---
type: "Bill"
title: "Substance Abuse Treatment"
description: "Substance Abuse Treatment; Provides levels of care at certified recovery residences & their respective levels of care for residents; defines \"community housing\"; authorizes DCF to issue license for service components operated by service provider; requires certified recovery residences to remove individuals from their positions under certain circumstances; prohibits certified recovery residences from denying individual access to housing under specified circumstances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1065"
citation: "Florida HB 1065 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2024-176"
primary_sponsors: ["Caruso"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 49
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-12-30"
last_action: "2024-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/450d3f62-ec72-4ec2-850b-9929fae7af3c"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1065/ByCategory"
source_hash: "a3459323d0acb311bd8ded9e06697adf558ab9fdab331083508a3875ffa4e878"
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 1065 (2024) — Substance Abuse Treatment

Substance Abuse Treatment; Provides levels of care at certified recovery residences & their respective levels of care for residents; defines "community housing"; authorizes DCF to issue license for service components operated by service provider; requires certified recovery residences to remove individuals from their positions under certain circumstances; prohibits certified recovery residences from denying individual access to housing under specified circumstances.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-176.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1065 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1065/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1065 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1065/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1065 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1065/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 1065 c3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1065/BillText/c3/PDF)
5. **H 1065 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1065/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Caruso — primary (person)
- Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Health & Human Services Committee — primary (organization)
- Ways & Means Committee — primary (organization)
- Bartleman — cosponsor (person)
- Basabe — cosponsor (person)
- Cassel — cosponsor (person)
- Cross — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, V. — cosponsor (person)
- López, J. — cosponsor (person)
- McClain — cosponsor (person)
- Mooney — cosponsor (person)
- Plakon — cosponsor (person)
- Woodson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-30** Filed `filing`
- **2024-01-09** Referred to Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-09** Referred to Ways & Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-09** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-09** Now in Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee
- **2024-01-09** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2024-01-25** PCS added to Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee agenda
- **2024-01-29** Favorable with CS by Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-30** Reported out of Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee
- **2024-01-30** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2024-01-30** CS Filed `filing`
- **2024-01-31** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2024-01-31** Referred to Ways & Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-31** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-31** Now in Ways & Means Committee
- **2024-02-06** Added to Ways & Means Committee agenda
- **2024-02-08** Favorable with CS by Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-12** Reported out of Ways & Means Committee
- **2024-02-12** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2024-02-12** CS Filed `filing`
- **2024-02-12** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
- **2024-02-13** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-13** Now in Health & Human Services Committee
- **2024-02-20** Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda
- **2024-02-22** Favorable with CS by Health & Human Services Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-23** Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee
- **2024-02-23** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2024-02-23** CS Filed `filing`
- **2024-02-26** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2024-02-26** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/29/2024)
- **2024-02-26** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 3) `reading-1`
- **2024-02-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-29** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** CS passed; YEAS 116, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-02-29** In Messages
- **2024-02-29** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29** Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy `withdrawal`
- **2024-02-29** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2024-02-29** Substituted for CS/CS/CS/SB 1180
- **2024-02-29** Received `enrolled`
- **2024-02-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** CS passed; YEAS 35 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-02-29** In Messages
- **2024-02-29** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-04-25** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-10** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-13** Chapter No. 2024-176

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/450d3f62-ec72-4ec2-850b-9929fae7af3c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).