republic-os/legislation/us/states/fl/2023/hb-959.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dosage Form Animal Health Products"
description: "Dosage Form Animal Health Products; Provides exception from guaranteed analysis requirements for products sold solely as dosage form animal products; provides labeling requirements for dosage form animal products."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 959"
citation: "Florida HB 959 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["industry"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-185"
primary_sponsors: ["Tuck"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 46
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-20"
last_action: "2023-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94ddb3db-b5a1-41d2-bfa1-ac0acf4f6f42"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/959/ByCategory"
source_hash: "42191d74a265878e725e2650072047d4ed8b59b1959e412abf49a9ec19cbcba4"
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 959 (2023) — Dosage Form Animal Health Products

Dosage Form Animal Health Products; Provides exception from guaranteed analysis requirements for products sold solely as dosage form animal products; provides labeling requirements for dosage form animal products.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-185.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **H 959 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/959/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 959 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/959/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 959 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/959/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee) — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Commerce Committee) — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **109–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee) — **15–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Tuck — primary (person)
- López, J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-02-20** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-28** Referred to Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** Referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** Now in Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee
- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2023-03-24** Added to Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-29** Favorable with CS by Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Reported out of Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee
- **2023-03-30** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-03-30** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-30** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2023-03-31** Referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-31** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-31** Now in Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2023-04-10** Added to Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-04-12** Favorable by Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-12** Reported out of Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2023-04-12** Now in Commerce Committee
- **2023-04-13** Added to Commerce Committee agenda
- **2023-04-18** Favorable by Commerce Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-18** Reported out of Commerce Committee
- **2023-04-18** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2023-04-18** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-20** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/25/2023)
- **2023-04-25** Temporarily postponed, on 2nd Reading
- **2023-04-25** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-25** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/28/2023)
- **2023-04-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-28** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-28** CS passed; YEAS 109, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-28** In Messages
- **2023-04-28** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-28** 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 1056
- **2023-05-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-02** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-05-02** In Messages
- **2023-05-02** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-23** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-02** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-02** Chapter No. 2023-185

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/94ddb3db-b5a1-41d2-bfa1-ac0acf4f6f42`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).