---
type: "Bill"
title: "Veterinary Practices"
description: "Veterinary Practices; Authorizing licensed veterinarians to practice veterinary telehealth in accordance with specified criteria; specifying the powers of the Board of Veterinary Medicine related to the practice of telehealth; providing that the practice of veterinary medicine is deemed to occur under specified circumstances; specifying the drugs that a veterinarian practicing telehealth may not provide unless specified conditions are met; providing specific authorizations for cases in which the patient is a food-producing species, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 849"
citation: "Florida HB 849 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2024-260"
primary_sponsors: ["Buchanan", "Killebrew"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-12-12"
last_action: "2024-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4b654447-3d0f-4c75-973c-abf55f97a319"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/849/ByCategory"
source_hash: "9c39dc2be35102aea60f0e8d7c864ffce0b0daa0988566f79e68879c180465dd"
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 849 (2024) — Veterinary Practices

Veterinary Practices; Authorizing licensed veterinarians to practice veterinary telehealth in accordance with specified criteria; specifying the powers of the Board of Veterinary Medicine related to the practice of telehealth; providing that the practice of veterinary medicine is deemed to occur under specified circumstances; specifying the drugs that a veterinarian practicing telehealth may not provide unless specified conditions are met; providing specific authorizations for cases in which the patient is a food-producing species, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-260.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 849 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/849/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 849 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/849/BillText/e1/PDF)
3. **H 849 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/849/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Buchanan — primary (person)
- Killebrew — primary (person)
- Arrington — cosponsor (person)
- Casello — cosponsor (person)
- Cross — cosponsor (person)
- Daniels — cosponsor (person)
- Garcia — cosponsor (person)
- LaMarca — cosponsor (person)
- Massullo — cosponsor (person)
- McClain — cosponsor (person)
- Plasencia — cosponsor (person)
- Valdés — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-12** Filed `filing`
- **2023-12-27** Referred to Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-12-27** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-12-27** Now in Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee
- **2024-01-09** Added to Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee agenda
- **2024-01-09** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2024-01-11** Favorable by Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-11** Reported out of Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee
- **2024-01-11** Now in Commerce Committee
- **2024-01-19** Added to Commerce Committee agenda
- **2024-01-23** Favorable by Commerce Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-24** Reported out of Commerce Committee
- **2024-01-24** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2024-01-24** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2024-01-24** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/1/2024)
- **2024-02-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-01** Passed; YEAS 115, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-02-01** In Messages
- **2024-02-02** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06** Received `enrolled`
- **2024-03-04** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2024-03-04** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2024-03-04** Substituted for CS/CS/CS/SB 1040
- **2024-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-04** Amendment(s) adopted (171140)
- **2024-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-04** Passed as amended; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-04** In Messages
- **2024-03-06** Added to Senate Message List
- **2024-03-06** Amendment 171140 Concur
- **2024-03-06** Passed as amended; YEAS 113, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-06** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-06-07** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-21** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-06-24** Chapter No. 2024-260

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4b654447-3d0f-4c75-973c-abf55f97a319`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).