---
type: "Bill"
title: "Providers of Cardiovascular Services"
description: "Providers of Cardiovascular Services; Requires AHCA to adopt rules that allow Level I Adult Cardiovascular Services program to use certain tools & treatments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1259"
citation: "Florida HB 1259 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2024-222"
primary_sponsors: ["Andrade"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 41
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-04"
last_action: "2024-06-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b1fc6b6-9af0-4107-8d30-060a08c70337"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1259/ByCategory"
source_hash: "3b92ec346036cebd6f42f16e26ae1e52112ceddaea84511580402caddd75f8e0"
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 1259 (2024) — Providers of Cardiovascular Services

Providers of Cardiovascular Services; Requires AHCA to adopt rules that allow Level I Adult Cardiovascular Services program to use certain tools & treatments.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-222.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1259 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1259/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1259 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1259/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1259 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1259/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Andrade — primary (person)
- Select Committee on Health Innovation — primary (organization)
- Basabe — cosponsor (person)
- Chaney — cosponsor (person)
- López, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Mooney — cosponsor (person)
- Stark — cosponsor (person)
- Trabulsy — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-04** Filed `filing`
- **2024-01-09** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2024-01-13** Referred to Select Committee on Health Innovation `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-13** Referred to Constitutional Rights, Rule of Law & Government Operations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-13** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-13** Now in Select Committee on Health Innovation
- **2024-01-31** Added to Select Committee on Health Innovation agenda
- **2024-02-02** Favorable with amendment(s) by Select Committee on Health Innovation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-02** Favorable with CS by Select Committee on Health Innovation (Amended) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-02** Reported out of Select Committee on Health Innovation
- **2024-02-03** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2024-02-03** CS Filed `filing`
- **2024-02-05** Original reference removed: Constitutional Rights, Rule of Law & Government Operations Subcommittee
- **2024-02-05** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-05** Now in Health & Human Services Committee
- **2024-02-05** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2024-02-13** Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda
- **2024-02-15** Favorable by Health & Human Services Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-15** Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee
- **2024-02-15** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2024-02-15** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-22** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/27/2024)
- **2024-02-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-27** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-27** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** CS passed; YEAS 114, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-02-28** In Messages
- **2024-02-28** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28** Received `enrolled`
- **2024-03-04** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2024-03-04** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2024-03-04** Substituted for CS/SB 1612
- **2024-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-04** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-04** In Messages
- **2024-03-04** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-05-21** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-31** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-06-03** Chapter No. 2024-222

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6b1fc6b6-9af0-4107-8d30-060a08c70337`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).