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Bill	Alzheimer's Disease	Alzheimer's Disease; Requires state agencies to provide assistance to Alzheimer's Disease Advisory Committee; creates position of Dementia Director within DOEA; requires Secretary of Elderly Affairs to appoint director; authorizes director to call upon certain agencies for assistance; provides duties & responsibilities of director; revises name of memory disorder clinic in Orange County.	us/states/fl	Florida Legislature	2020	HB 835	Florida HB 835 (2020)	bill	social welfare	enacted	2020-45	Plakon Willhite	4	34	4	2019-12-02	2020-06-19	openstates	ocd-bill/cb9cbf27-1257-4274-87ee-23d602cace81	http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/835/ByCategory	db66c2a57ae55c6f3cb9dd12f77dc554fa314cb3d08625886ec4fa06a0ccd836	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-fl

Florida HB 835 (2020) — Alzheimer's Disease

Alzheimer's Disease; Requires state agencies to provide assistance to Alzheimer's Disease Advisory Committee; creates position of Dementia Director within DOEA; requires Secretary of Elderly Affairs to appoint director; authorizes director to call upon certain agencies for assistance; provides duties & responsibilities of director; revises name of memory disorder clinic in Orange County.

Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2020-45.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. H 835 Filed (filed) — source
2. H 835 c1 (committee substitute) — source
3. H 835 e1 (engrossed) — source
4. H 835 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage, Third Reading — 118–0 (pass) · lower
• Favorable (Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee) — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Favorable (Health & Human Services Committee) — 16–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Plakon — primary (person)
• Willhite — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2019-12-02 Filed filing
• 2019-12-16 Referred to Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee; Appropriations Committee; Health and Human Services Committee referral-committee
• 2020-01-14 Introduced introduction
• 2020-01-31 PCS on Committee agenda-- Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee, 02/04/20, 3:30 pm, 12 HOB
• 2020-02-04 CS by Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee; YEAS 15 NAYS 0
• 2020-02-05 Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
• 2020-02-06 CS by Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee read 1st time
• 2020-02-06 Original reference(s) removed: Appropriations Committee
• 2020-02-06 CS referred to Health and Human Services Committee
• 2020-02-06 Now in Health and Human Services Committee
• 2020-02-14 On Committee agenda-- Health and Human Services Committee, 02/18/20, 3:00 pm, Morris Hall
• 2020-02-18 Favorable by- Health and Human Services Committee; YEAS 16 NAYS 0 committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-02-19 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-03-03 Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/06/20
• 2020-03-06 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2020-03-06 Amendment(s) adopted (065489)
• 2020-03-06 Placed on 3rd reading
• 2020-03-09 Temporarily postponed, on 3rd Reading
• 2020-03-10 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2020-03-10 CS passed as amended; YEAS 118 NAYS 0 passage
• 2020-03-10 In Messages
• 2020-03-10 Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations referral-committee
• 2020-03-10 Withdrawn from Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations withdrawal
• 2020-03-10 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• 2020-03-10 Substituted for SB 1542
• 2020-03-10 Received
• 2020-03-10 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2020-03-10 Placed on 3rd reading
• 2020-03-11 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2020-03-11 CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 passage
• 2020-03-11 Ordered enrolled
• 2020-06-03 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
• 2020-06-18 Approved by Governor executive-signature
• 2020-06-19 Chapter No. 2020-45

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cb9cbf27-1257-4274-87ee-23d602cace81. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).