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| Bill | Treatments for Sex Reassignment | Treatments for Sex Reassignment; Granting courts of this state temporary emergency jurisdiction over a child present in this state if the child has been subjected to or is threatened with being subjected to sex-reassignment prescriptions or procedures; providing that, for purposes of warrants to take physical custody of a child in certain child custody enforcement proceedings, serious physical harm to the child includes, but is not limited to, being subjected to sex-reassignment prescriptions or procedures; prohibiting certain public entities from expending state funds for the provision of sex-reassignment prescriptions or procedures; prohibiting sex-reassignment prescriptions and procedures for patients younger than 18 years of age; requiring the department to immediately suspend the license of a health care practitioner who is arrested for committing or attempting, soliciting, or conspiring to commit specified violations related to sex-reassignment prescriptions or procedures for a patient younger than 18 years of age, etc. | us/states/fl | Florida Legislature | 2023 | SB 254 | Florida SB 254 (2023) |
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enacted | 2023-90 |
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Florida SB 254 (2023) — Treatments for Sex Reassignment
Treatments for Sex Reassignment; Granting courts of this state temporary emergency jurisdiction over a child present in this state if the child has been subjected to or is threatened with being subjected to sex-reassignment prescriptions or procedures; providing that, for purposes of warrants to take physical custody of a child in certain child custody enforcement proceedings, serious physical harm to the child includes, but is not limited to, being subjected to sex-reassignment prescriptions or procedures; prohibiting certain public entities from expending state funds for the provision of sex-reassignment prescriptions or procedures; prohibiting sex-reassignment prescriptions and procedures for patients younger than 18 years of age; requiring the department to immediately suspend the license of a health care practitioner who is arrested for committing or attempting, soliciting, or conspiring to commit specified violations related to sex-reassignment prescriptions or procedures for a patient younger than 18 years of age, etc.
Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-90.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- S 254 Filed (filed) — source
- S 254 c1 (committee substitute) — source
- S 254 e1 (engrossed) — source
- S 254 e2 (engrossed) — source
- S 254 er (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Third Reading — 27–12 (pass) · upper
- AA - 389103, Adoption, Second Reading — 31–82 (fail) · lower
- Returning Messages — 26–13 (pass) · upper
- Passage — 83–28 (pass) · lower
- Favorable — 13–6 (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — 82–31 (pass) · lower
- AA - 633677, Adoption, Second Reading — 32–82 (fail) · lower
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — 8–3 (pass) · upper
- AA - 608559, Adoption, Second Reading — 28–82 (fail) · lower
- AA - 531629, Adoption, Second Reading — 27–81 (fail) · lower
- AA - 829593, Adoption, Second Reading — 28–82 (fail) · lower
Sponsors
- Health Policy — primary (person)
- Yarborough — primary (person)
- Broxson — cosponsor (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 - 2023-03-08 On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 03/13/23, 3:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
- 2023-03-13 CS by Health Policy; YEAS 8 NAYS 3
- 2023-03-14 Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- 2023-03-14 CS by Health Policy read 1st time
- 2023-03-15 Now in Fiscal Policy
- 2023-03-20 On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 03/23/23, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
- 2023-03-23 Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 13 NAYS 6
committee-passage-favorable - 2023-03-23 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- 2023-03-27 Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/30/23
- 2023-03-30 Retained on Calendar
- 2023-03-30 Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/03/23
- 2023-04-03 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2023-04-03 Amendment(s) adopted (218794, 450510, 654418, 756102)
- 2023-04-03 Amendment(s) failed (299002, 442004, 616390, 712462, 818468)
- 2023-04-03 Ordered engrossed
- 2023-04-03 Placed on 3rd reading
reading-3 - 2023-04-04 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2023-04-04 CS passed as amended; YEAS 27 NAYS 12
passage - 2023-04-04 Immediately certified
- 2023-04-05 In Messages
- 2023-04-13 Bill referred to House Calendar
- 2023-04-13 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/18/2023)
- 2023-04-13 1st Reading (Engrossed 1)
reading-1 - 2023-04-18 Substituted for CS/CS/HB 1421
- 2023-04-18 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2023-04-18 Amendment 311545 temporarily postponed
- 2023-04-18 Amendment 289149 Failed
- 2023-04-18 Amendment 531629 Failed
- 2023-04-18 Amendment 117705 Failed
- 2023-04-18 Amendment 374289 Failed
- 2023-04-18 Amendment 388571 Failed
- 2023-04-18 Amendment 389103 Failed
- 2023-04-18 Amendment 633677 Failed
- 2023-04-18 Amendment 916215 Failed
- 2023-04-18 Amendment 088875 Failed
- 2023-04-18 Amendment 608559 Failed
- 2023-04-18 Amendment 386565 Failed
- 2023-04-18 Amendment 172969 Failed
- 2023-04-18 Amendment 829593 Failed
- 2023-04-18 Amendment 063349 Failed
- 2023-04-18 Amendment 256341 adopted
- 2023-04-18 Amendment 984929 ruled out of order
- 2023-04-18 Placed on 3rd reading
reading-3 - 2023-04-18 Added to Third Reading Calendar
- 2023-04-19 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2023-04-19 CS passed as amended; YEAS 82, NAYS 31
passage - 2023-04-19 In returning messages
- 2023-05-04 Amendment(s) to House amendment(s) adopted (738500)
- 2023-05-04 Concurred in House amendment(s) as amended (256341)
- 2023-05-04 CS passed as amended; YEAS 26 NAYS 13
passage - 2023-05-04 In Messages
- 2023-05-04 Added to Senate Message List
- 2023-05-04 Amendment 738500 Concur
- 2023-05-04 CS passed as amended; YEAS 83, NAYS 28
passage - 2023-05-04 Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
enrolled - 2023-05-16 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
executive-receipt - 2023-05-17 Approved by Governor
executive-signature - 2023-05-18 Chapter No. 2023-90
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b85293f1-8ef3-4f9f-aa41-22c29eae805d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).