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| Bill | Protections of Medical Conscience | Protections of Medical Conscience; Providing that health care providers and health care payors have the right to opt out of participation in or payment for certain health care services on the basis of conscience-based objections; providing requirements for a health care provider’s notice and documentation of such objection; providing whistle-blower protections for health care providers and health care payors that take certain actions or disclose certain information relating to the reporting of certain violations; prohibiting boards, or the Department of Health if there is no board, from taking disciplinary action against or denying a license to an individual based solely on specified conduct, etc. | us/states/fl | Florida Legislature | 2023 | SB 1580 | Florida SB 1580 (2023) |
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enacted | 2023-57 |
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3 | 40 | 4 | 2023-03-03 | 2023-05-12 | openstates | ocd-bill/596f6a96-92a4-411d-92ba-7b1ad0baaac0 | https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1580/ByCategory | 1b64353dd11aa9d65ed53389e58237d464f5c07ccfed866e7ae69228a41e4677 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Florida SB 1580 (2023) — Protections of Medical Conscience
Protections of Medical Conscience; Providing that health care providers and health care payors have the right to opt out of participation in or payment for certain health care services on the basis of conscience-based objections; providing requirements for a health care provider’s notice and documentation of such objection; providing whistle-blower protections for health care providers and health care payors that take certain actions or disclose certain information relating to the reporting of certain violations; prohibiting boards, or the Department of Health if there is no board, from taking disciplinary action against or denying a license to an individual based solely on specified conduct, etc.
Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-57.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- S 1580 Filed (filed) — source
- S 1580 c1 (committee substitute) — source
- S 1580 er (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Passage, Third Reading — 84–34 (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — 28–11 (pass) · upper
- Favorable — 9–3 (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — 14–5 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Rules — primary (person)
- Trumbull — primary (person)
- Perry — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2023-03-03 Filed
filing - 2023-03-09 Referred to Health Policy; Rules
referral-committee - 2023-03-14 Introduced
introduction - 2023-03-30 On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 04/04/23, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
- 2023-04-04 Favorable by Health Policy; YEAS 9 NAYS 3
committee-passage-favorable - 2023-04-04 Now in Rules
- 2023-04-14 On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/19/23, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
- 2023-04-19 CS by- Rules; YEAS 14 NAYS 5
- 2023-04-21 Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- 2023-04-21 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- 2023-04-25 Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/27/23
- 2023-04-25 CS by Rules read 1st time
- 2023-04-27 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2023-04-27 Amendment(s) failed (513000, 634746, 837090)
- 2023-04-27 Placed on 3rd reading
reading-3 - 2023-04-28 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2023-04-28 CS passed; YEAS 28 NAYS 11
passage - 2023-04-28 In Messages
- 2023-04-28 Bill referred to House Calendar
- 2023-04-28 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (5/1/2023)
- 2023-04-28 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
reading-1 - 2023-05-01 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2023-05-01 Amendment 623627 Failed
- 2023-05-01 Amendment 640239 Failed
- 2023-05-01 Amendment 784701 Failed
- 2023-05-01 Amendment 178097 Failed
- 2023-05-01 Amendment 813935 Failed
- 2023-05-01 Amendment 056009 Failed
- 2023-05-01 Amendment 012605 Failed
- 2023-05-01 Amendment 129827 Failed
- 2023-05-01 Amendment 457173 Failed
- 2023-05-01 Amendment 512377 Failed
- 2023-05-01 Placed on 3rd reading
reading-3 - 2023-05-01 Added to Third Reading Calendar
- 2023-05-02 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2023-05-02 CS passed; YEAS 84, NAYS 34
passage - 2023-05-02 Ordered enrolled
enrolled - 2023-05-09 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
executive-receipt - 2023-05-11 Approved by Governor
executive-signature - 2023-05-12 Chapter No. 2023-57
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/596f6a96-92a4-411d-92ba-7b1ad0baaac0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).