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type: "Bill"
title: "Nonopioid Alternatives"
description: "Nonopioid Alternatives; Revises requirement for certain health care practitioners to inform patient or patient's representative of nonopioid alternatives before prescribing or ordering an opioid drug."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 743"
citation: "Florida HB 743 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2020-24"
primary_sponsors: ["Plakon"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 31
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-11-22"
last_action: "2020-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0fc26a27-01ba-4882-8fb1-dcfb72eec729"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/743/ByCategory"
source_hash: "2aa61d9d456e8248b6a96571404c0b3df3c8cd3059588f327905985c79b0a344"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
---
# Florida HB 743 (2020) — Nonopioid Alternatives
Nonopioid Alternatives; Revises requirement for certain health care practitioners to inform patient or patient's representative of nonopioid alternatives before prescribing or ordering an opioid drug.
**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2020-24.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **H 743 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/743/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 743 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/743/BillText/er/PDF)
## Votes
- Favorable (Health Quality Subcommittee) — **140** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Health & Human Services Committee) — **160** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **1150** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **390** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee) — **110** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Plakon — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-11-22** Filed `filing`
- **2019-12-16** Referred to Health Quality Subcommittee; Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-14** Introduced `introduction`
- **2020-01-16** On Committee agenda-- Health Quality Subcommittee, 01/21/20, 10:00 am, Mashburn Hall
- **2020-01-21** Favorable by Health Quality Subcommittee; YEAS 14 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-01-21** Now in Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2020-01-24** On Committee agenda-- Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee, 01/28/20, 12:00 pm, Sumner Hall
- **2020-01-28** Favorable by Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-01-28** Now in Health and Human Services Committee
- **2020-02-04** On Committee agenda-- Health and Human Services Committee, 02/06/20, 12:00 pm, Morris Hall
- **2020-02-06** Favorable by- Health and Human Services Committee; YEAS 16 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-06** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-27** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/03/20
- **2020-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-03** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2020-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-04** Passed; YEAS 115 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-04** In Messages
- **2020-03-04** Referred to Health Policy; Judiciary; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-04** Received
- **2020-03-05** Withdrawn from Health Policy; Judiciary; Rules `withdrawal`
- **2020-03-05** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2020-03-05** Substituted for SB 1080
- **2020-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-05** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2020-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-06** Passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-06** Ordered enrolled
- **2020-05-26** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2020-06-09** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-10** Chapter No. 2020-24
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0fc26a27-01ba-4882-8fb1-dcfb72eec729`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).