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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Dental Services for Veterans"
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description: "Dental Services for Veterans; Establishes Veterans Dental Care Grant Program within DVA; specifies purpose of program; requires DVA to contract with direct-support organization to administer program; provides program funding is subject to legislative appropriation."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
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legislature: "Florida Legislature"
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session: "2023"
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identifier: "HB 635"
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citation: "Florida HB 635 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["veterans"]
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2023-164"
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primary_sponsors: ["Maney"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 44
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2023-02-07"
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last_action: "2023-05-26"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/788418ea-03a9-4d16-8f4b-21dd5745ee89"
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source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/635/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "e69aed14a75b3ef51b70044c320e02fe2aaefc52dafd57aeb6b341fd76cad873"
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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 HB 635 (2023) — Dental Services for Veterans
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Dental Services for Veterans; Establishes Veterans Dental Care Grant Program within DVA; specifies purpose of program; requires DVA to contract with direct-support organization to administer program; provides program funding is subject to legislative appropriation.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-164.
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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. **H 635 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/635/BillText/Filed/PDF)
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2. **H 635 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/635/BillText/c1/PDF)
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3. **H 635 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/635/BillText/er/PDF)
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## Votes
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- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Favorable (Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee) — **15–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passage, Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable (State Affairs Committee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee) — **15–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee — primary (organization)
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- Maney — primary (person)
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- Altman — cosponsor (person)
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- Amesty — cosponsor (person)
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- Baker — cosponsor (person)
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- Bankson — cosponsor (person)
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- Bartleman — cosponsor (person)
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- Basabe — cosponsor (person)
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- Benjamin — cosponsor (person)
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- Cassel — cosponsor (person)
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- Chaney — cosponsor (person)
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- Daniels — cosponsor (person)
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- Driskell — cosponsor (person)
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- Dunkley — cosponsor (person)
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- Eskamani — cosponsor (person)
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- Gantt — cosponsor (person)
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- Griffitts — cosponsor (person)
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- Harris — cosponsor (person)
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- Holcomb — cosponsor (person)
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- Hunschofsky — cosponsor (person)
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- Joseph — cosponsor (person)
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- Killebrew — cosponsor (person)
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- Leek — cosponsor (person)
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- Maggard — cosponsor (person)
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- Melo — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael — cosponsor (person)
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- Mooney — cosponsor (person)
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- Plakon — cosponsor (person)
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- Porras — cosponsor (person)
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- Rizo — cosponsor (person)
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- Robinson, F. — cosponsor (person)
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- Roth — cosponsor (person)
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- Salzman — cosponsor (person)
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- Tant — cosponsor (person)
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- Waldron — cosponsor (person)
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- Woodson — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-07** Filed `filing`
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- **2023-02-14** Referred to Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-14** Referred to Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-14** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-14** Now in Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee
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- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
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- **2023-03-16** Added to Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee agenda
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- **2023-03-20** Favorable with CS by Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-20** Reported out of Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee
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- **2023-03-20** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
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- **2023-03-20** CS Filed `filing`
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- **2023-03-20** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
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- **2023-03-21** Referred to Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-21** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-21** Now in Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee
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- **2023-03-27** Added to Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee agenda
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- **2023-03-29** Favorable by Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-29** Reported out of Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee
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- **2023-03-29** Now in State Affairs Committee
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- **2023-04-07** Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
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- **2023-04-11** Favorable by State Affairs Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-11** Reported out of State Affairs Committee
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- **2023-04-11** Bill released to House Calendar
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- **2023-04-11** Added to Second Reading Calendar
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- **2023-04-20** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/25/2023)
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- **2023-04-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-04-25** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
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- **2023-04-25** Added to Third Reading Calendar
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- **2023-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-04-26** CS passed; YEAS 116, NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2023-04-26** In Messages
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- **2023-04-26** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-26** Received `enrolled`
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- **2023-05-02** Withdrawn from Appropriations `withdrawal`
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- **2023-05-02** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2023-05-02** Substituted for CS/SB 366
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- **2023-05-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-05-02** CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2023-05-02** In Messages
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- **2023-05-02** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2023-05-22** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-05-26** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-26** Chapter No. 2023-164
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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/788418ea-03a9-4d16-8f4b-21dd5745ee89`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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