bff-59e9198973f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).