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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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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.

  1. S 716 Filed (filed) — source
  2. S 716 c1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. S 716 c2 (committee substitute) — source
  4. S 716 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Favorable — 170 (pass) · upper
  • Favorable with Committee Substitute — 90 (pass) · upper
  • Passage, Third Reading — 1160 (pass) · lower
  • Favorable with Committee Substitute — 110 (pass) · upper
  • Third Reading — 400 (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).