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type: "Bill"
title: "Licensure Requirements for Osteopathic Physicians"
description: "Licensure Requirements for Osteopathic Physicians; Revising licensure requirements for persons seeking licensure or certification as an osteopathic physician, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 218"
citation: "Florida SB 218 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2020-50"
primary_sponsors: ["Harrell"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-09-04"
last_action: "2020-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e6ceabd-882c-4b3f-bd00-ce7d738dd4ea"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/218/ByCategory"
source_hash: "3823af52e0d1f5e3a0b02a2a341add45217d25d0b9433a0a2146d42cc4ead8ab"
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 SB 218 (2020) — Licensure Requirements for Osteopathic Physicians
Licensure Requirements for Osteopathic Physicians; Revising licensure requirements for persons seeking licensure or certification as an osteopathic physician, etc.
**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2020-50.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **S 218 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/218/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 218 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/218/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 218 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/218/BillText/er/HTML)
## Votes
- Passage, Third Reading — **1170** (pass) · lower
- Favorable — **150** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **390** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **90** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **200** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Harrell — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-09-04** Filed `filing`
- **2019-09-19** Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2019-10-14** On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 10/22/19, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2019-10-22** CS by Health Policy; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
- **2019-10-23** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2019-10-24** Now in Appropriations
- **2020-01-14** Introduced `introduction`
- **2020-01-14** CS by Health Policy read 1st time
- **2020-02-17** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 02/20/20, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2020-02-20** Favorable by Appropriations; YEAS 20 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-21** Now in Rules
- **2020-02-26** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 03/02/20, 12:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
- **2020-03-02** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 15 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-03** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2020-03-04** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/06/20
- **2020-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-06** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2020-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-09** CS passed; YEAS 39 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** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2020-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-11** CS passed; YEAS 117 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-11** Ordered enrolled
- **2020-06-11** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2020-06-20** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-22** Chapter No. 2020-50
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9e6ceabd-882c-4b3f-bd00-ce7d738dd4ea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).