---
type: "Bill"
title: "Veterinary Prescription Disclosure"
description: "Veterinary Prescription Disclosure; Requires veterinarian to inform client of right to receive written prescription or option to have prescription filled at veterinary establishment; specifies certain transmission methods for \"written prescriptions\"; requires disclosure to include acknowledgement signed by client; requires acknowledgement to include certain information; prohibits certain statements, notifications, warnings, or assumptions; requires posting of certain information; provides requirements therefor; provides exceptions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 89"
citation: "Florida HB 89 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2026-77"
primary_sponsors: ["Brackett"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 41
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-10-06"
last_action: "2026-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/11af0aa9-8c0a-4792-9e80-bfeb743a37a8"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/89/ByCategory"
source_hash: "9c331d3177b38e48a33a352550ee9a559299205f9382fe02041ed6377341a02f"
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 89 (2026) — Veterinary Prescription Disclosure

Veterinary Prescription Disclosure; Requires veterinarian to inform client of right to receive written prescription or option to have prescription filled at veterinary establishment; specifies certain transmission methods for "written prescriptions"; requires disclosure to include acknowledgement signed by client; requires acknowledgement to include certain information; prohibits certain statements, notifications, warnings, or assumptions; requires posting of certain information; provides requirements therefor; provides exceptions.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-77.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 89 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/89/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 89 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/89/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 89 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/89/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 89 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/89/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brackett — primary (person)
- Commerce Committee — primary (organization)
- Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Daniels — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-10-06** Filed `filing`
- **2025-10-14** Referred to Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-10-14** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-10-14** Now in Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
- **2025-11-10** Added to Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee agenda
- **2025-11-18** Favorable with CS by Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-11-19** Reported out of Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
- **2025-11-19** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2025-11-19** CS Filed `filing`
- **2025-11-20** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-11-20** Now in Commerce Committee
- **2025-12-04** Added to Commerce Committee agenda
- **2025-12-11** Favorable with CS by Commerce Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-12-15** Reported out of Commerce Committee
- **2025-12-15** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2025-12-15** CS Filed `filing`
- **2025-12-18** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2026-01-13** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2026-01-13** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2026-01-13** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
- **2026-01-13** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-05** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/11/2026)
- **2026-02-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-11** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-11** CS passed; YEAS 114, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-02-12** In Messages
- **2026-02-12** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-18** Received `enrolled`
- **2026-02-19** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2026-02-19** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2026-02-19** Substituted for SB 1050
- **2026-02-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-19** CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-02-19** Immediately certified
- **2026-02-19** In Messages
- **2026-02-19** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-05-11** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-12** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-13** Chapter No. 2026-77

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/11af0aa9-8c0a-4792-9e80-bfeb743a37a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).