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| Bill | Consent for Pelvic Examinations | Consent for Pelvic Examinations; Revising the definition of the term “pelvic examination”; revising the circumstances under which a pelvic examination may be performed without consent; providing that certain health care practitioners and students need only obtain written consent for the initial pelvic examination for certain patients under certain circumstances; requiring such written consent form to inform the patient that multiple pelvic examinations may be conducted during the course of care and treatment, etc. | us/states/fl | Florida Legislature | 2021 | SB 716 | Florida SB 716 (2021) |
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enacted | 2021-126 |
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4 | 35 | 5 | 2021-01-21 | 2021-06-23 | openstates | ocd-bill/0e18bd00-d3f2-4245-81dd-abbe7daa2b0f | https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/716/ByCategory | 19ddae4c6eec3a11a8859f811e4ce498b6f7d9b8942e38a73d885410edf9f07f | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Florida SB 716 (2021) — Consent for Pelvic Examinations
Consent for Pelvic Examinations; Revising the definition of the term “pelvic examination”; revising the circumstances under which a pelvic examination may be performed without consent; providing that certain health care practitioners and students need only obtain written consent for the initial pelvic examination for certain patients under certain circumstances; requiring such written consent form to inform the patient that multiple pelvic examinations may be conducted during the course of care and treatment, etc.
Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-126.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- S 716 Filed (filed) — source
- S 716 c1 (committee substitute) — source
- S 716 c2 (committee substitute) — source
- S 716 er (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Favorable — 17–0 (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — 9–0 (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — 116–0 (pass) · lower
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — 11–0 (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Book — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2021-01-21 Filed
filing - 2021-01-28 Referred to Health Policy; Judiciary; Rules
referral-committee - 2021-03-02 Introduced
introduction - 2021-03-12 On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 03/17/21, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- 2021-03-17 CS by Health Policy; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
- 2021-03-19 Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- 2021-03-19 Now in Judiciary
- 2021-03-23 CS by Health Policy read 1st time
- 2021-03-24 On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 03/29/21, 3:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
- 2021-03-29 CS/CS by Judiciary; YEAS 11 NAYS 0
- 2021-03-30 Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- 2021-03-31 Now in Rules
- 2021-04-01 CS/CS by Judiciary read 1st time
- 2021-04-13 On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/16/21, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- 2021-04-15 On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/20/21, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
- 2021-04-16 Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 17 NAYS 0
committee-passage-favorable - 2021-04-16 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- 2021-04-16 Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/21/21
- 2021-04-21 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2021-04-21 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2021-04-21 CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0
passage - 2021-04-21 In Messages
- 2021-04-23 Bill referred to House Calendar
- 2021-04-23 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/26/2021)
- 2021-04-23 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
- 2021-04-26 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2021-04-26 Placed on 3rd reading
- 2021-04-26 Added to Third Reading Calendar
- 2021-04-27 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2021-04-27 CS passed; YEAS 116, NAYS 0
passage - 2021-04-27 Ordered enrolled
- 2021-04-27 Message sent to senate
- 2021-06-16 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- 2021-06-21 Approved by Governor
executive-signature - 2021-06-23 Chapter No. 2021-126
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0e18bd00-d3f2-4245-81dd-abbe7daa2b0f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).