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| Bill | Genetic Counseling | Genetic Counseling; Creating the “Genetic Counseling Workforce Act”; providing licensure, licensure renewal, and continuing education requirements; requiring the Department of Health to adopt by rule continuing education requirements; prohibiting the licensing of a genetic counselor from being contingent on his or her participation in counseling that conflicts with his or her deeply held moral or religious beliefs; revising the definition of the term “health care practitioner” to include licensed genetic counselors, etc. | us/states/fl | Florida Legislature | 2021 | SB 1770 | Florida SB 1770 (2021) |
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enacted | 2021-133 |
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4 | 29 | 3 | 2021-02-26 | 2021-06-23 | openstates | ocd-bill/fd56695c-fcdd-4f11-a01c-09625b5267f4 | https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1770/ByCategory | a3adfbeeba3309bdcbb53aa4eee6169a794c6e87d752f9d87d0ba1259d827359 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Florida SB 1770 (2021) — Genetic Counseling
Genetic Counseling; Creating the “Genetic Counseling Workforce Act”; providing licensure, licensure renewal, and continuing education requirements; requiring the Department of Health to adopt by rule continuing education requirements; prohibiting the licensing of a genetic counselor from being contingent on his or her participation in counseling that conflicts with his or her deeply held moral or religious beliefs; revising the definition of the term “health care practitioner” to include licensed genetic counselors, etc.
Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-133.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- S 1770 Filed (filed) — source
- S 1770 c1 (committee substitute) — source
- S 1770 e1 (engrossed) — source
- S 1770 er (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Third Reading — 36–4 (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — 116–1 (pass) · lower
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — 9–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Jones — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2021-02-26 Filed
filing - 2021-03-04 Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations; Rules
referral-committee - 2021-03-10 Introduced
introduction - 2021-03-19 On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 03/24/21, 11:30 am, 412 Knott Building
- 2021-03-24 CS by Health Policy; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
- 2021-03-25 Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- 2021-03-25 CS by Health Policy read 1st time
- 2021-03-29 Now in Appropriations
- 2021-04-22 Withdrawn from Appropriations; Rules
withdrawal - 2021-04-22 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- 2021-04-22 Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/26/21
- 2021-04-26 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2021-04-26 Amendment(s) adopted (303892, 967780)
- 2021-04-26 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2021-04-26 CS passed as amended; YEAS 36 NAYS 4
passage - 2021-04-26 In Messages
- 2021-04-26 Bill referred to House Calendar
- 2021-04-26 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/27/2021)
- 2021-04-26 1st Reading (Engrossed 1)
- 2021-04-27 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2021-04-27 Placed on 3rd reading
- 2021-04-27 Added to Third Reading Calendar
- 2021-04-28 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2021-04-28 CS passed; YEAS 116, NAYS 1
passage - 2021-04-28 Message sent to senate
- 2021-04-28 Ordered enrolled
- 2021-06-16 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- 2021-06-21 Approved by Governor
executive-signature - 2021-06-23 Chapter No. 2021-133
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fd56695c-fcdd-4f11-a01c-09625b5267f4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).