---
type: "Bill"
title: "Emergency Refills of Insulin and Insulin-related Supplies or Equipment"
description: "Emergency Refills of Insulin and Insulin-related Supplies or Equipment; Authorizes emergency refill of insulin & insulin-related supplies or equipment a specified number of times per year."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 201"
citation: "Florida HB 201 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2024-79"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "Joseph"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-10-17"
last_action: "2024-04-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/151ff6d5-3c58-4648-92da-7d26a1129357"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/201/ByCategory"
source_hash: "fe626a3aa0d0f114e689aed31c9833e8d47b4e6e4e957768fe7b42a72a7e864a"
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 201 (2024) — Emergency Refills of Insulin and Insulin-related Supplies or Equipment

Emergency Refills of Insulin and Insulin-related Supplies or Equipment; Authorizes emergency refill of insulin & insulin-related supplies or equipment a specified number of times per year.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-79.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 201 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/201/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 201 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/201/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 201 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/201/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **118–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)
- Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Joseph — primary (person)
- Barnaby — cosponsor (person)
- Bartleman — cosponsor (person)
- Basabe — cosponsor (person)
- Berfield — cosponsor (person)
- Caruso — cosponsor (person)
- Chaney — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Hunschofsky — cosponsor (person)
- Leek — cosponsor (person)
- Michael — cosponsor (person)
- Rizo — cosponsor (person)
- Salzman — cosponsor (person)
- Tant — cosponsor (person)
- Trabulsy — cosponsor (person)
- Tuck — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-10-17** Filed `filing`
- **2023-11-02** Referred to Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-11-02** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-11-02** Now in Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee
- **2023-11-29** Added to Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-12-06** Favorable with CS by Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-12-07** Reported out of Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee
- **2023-12-07** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-12-07** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-12-11** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-12-11** Now in Health & Human Services Committee
- **2024-01-09** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2024-01-09** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2024-01-11** Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda
- **2024-01-16** Favorable by Health & Human Services Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-16** Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee
- **2024-01-16** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2024-01-16** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-12** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/15/2024)
- **2024-02-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-15** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-15** CS passed; YEAS 118, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-02-15** In Messages
- **2024-02-16** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-20** Received `enrolled`
- **2024-03-05** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2024-03-05** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2024-03-05** Substituted for CS/SB 516
- **2024-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-05** CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-05** In Messages
- **2024-03-05** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-27** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-11** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-12** Chapter No. 2024-79

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/151ff6d5-3c58-4648-92da-7d26a1129357`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).