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type: "Bill"
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title: "Dispensing Medicinal Drugs"
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description: "Dispensing Medicinal Drugs; Authorizing certain hospitals to dispense supplies of prescribed medicinal drugs in a specified amount to emergency department patients or inpatients upon discharge under certain circumstances; authorizing a greater specified supply of medicinal drugs to be prescribed and dispensed in areas in which a state of emergency has been declared and is in effect; authorizing a prescriber to provide a patient with a prescription for medicinal drugs beyond the initial prescription period under certain circumstances, etc."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
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legislature: "Florida Legislature"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "SB 262"
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citation: "Florida SB 262 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["regulation of professions and occupations"]
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2021-121"
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primary_sponsors: ["Harrell"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 32
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2020-12-14"
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last_action: "2021-06-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c046855b-f700-4ada-a28e-4babe4f8914b"
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source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/262/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "192d4c5a2ab1cf99c45887dc21c6d9f2c20dd40b4a646bfd6cd2c79b0ead32b5"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
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---
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# Florida SB 262 (2021) — Dispensing Medicinal Drugs
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Dispensing Medicinal Drugs; Authorizing certain hospitals to dispense supplies of prescribed medicinal drugs in a specified amount to emergency department patients or inpatients upon discharge under certain circumstances; authorizing a greater specified supply of medicinal drugs to be prescribed and dispensed in areas in which a state of emergency has been declared and is in effect; authorizing a prescriber to provide a patient with a prescription for medicinal drugs beyond the initial prescription period under certain circumstances, etc.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-121.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **S 262 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/262/BillText/Filed/HTML)
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2. **S 262 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/262/BillText/c1/HTML)
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3. **S 262 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/262/BillText/er/HTML)
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## Votes
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- Passage, Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable — **18–1** (pass) · upper
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- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Favorable — **9–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Harrell — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-12-14** Filed `filing`
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- **2020-12-21** Referred to Health Policy; Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security; Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-02** Introduced `introduction`
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- **2021-03-05** On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 03/10/21, 10:30 am, 412 Knott Building
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- **2021-03-10** Favorable by Health Policy; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-10** Now in Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security
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- **2021-03-18** On Committee agenda-- Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security, 03/23/21, 3:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
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- **2021-03-23** CS by Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
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- **2021-03-24** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
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- **2021-03-25** Now in Appropriations
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- **2021-03-25** CS by Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security read 1st time
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- **2021-04-14** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/19/21, 10:00 am, 412 Knott Building
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- **2021-04-19** Favorable by- Appropriations; YEAS 18 NAYS 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-04-20** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2021-04-20** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/22/21
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- **2021-04-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2021-04-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-04-22** CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2021-04-22** In Messages
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- **2021-04-26** Bill referred to House Calendar
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- **2021-04-26** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/27/2021)
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- **2021-04-26** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
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- **2021-04-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2021-04-27** Placed on 3rd reading
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- **2021-04-27** Added to Third Reading Calendar
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- **2021-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-04-28** CS passed; YEAS 117, NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2021-04-28** Message sent to senate
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- **2021-04-28** Ordered enrolled
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- **2021-06-18** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
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- **2021-06-21** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-06-23** Chapter No. 2021-121
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c046855b-f700-4ada-a28e-4babe4f8914b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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