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| Bill | Physician Assistants | Physician Assistants; Revising legislative intent; defining and redefining terms; revising a limitation on the number of physician assistants a physician may supervise at one time; deleting a requirement that a physician assistant inform his or her patients that they have the right to see a physician before the physician assistant prescribes or dispenses a prescription; authorizing physician assistants to procure drugs and medical devices; revising requirements for a certain formulary; authorizing physician assistants to authenticate documents that may be authenticated by a physician, etc. | us/states/fl | Florida Legislature | 2021 | HB 431 | Florida HB 431 (2021) |
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enacted | 2021-204 | 6 | 52 | 5 | 2021-01-26 | 2021-07-06 | openstates | ocd-bill/9a3fde73-5a5e-4827-8f34-139a9ad29345 | https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/431/ByCategory | ef9cea5c35b5e49d551b8f286a5acb7c93accdf02542422a761c4e954cb9f287 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Florida HB 431 (2021) — Physician Assistants
Physician Assistants; Revising legislative intent; defining and redefining terms; revising a limitation on the number of physician assistants a physician may supervise at one time; deleting a requirement that a physician assistant inform his or her patients that they have the right to see a physician before the physician assistant prescribes or dispenses a prescription; authorizing physician assistants to procure drugs and medical devices; revising requirements for a certain formulary; authorizing physician assistants to authenticate documents that may be authenticated by a physician, etc.
Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-204.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- H 431 Filed (filed) — source
- H 431 c1 (committee substitute) — source
- H 431 c2 (committee substitute) — source
- H 431 e1 (engrossed) — source
- H 431 e2 (engrossed) — source
- H 431 er (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Health & Human Services Committee) — 15–3 (pass) · lower
- Passage — 111–1 (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — 106–5 (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — 38–2 (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Professions & Public Health Subcommittee) — 17–1 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Health and Human Services Committee — primary (organization)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2021-01-26 Filed
filing - 2021-02-08 Referred to Professions & Public Health Subcommittee
referral-committee - 2021-02-08 Referred to Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee
referral-committee - 2021-02-08 Referred to Health & Human Services Committee
referral-committee - 2021-02-08 Now in Professions & Public Health Subcommittee
- 2021-03-02 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- 2021-03-19 PCS added to Professions & Public Health Subcommittee agenda
- 2021-03-23 Favorable with CS by Professions & Public Health Subcommittee
- 2021-03-25 Reported out of Professions & Public Health Subcommittee
- 2021-03-25 Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- 2021-03-25 CS Filed
- 2021-03-25 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- 2021-03-29 Original reference removed: Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee
- 2021-03-29 Referred to Health & Human Services Committee
referral-committee - 2021-03-29 Now in Health & Human Services Committee
- 2021-04-02 Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda
- 2021-04-06 Favorable with CS by Health & Human Services Committee
- 2021-04-07 Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee
- 2021-04-07 Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- 2021-04-07 CS Filed
- 2021-04-07 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
- 2021-04-08 Bill referred to House Calendar
- 2021-04-08 Added to Second Reading Calendar
- 2021-04-08 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/13/2021)
- 2021-04-09 Amendment 725777 filed
- 2021-04-13 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2021-04-13 Amendment 725777 adopted
- 2021-04-13 Placed on 3rd reading
- 2021-04-13 Added to Third Reading Calendar
- 2021-04-14 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2021-04-14 CS passed as amended; YEAS 106, NAYS 5
passage - 2021-04-15 Message sent to senate
- 2021-04-15 In Messages
- 2021-04-19 Referred to Appropriations
referral-committee - 2021-04-20 Received
- 2021-04-26 Withdrawn from Appropriations
withdrawal - 2021-04-26 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- 2021-04-26 Substituted for CS/CS/SB 894
- 2021-04-26 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2021-04-26 Amendment(s) adopted (869082)
- 2021-04-26 Placed on 3rd reading
- 2021-04-27 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2021-04-27 CS passed as amended; YEAS 38 NAYS 2
passage - 2021-04-27 In Messages
- 2021-04-29 Added to Senate Message List
- 2021-04-29 CS passed as amended; YEAS 111, NAYS 1
passage - 2021-04-29 Amendment 869082 Concur
- 2021-04-29 Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
- 2021-04-29 Message sent to senate
- 2021-06-18 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- 2021-06-29 Approved by Governor
executive-signature - 2021-07-06 Chapter No. 2021-204
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9a3fde73-5a5e-4827-8f34-139a9ad29345. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).