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| Bill | Public Records/Protection from Discrimination Based on Health Care Choices | Public Records/Protection from Discrimination Based on Health Care Choices; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for certain information held by the Department of Legal Affairs or the Department of Health relating to complaints or investigations regarding violations of provisions protecting from discrimination based on health care choices; authorizing the disclosure of such information under certain circumstances; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity, etc. | us/states/fl | Florida Legislature | 2023 | SB 238 | Florida SB 238 (2023) |
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enacted | 2023-42 |
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4 | 30 | 4 | 2023-03-03 | 2023-05-12 | openstates | ocd-bill/373cc6e5-3934-4e2d-b479-db44f9f42e8c | https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/238/ByCategory | 03ded6c6d9a90c3f721eff1115dc16cd5bc10cd8b19953aa643f32c0fcf69a67 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Florida SB 238 (2023) — Public Records/Protection from Discrimination Based on Health Care Choices
Public Records/Protection from Discrimination Based on Health Care Choices; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for certain information held by the Department of Legal Affairs or the Department of Health relating to complaints or investigations regarding violations of provisions protecting from discrimination based on health care choices; authorizing the disclosure of such information under certain circumstances; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.
Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-42.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- S 238 Filed (filed) — source
- S 238 c1 (committee substitute) — source
- S 238 c2 (committee substitute) — source
- S 238 er (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — 11–0 (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — 31–4 (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — 96–19 (pass) · lower
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — 14–5 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Burton — primary (person)
- Fiscal Policy — primary (person)
- Health Policy — primary (person)
- Perry — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2023-03-03 Filed
filing - 2023-03-06 Referred to Health Policy; Fiscal Policy
referral-committee - 2023-03-07 Introduced
introduction - 2023-03-30 On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 04/04/23, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
- 2023-04-04 CS by Health Policy; YEAS 11 NAYS 0
- 2023-04-05 Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- 2023-04-05 Now in Fiscal Policy
- 2023-04-11 CS by Health Policy read 1st time
- 2023-04-17 On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 04/20/23, 9:30 am, 412 Knott Building
- 2023-04-20 CS/CS by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 14 NAYS 5
- 2023-04-24 Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- 2023-04-24 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- 2023-04-24 Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/27/23
- 2023-04-25 CS/CS by Fiscal Policy read 1st time
- 2023-04-27 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2023-04-27 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2023-04-27 CS passed; YEAS 31 NAYS 4
passage - 2023-04-27 In Messages
- 2023-05-01 Bill referred to House Calendar
- 2023-05-01 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (5/2/2023)
- 2023-05-01 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
reading-1 - 2023-05-02 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2023-05-02 Placed on 3rd reading
reading-3 - 2023-05-02 Added to Third Reading Calendar
- 2023-05-03 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2023-05-03 CS passed; YEAS 96, NAYS 19
passage - 2023-05-03 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. 2023-42, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 252 (Ch. 2023-43)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/373cc6e5-3934-4e2d-b479-db44f9f42e8c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).