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type: "Bill"
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title: "Consent for Pelvic Examinations"
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description: "Consent for Pelvic Examinations; Revising the definition of the term “pelvic examination”; revising the circumstances under which a pelvic examination may be performed without consent; providing that certain health care practitioners and students need only obtain written consent for the initial pelvic examination for certain patients under certain circumstances; requiring such written consent form to inform the patient that multiple pelvic examinations may be conducted during the course of care and treatment, etc."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
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legislature: "Florida Legislature"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "SB 716"
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citation: "Florida SB 716 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["regulation of professions and occupations"]
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2021-126"
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primary_sponsors: ["Book"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 35
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2021-01-21"
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last_action: "2021-06-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e18bd00-d3f2-4245-81dd-abbe7daa2b0f"
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source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/716/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "19ddae4c6eec3a11a8859f811e4ce498b6f7d9b8942e38a73d885410edf9f07f"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
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---
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# Florida SB 716 (2021) — Consent for Pelvic Examinations
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Consent for Pelvic Examinations; Revising the definition of the term “pelvic examination”; revising the circumstances under which a pelvic examination may be performed without consent; providing that certain health care practitioners and students need only obtain written consent for the initial pelvic examination for certain patients under certain circumstances; requiring such written consent form to inform the patient that multiple pelvic examinations may be conducted during the course of care and treatment, etc.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-126.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **S 716 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/716/BillText/Filed/HTML)
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2. **S 716 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/716/BillText/c1/HTML)
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3. **S 716 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/716/BillText/c2/HTML)
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4. **S 716 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/716/BillText/er/HTML)
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## Votes
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- Favorable — **17–0** (pass) · upper
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- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **9–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage, Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **11–0** (pass) · upper
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- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Book — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-21** Filed `filing`
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- **2021-01-28** Referred to Health Policy; Judiciary; Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-02** Introduced `introduction`
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- **2021-03-12** On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 03/17/21, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
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- **2021-03-17** CS by Health Policy; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
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- **2021-03-19** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
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- **2021-03-19** Now in Judiciary
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- **2021-03-23** CS by Health Policy read 1st time
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- **2021-03-24** On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 03/29/21, 3:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
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- **2021-03-29** CS/CS by Judiciary; YEAS 11 NAYS 0
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- **2021-03-30** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
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- **2021-03-31** Now in Rules
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- **2021-04-01** CS/CS by Judiciary read 1st time
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- **2021-04-13** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/16/21, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
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- **2021-04-15** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/20/21, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
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- **2021-04-16** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 17 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-04-16** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2021-04-16** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/21/21
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- **2021-04-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2021-04-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-04-21** CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2021-04-21** In Messages
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- **2021-04-23** Bill referred to House Calendar
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- **2021-04-23** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/26/2021)
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- **2021-04-23** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
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- **2021-04-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2021-04-26** Placed on 3rd reading
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- **2021-04-26** Added to Third Reading Calendar
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- **2021-04-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-04-27** CS passed; YEAS 116, NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2021-04-27** Ordered enrolled
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- **2021-04-27** Message sent to senate
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- **2021-06-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
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- **2021-06-21** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-06-23** Chapter No. 2021-126
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0e18bd00-d3f2-4245-81dd-abbe7daa2b0f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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