---
type: "Bill"
title: "Administration of Controlled Substances by Paramedics"
description: "Administration of Controlled Substances by Paramedics; Authorizes practitioner to cause certified paramedic to administer controlled substance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 519"
citation: "Florida HB 519 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["crimes"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2025-93"
primary_sponsors: ["Bartleman", "Melo"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-11"
last_action: "2025-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4a42c3a-3d5a-4f10-8940-8283b0893cf3"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/519/ByCategory"
source_hash: "3a706db08f5a9505a98c5d321421e3c04cc575db72165cab13556aae529f8757"
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 519 (2025) — Administration of Controlled Substances by Paramedics

Administration of Controlled Substances by Paramedics; Authorizes practitioner to cause certified paramedic to administer controlled substance.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2025-93.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 519 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/519/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 519 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/519/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 519 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/519/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **108–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bartleman — primary (person)
- Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Melo — primary (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
- Cross — cosponsor (person)
- Hart — cosponsor (person)
- López, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Rizo — cosponsor (person)
- Trabulsy — cosponsor (person)
- Woodson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-11** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-19** Referred to Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19** Now in Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
- **2025-03-04** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2025-03-11** Added to Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee agenda
- **2025-03-13** Favorable with CS by Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-13** Reported out of Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
- **2025-03-13** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2025-03-13** CS Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-14** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-14** Now in Health & Human Services Committee
- **2025-03-14** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2025-03-20** Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda
- **2025-03-24** Favorable by Health & Human Services Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-24** Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee
- **2025-03-24** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2025-03-24** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2025-03-27** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/3/2025)
- **2025-04-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-03** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-03** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2025-04-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-03** CS passed; YEAS 108, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-03** In Messages
- **2025-04-07** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08** Received `enrolled`
- **2025-04-24** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2025-04-24** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2025-04-24** Substituted for CS/SB 1224
- **2025-04-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-24** CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-24** In Messages
- **2025-04-24** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-19** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-23** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-23** Chapter No. 2025-93

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b4a42c3a-3d5a-4f10-8940-8283b0893cf3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).