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| Bill | Benefits, Training, and Employment for Veterans and Their Spouses | Benefits, Training, and Employment for Veterans and Their Spouses; Requires analysis of VETS Program; revises duties of DVA & Florida Is For Veterans, Inc., to include assistance to veterans' spouses; revises purpose & duties of VETS Program to include assistance to veterans' spouses; requires Florida Is For Veterans, Inc., to assist veterans or their spouses in accessing employment & licensure in health care professions; requires DOH to waive certain fees for veterans & their spouses; requires appropriate board or DOH to expedite health care licensure applications submitted by veterans; establishes Office of Veteran Licensure Services; provides appropriations & authorizes positions. | us/states/fl | Florida Legislature | 2023 | HB 139 | Florida HB 139 (2023) |
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enacted | 2023-161 |
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4 | 54 | 6 | 2023-01-09 | 2023-05-26 | openstates | ocd-bill/ece4e52d-c215-4b95-a9bb-3cc6ee4c997b | https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/139/ByCategory | 0f1c34ec477d9930c7b885cf7099a047e249ef596a915d3a6c3d3a92bd3e5209 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Florida HB 139 (2023) — Benefits, Training, and Employment for Veterans and Their Spouses
Benefits, Training, and Employment for Veterans and Their Spouses; Requires analysis of VETS Program; revises duties of DVA & Florida Is For Veterans, Inc., to include assistance to veterans' spouses; revises purpose & duties of VETS Program to include assistance to veterans' spouses; requires Florida Is For Veterans, Inc., to assist veterans or their spouses in accessing employment & licensure in health care professions; requires DOH to waive certain fees for veterans & their spouses; requires appropriate board or DOH to expedite health care licensure applications submitted by veterans; establishes Office of Veteran Licensure Services; provides appropriations & authorizes positions.
Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-161.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- H 139 Filed (filed) — source
- H 139 c1 (committee substitute) — source
- H 139 c2 (committee substitute) — source
- H 139 er (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Favorable (Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee) — 17–0 (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Health & Human Services Committee) — 16–0 (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Appropriations Committee) — 27–0 (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — 115–0 (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee) — 16–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Appropriations Committee — primary (organization)
- Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Woodson — primary (person)
- Arrington — cosponsor (person)
- Bankson — cosponsor (person)
- Bartleman — cosponsor (person)
- Basabe — cosponsor (person)
- Benjamin — cosponsor (person)
- Chaney — cosponsor (person)
- Daniels — cosponsor (person)
- Eskamani — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Hart — cosponsor (person)
- Hunschofsky — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph — cosponsor (person)
- Killebrew — cosponsor (person)
- Leek — cosponsor (person)
- López, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Nixon — cosponsor (person)
- Roth — cosponsor (person)
- Salzman — cosponsor (person)
- Snyder — cosponsor (person)
- Trabulsy — cosponsor (person)
- Valdés — cosponsor (person)
- Williams — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2023-01-09 Filed
filing - 2023-01-17 Referred to Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee
referral-committee - 2023-01-17 Referred to Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee
referral-committee - 2023-01-17 Referred to Appropriations Committee
referral-committee - 2023-01-17 Referred to Health & Human Services Committee
referral-committee - 2023-01-17 Now in Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee
- 2023-02-16 PCS added to Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee agenda
- 2023-03-07 PCS added to Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee agenda
- 2023-03-07 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
filing, reading-1 - 2023-03-09 Favorable with CS by Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee
committee-passage-favorable - 2023-03-11 Reported out of Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee
- 2023-03-11 Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
deferral - 2023-03-11 CS Filed
filing - 2023-03-13 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
reading-1 - 2023-03-14 Referred to Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee
referral-committee - 2023-03-14 Referred to Appropriations Committee
referral-committee - 2023-03-14 Referred to Health & Human Services Committee
referral-committee - 2023-03-14 Now in Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee
- 2023-03-16 Added to Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee agenda
- 2023-03-20 Favorable by Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee
committee-passage-favorable - 2023-03-20 Reported out of Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee
- 2023-03-20 Now in Appropriations Committee
- 2023-03-24 Added to Appropriations Committee agenda
- 2023-03-28 Favorable with CS by Appropriations Committee
committee-passage-favorable - 2023-03-28 Reported out of Appropriations Committee
- 2023-03-28 Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
deferral - 2023-03-28 CS Filed
filing - 2023-03-29 Referred to Health & Human Services Committee
referral-committee - 2023-03-29 Now in Health & Human Services Committee
- 2023-03-29 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
reading-1 - 2023-04-06 Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda
- 2023-04-10 Favorable by Health & Human Services Committee
committee-passage-favorable - 2023-04-11 Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee
- 2023-04-11 Bill released to House Calendar
- 2023-04-11 Added to Second Reading Calendar
- 2023-04-13 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/20/2023)
- 2023-04-20 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2023-04-20 Added to Third Reading Calendar
- 2023-04-20 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2023-04-20 CS passed; YEAS 115, NAYS 0
passage - 2023-04-20 In Messages
- 2023-04-21 Referred to Fiscal Policy
referral-committee - 2023-04-25 Received
enrolled - 2023-05-02 Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy
withdrawal - 2023-05-02 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- 2023-05-02 Substituted for CS/SB 858
- 2023-05-02 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2023-05-02 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2023-05-02 CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0
passage - 2023-05-02 In Messages
- 2023-05-02 Ordered enrolled
enrolled - 2023-05-22 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
executive-receipt - 2023-05-26 Approved by Governor
executive-signature - 2023-05-26 Chapter No. 2023-161
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ece4e52d-c215-4b95-a9bb-3cc6ee4c997b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).