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type: "Bill"
title: "Vaccinations During Public Health Emergencies"
description: "Vaccinations During Public Health Emergencies; Removes authority of State Health Officer to order vaccination of individuals upon declaration of public health emergency; revises requirement that DOH adopt certain rules."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021B"
identifier: "HB 7B"
citation: "Florida HB 7B (2021B)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["public health"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-275"
primary_sponsors: ["Andrade"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 28
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-11-08"
last_action: "2021-11-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f18d55a8-554d-4d31-b8f2-87e5a8b2756c"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021B/7B/ByCategory"
source_hash: "a3aa49aa1aa34686a06c431b7c1a61e113db8c9b7de110734925768278c7ff82"
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 HB 7B (2021B) — Vaccinations During Public Health Emergencies
Vaccinations During Public Health Emergencies; Removes authority of State Health Officer to order vaccination of individuals upon declaration of public health emergency; revises requirement that DOH adopt certain rules.
**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-275.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **H 7B Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021B/7B/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 7B er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021B/7B/BillText/er/PDF)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **2313** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Health & Human Services Committee) — **137** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **8234** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Andrade — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-11-08** Filed `filing`
- **2021-11-08** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-11-08** Now in Health & Human Services Committee
- **2021-11-15** Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda
- **2021-11-15** Favorable by Health & Human Services Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-11-15** Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee
- **2021-11-15** Bill released to Rules Committee
- **2021-11-15** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (11/16/2021)
- **2021-11-15** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2021-11-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-11-16** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2021-11-16** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2021-11-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-11-17** Passed; YEAS 82, NAYS 34 `passage`
- **2021-11-17** In Messages
- **2021-11-17** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-11-17** Withdrawn from Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2021-11-17** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2021-11-17** Received
- **2021-11-17** Substituted for SB 8-B
- **2021-11-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-11-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-11-17** Passed; YEAS 23 NAYS 13 `passage`
- **2021-11-17** In Messages
- **2021-11-17** Ordered enrolled
- **2021-11-17** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2021-11-18** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-11-19** Chapter No. 2021-275
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f18d55a8-554d-4d31-b8f2-87e5a8b2756c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).