---
type: "Bill"
title: "Progressive Supranuclear Palsy and Other Neurodegenerative Diseases Policy Committee"
description: "Progressive Supranuclear Palsy and Other Neurodegenerative Diseases Policy Committee; Citing this act as the “Justo R. Cortes Progressive Supranuclear Palsy Act”; requiring the State Surgeon General to establish a progressive supranuclear palsy and other neurodegenerative diseases policy committee; requiring the Department of Health to provide staff and administrative support to the committee; providing for duties, membership, and meetings of the committee; requiring the State Surgeon General to submit a progress report and a final report by a specified date to the Governor and the Legislature, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 186"
citation: "Florida SB 186 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2024-165"
primary_sponsors: ["Brodeur", "Health Policy"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-10-11"
last_action: "2024-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/44751473-7e05-4f70-9e8b-32624e1277f8"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/186/ByCategory"
source_hash: "f4734a3ec0699565f3b36584a9c632288368f73f9755f637cfebbb4358cb17a1"
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 SB 186 (2024) — Progressive Supranuclear Palsy and Other Neurodegenerative Diseases Policy Committee

Progressive Supranuclear Palsy and Other Neurodegenerative Diseases Policy Committee; Citing this act as the “Justo R. Cortes Progressive Supranuclear Palsy Act”; requiring the State Surgeon General to establish a progressive supranuclear palsy and other neurodegenerative diseases policy committee; requiring the Department of Health to provide staff and administrative support to the committee; providing for duties, membership, and meetings of the committee; requiring the State Surgeon General to submit a progress report and a final report by a specified date to the Governor and the Legislature, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-165.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 186 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/186/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 186 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/186/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 186 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/186/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **19–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brodeur — primary (person)
- Health Policy — primary (person)
- Book — cosponsor (person)
- Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- Burgess — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Garcia — cosponsor (person)
- Hutson — cosponsor (person)
- Ingoglia — cosponsor (person)
- Pizzo — cosponsor (person)
- Rouson — cosponsor (person)
- Stewart — cosponsor (person)
- Wright — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-10-11** Filed `filing`
- **2023-11-07** Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2023-11-27** On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 12/05/23, 2:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
- **2023-12-05** CS by Health Policy; YEAS 10 NAYS 0
- **2023-12-06** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2023-12-08** Now in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
- **2024-01-08** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, 01/11/24, 1:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
- **2024-01-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2024-01-09** CS by Health Policy read 1st time
- **2024-01-11** Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 12 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-11** Now in Fiscal Policy
- **2024-01-26** On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 01/31/24, 9:00 am, 110 Senate Building
- **2024-01-31** Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 19 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-01** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2024-02-08** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/14/24
- **2024-02-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-14** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-02-14** Immediately certified
- **2024-02-14** In Messages
- **2024-03-01** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2024-03-01** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/4/2024)
- **2024-03-01** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2024-03-04** Temporarily postponed, on 2nd Reading
- **2024-03-04** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2024-03-04** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/5/2024)
- **2024-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-05** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-03-05** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2024-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-06** CS passed; YEAS 112, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-06** 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. 2024-165

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/44751473-7e05-4f70-9e8b-32624e1277f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).