---
type: "Bill"
title: "Youth Athletic Activities"
description: "Youth Athletic Activities; Revises requirements for athletic coaches to include certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, first aid, & use of automatic external defibrillators."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 865"
citation: "Florida HB 865 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2024-33"
primary_sponsors: ["Yeager"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 46
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-12-13"
last_action: "2024-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a6f7c15-8230-4c5e-8b4c-48e2c7312ea8"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/865/ByCategory"
source_hash: "ae208614565094a14957198f2e5c7f098336c94f74c5b742998801332aeef01e"
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 865 (2024) — Youth Athletic Activities

Youth Athletic Activities; Revises requirements for athletic coaches to include certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, first aid, & use of automatic external defibrillators.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-33.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 865 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/865/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 865 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/865/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 865 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/865/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Yeager — primary (person)
- Bell — cosponsor (person)
- Canady — cosponsor (person)
- Chaney — cosponsor (person)
- Daniels — cosponsor (person)
- Eskamani — cosponsor (person)
- Gonzalez Pittman — cosponsor (person)
- Gossett-Seidman — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph — cosponsor (person)
- Michael — cosponsor (person)
- Mooney — cosponsor (person)
- Stark — cosponsor (person)
- Trabulsy — cosponsor (person)
- Valdés — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-13** Filed `filing`
- **2023-12-27** Referred to Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-12-27** Referred to Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-12-27** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-12-27** Now in Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee
- **2024-01-09** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2024-01-22** PCS added to Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee agenda
- **2024-01-24** Favorable with CS by Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-24** Reported out of Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee
- **2024-01-24** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2024-01-24** CS Filed `filing`
- **2024-01-25** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2024-01-25** Original reference removed: Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2024-01-25** Original reference removed: Health & Human Services Committee
- **2024-01-25** Referred to PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-25** Referred to Education & Employment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-25** Now in PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2024-01-30** Added to PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee agenda
- **2024-02-01** Favorable by PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-01** Reported out of PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2024-02-01** Now in Education & Employment Committee
- **2024-02-05** Added to Education & Employment Committee agenda
- **2024-02-07** Favorable by Education & Employment Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-07** Reported out of Education & Employment Committee
- **2024-02-07** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2024-02-07** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-27** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/1/2024)
- **2024-03-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-01** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-03-01** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2024-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-04** CS passed; YEAS 112, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-04** In Messages
- **2024-03-04** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-04** Received `enrolled`
- **2024-03-05** Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy `withdrawal`
- **2024-03-05** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2024-03-05** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 830
- **2024-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-05** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-05** In Messages
- **2024-03-05** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-19** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-22** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-22** Chapter No. 2024-33

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9a6f7c15-8230-4c5e-8b4c-48e2c7312ea8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).