---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance Overpayment Claims Submitted to Psychologists"
description: "Insurance Overpayment Claims Submitted to Psychologists; Requiring that insurance overpayment claims submitted to psychologists be submitted within a specified timeframe, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 944"
citation: "Florida SB 944 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2025-45"
primary_sponsors: ["Davis"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-20"
last_action: "2025-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/024a06c8-5fac-428d-a450-e6856c126a76"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/944/ByCategory"
source_hash: "9c7fdbcbb7dd4d5b1b6b998cbb9f96fb8573add821ec671c7e228295aeccbc0e"
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 944 (2025) — Insurance Overpayment Claims Submitted to Psychologists

Insurance Overpayment Claims Submitted to Psychologists; Requiring that insurance overpayment claims submitted to psychologists be submitted within a specified timeframe, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2025-45.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 944 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/944/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 944 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/944/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 944 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/944/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Favorable — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Banking and Insurance — primary (organization)
- Davis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-20** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-28** Referred to Banking and Insurance; Health Policy; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04** Introduced `introduction`
- **2025-03-05** On Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 03/10/25, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
- **2025-03-10** CS by Banking and Insurance; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
- **2025-03-12** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2025-03-12** Now in Health Policy
- **2025-03-12** CS by Banking and Insurance read 1st time
- **2025-03-13** On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 03/18/25, 3:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
- **2025-03-18** Favorable by Health Policy; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-19** Now in Rules
- **2025-03-21** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 03/26/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2025-03-26** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 24 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-26** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2025-04-01** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/03/25
- **2025-04-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-03** CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-03** Immediately certified
- **2025-04-03** In Messages
- **2025-04-28** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2025-04-28** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/29/2025)
- **2025-04-28** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2025-04-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-29** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-29** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2025-04-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-29** CS passed; YEAS 115, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-29** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-20** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-21** Chapter No. 2025-45

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/024a06c8-5fac-428d-a450-e6856c126a76`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).