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Bill	Substance Abuse Services	Substance Abuse Services; Requiring, rather than authorizing, an exemption from disqualification from employment for certain substance abuse service provider personnel under certain circumstances; providing that certain persons may be granted such exemption without a waiting period under certain circumstances; removing the authority of the Department of Children and Families to grant exemptions from disqualification under ch. 397, F.S., under certain circumstances; providing criminal penalties for violations relating to recovery residence patient referrals, etc.	us/states/fl	Florida Legislature	2020	SB 1120	Florida SB 1120 (2020)	bill	(vetoed)	enacted	2020-38	Harrell	5	36	6	2019-12-04	2020-06-19	openstates	ocd-bill/06bc844a-ec4a-44f2-8639-c2af8e2be530	http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1120/ByCategory	0fb3b43be5f2d4bcb58586334ba3d3739f3aacdcfb892b419c1317ae913855bf	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-fl

Florida SB 1120 (2020) — Substance Abuse Services

Substance Abuse Services; Requiring, rather than authorizing, an exemption from disqualification from employment for certain substance abuse service provider personnel under certain circumstances; providing that certain persons may be granted such exemption without a waiting period under certain circumstances; removing the authority of the Department of Children and Families to grant exemptions from disqualification under ch. 397, F.S., under certain circumstances; providing criminal penalties for violations relating to recovery residence patient referrals, etc.

Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2020-38.

Version chain

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

1. S 1120 Filed (filed) — source
2. S 1120 c1 (committee substitute) — source
3. S 1120 c2 (committee substitute) — source
4. S 1120 e1 (engrossed) — source
5. S 1120 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Favorable with Committee Substitute — 18–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage, Third Reading — 117–0 (pass) · lower
• Favorable with Committee Substitute — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Favorable with Committee Substitute — 10–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Returning Messages — 38–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Harrell — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-12-04 Filed filing
• 2019-12-13 Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations referral-committee
• 2020-01-14 Introduced introduction
• 2020-01-23 On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 01/28/20, 4:00 pm, 301 Senate Building
• 2020-01-28 CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 6 NAYS 0
• 2020-01-29 Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• 2020-01-29 CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs read 1st time
• 2020-01-31 Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services
• 2020-02-13 On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, 02/18/20, 4:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
• 2020-02-18 Subcommittee Recommendation: CS/CS by Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 10 NAYS 0
• 2020-02-20 Now in Appropriations
• 2020-02-24 On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 02/27/20, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
• 2020-02-27 CS/CS by- Appropriations; YEAS 18 NAYS 0
• 2020-02-28 Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• 2020-03-02 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• 2020-03-02 CS/CS by Appropriations read 1st time
• 2020-03-05 Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/09/20
• 2020-03-09 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2020-03-09 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2020-03-09 CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 passage
• 2020-03-09 In Messages
• 2020-03-09 Referred to Calendar referral-committee
• 2020-03-09 Received
• 2020-03-10 Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/10/20
• 2020-03-10 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2020-03-10 Amendment(s) adopted (162269, 780023) -HJ 1051, 1052
• 2020-03-10 Placed on 3rd reading
• 2020-03-11 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2020-03-11 CS passed as amended; YEAS 117 NAYS 0 passage
• 2020-03-11 In returning messages
• 2020-03-13 Concurred in 2 amendment(s) (162269, 780023)
• 2020-03-13 CS passed as amended; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 passage
• 2020-03-13 Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
• 2020-06-03 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
• 2020-06-18 Approved by Governor executive-signature
• 2020-06-19 Chapter No. 2020-38

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/06bc844a-ec4a-44f2-8639-c2af8e2be530. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).