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type: "Bill"
title: "Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Plan"
description: "Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Plan; Requiring the Auditor General to audit the Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Association at least once every 3 years; revising requirements for the award for compensation for claims under the plan; increasing the amount that may be awarded to the parents or legal guardians of an infant found to have sustained a birth-related neurological injury; requiring association employees to annually sign and submit a conflict-of-interest statement as a condition of employment, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 1786"
citation: "Florida SB 1786 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["torts"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-134"
primary_sponsors: ["Burgess"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 49
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-02-26"
last_action: "2021-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/38404983-c70d-4aed-b4bd-482e93cdb3a2"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1786/ByCategory"
source_hash: "4c6ae079789d9179a9242bca632fc468d965b47ca642117a4bba7dfd13233d1d"
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 1786 (2021) — Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Plan
Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Plan; Requiring the Auditor General to audit the Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Association at least once every 3 years; revising requirements for the award for compensation for claims under the plan; increasing the amount that may be awarded to the parents or legal guardians of an infant found to have sustained a birth-related neurological injury; requiring association employees to annually sign and submit a conflict-of-interest statement as a condition of employment, etc.
**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-134.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **S 1786 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1786/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 1786 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1786/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 1786 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1786/BillText/c2/HTML)
4. **S 1786 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1786/BillText/e1/HTML)
5. **S 1786 e2** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1786/BillText/e2/HTML)
6. **S 1786 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1786/BillText/er/HTML)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **400** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **1122** (pass) · lower
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **200** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **1170** (pass) · lower
- Favorable — **120** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **80** (pass) · upper
- Returning Messages — **400** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Burgess — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-26** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-04** Referred to Banking and Insurance; Health Policy; Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-03-11** On Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 03/16/21, 9:30 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2021-03-16** Favorable by Banking and Insurance; YEAS 12 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** Now in Health Policy
- **2021-03-19** On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 03/24/21, 11:30 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2021-03-24** CS by Health Policy; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
- **2021-03-25** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2021-03-25** CS by Health Policy read 1st time
- **2021-03-29** Now in Appropriations
- **2021-04-14** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/19/21, 10:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2021-04-19** CS/CS by- Appropriations; YEAS 20 NAYS 0
- **2021-04-20** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2021-04-20** CS/CS by Appropriations read 1st time
- **2021-04-21** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2021-04-21** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/22/21
- **2021-04-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-22** Amendment(s) adopted (439190)
- **2021-04-22** Ordered engrossed
- **2021-04-22** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2021-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-26** CS passed as amended; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-26** In Messages
- **2021-04-26** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2021-04-26** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/27/2021)
- **2021-04-26** 1st Reading (Engrossed 1)
- **2021-04-27** Amendment 401309 filed
- **2021-04-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-27** Amendment 401309 adopted
- **2021-04-27** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2021-04-27** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2021-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-28** CS passed as amended; YEAS 112, NAYS 2 `passage`
- **2021-04-28** Message sent to senate
- **2021-04-28** In returning messages
- **2021-04-29** Amendment(s) to House amendment(s) adopted (126068)
- **2021-04-29** Concurred in House amendment(s) as amended (401309)
- **2021-04-29** CS passed as amended; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 -SJ 901, 902 `passage`
- **2021-04-29** In Messages
- **2021-04-29** Added to Senate Message List
- **2021-04-29** Amendment 126068 Concur
- **2021-04-29** Concurred in Senate amendment(s) to House amendment(s)
- **2021-04-29** CS passed as amended; YEAS 117, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-29** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
- **2021-04-29** Message sent to senate
- **2021-06-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2021-06-21** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-23** Chapter No. 2021-134
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/38404983-c70d-4aed-b4bd-482e93cdb3a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).