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type: "Bill"
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title: "Public Records/Protection from Discrimination Based on Health Care Choices"
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description: "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."
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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: "SB 238"
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citation: "Florida SB 238 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2023-42"
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primary_sponsors: ["Burton", "Fiscal Policy", "Health Policy"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 30
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2023-03-03"
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last_action: "2023-05-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/373cc6e5-3934-4e2d-b479-db44f9f42e8c"
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source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/238/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "03ded6c6d9a90c3f721eff1115dc16cd5bc10cd8b19953aa643f32c0fcf69a67"
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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 SB 238 (2023) — Public Records/Protection from Discrimination Based on Health Care Choices
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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.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-42.
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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. **S 238 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/238/BillText/Filed/HTML)
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2. **S 238 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/238/BillText/c1/HTML)
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3. **S 238 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/238/BillText/c2/HTML)
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4. **S 238 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/238/BillText/er/HTML)
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## Votes
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- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **11–0** (pass) · upper
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- Third Reading — **31–4** (pass) · upper
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- Passage, Third Reading — **96–19** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **14–5** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Burton — primary (person)
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- Fiscal Policy — primary (person)
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- Health Policy — primary (person)
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- Perry — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-03-03** Filed `filing`
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- **2023-03-06** Referred to Health Policy; Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-07** Introduced `introduction`
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- **2023-03-30** On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 04/04/23, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
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- **2023-04-04** CS by Health Policy; YEAS 11 NAYS 0
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- **2023-04-05** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
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- **2023-04-05** Now in Fiscal Policy
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- **2023-04-11** CS by Health Policy read 1st time
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- **2023-04-17** On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 04/20/23, 9:30 am, 412 Knott Building
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- **2023-04-20** CS/CS by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 14 NAYS 5
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- **2023-04-24** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
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- **2023-04-24** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2023-04-24** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/27/23
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- **2023-04-25** CS/CS by Fiscal Policy read 1st time
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- **2023-04-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-04-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-04-27** CS passed; YEAS 31 NAYS 4 `passage`
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- **2023-04-27** In Messages
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- **2023-05-01** Bill referred to House Calendar
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- **2023-05-01** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (5/2/2023)
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- **2023-05-01** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
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- **2023-05-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-05-02** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
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- **2023-05-02** Added to Third Reading Calendar
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- **2023-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-05-03** CS passed; YEAS 96, NAYS 19 `passage`
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- **2023-05-03** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2023-05-09** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-05-11** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-12** Chapter No. 2023-42, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 252 (Ch. 2023-43)
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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/373cc6e5-3934-4e2d-b479-db44f9f42e8c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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