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type: "Bill"
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title: "Nondiscrimination in Organ Transplants"
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description: "Nondiscrimination in Organ Transplants; Prohibits certain entities from making certain determinations or engaging in certain actions related to organ transplants solely on basis of individual's disability; provides exceptions; provides cause of action for injunctive & other relief; prohibits certain insurers, nonprofit health care service plans, & HMOs that provide coverage for organ transplants from denying coverage solely on basis of individual's disability."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
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legislature: "Florida Legislature"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "HB 1179"
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citation: "Florida HB 1179 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2020-139"
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primary_sponsors: ["Fischer"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 31
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2020-01-08"
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last_action: "2020-06-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b3a28d74-0ec4-434f-a1b6-b2803243fed5"
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source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1179/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "99095bf2eeae495abaa14d8038a5d5227901248bab2bc0ef64ddbec1dbf2f752"
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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 HB 1179 (2020) — Nondiscrimination in Organ Transplants
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Nondiscrimination in Organ Transplants; Prohibits certain entities from making certain determinations or engaging in certain actions related to organ transplants solely on basis of individual's disability; provides exceptions; provides cause of action for injunctive & other relief; prohibits certain insurers, nonprofit health care service plans, & HMOs that provide coverage for organ transplants from denying coverage solely on basis of individual's disability.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2020-139.
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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. **H 1179 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1179/BillText/Filed/PDF)
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2. **H 1179 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1179/BillText/c1/PDF)
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3. **H 1179 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1179/BillText/er/PDF)
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## Votes
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- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Health Market Reform Subcommittee) — **14–0** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable (Health & Human Services Committee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passage, Third Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Fischer — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-08** Filed `filing`
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- **2020-01-13** Referred to Health Market Reform Subcommittee; Appropriations Committee; Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-14** Introduced `introduction`
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- **2020-01-24** On Committee agenda-- Health Market Reform Subcommittee, 01/28/20, 3:30 pm, Mashburn Hall
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- **2020-01-28** CS by Health Market Reform Subcommittee; YEAS 14 NAYS 0
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- **2020-01-30** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
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- **2020-01-30** CS by Health Market Reform Subcommittee read 1st time
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- **2020-02-02** Original reference(s) removed: Appropriations Committee
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- **2020-02-02** CS referred to Health and Human Services Committee
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- **2020-02-02** Now in Health and Human Services Committee
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- **2020-02-10** On Committee agenda-- Health and Human Services Committee, 02/12/20, 10:00 am, Morris Hall
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- **2020-02-12** Favorable by- Health and Human Services Committee; YEAS 18 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-02-12** Placed on Calendar
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- **2020-02-20** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/26/20
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- **2020-02-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-26** CS passed; YEAS 111 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2020-03-03** In Messages
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- **2020-03-05** Referred to Health Policy; Banking and Insurance; Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2020-03-05** Received
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- **2020-03-10** Withdrawn from Health Policy; Banking and Insurance; Appropriations `withdrawal`
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- **2020-03-10** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2020-03-10** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1556
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- **2020-03-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2020-03-10** Placed on 3rd reading
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- **2020-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2020-03-11** CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 -SJ 664, 665 `passage`
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- **2020-03-11** Ordered enrolled
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- **2020-06-17** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
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- **2020-06-29** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2020-06-30** Chapter No. 2020-139
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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/b3a28d74-0ec4-434f-a1b6-b2803243fed5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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