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type: "Bill"
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title: "Treatments for Sex Reassignment"
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description: "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."
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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 254"
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citation: "Florida SB 254 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["torts"]
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2023-90"
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primary_sponsors: ["Health Policy", "Yarborough"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 61
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vote_count: 11
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first_action: "2023-03-03"
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last_action: "2023-05-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b85293f1-8ef3-4f9f-aa41-22c29eae805d"
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source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/254/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "ebe6fdae872c0a03f2e62883010673c5d9f6f43773d5d7a10cd30e30f73c6189"
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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 254 (2023) — Treatments for Sex Reassignment
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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.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-90.
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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 254 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/254/BillText/Filed/HTML)
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2. **S 254 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/254/BillText/c1/HTML)
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3. **S 254 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/254/BillText/e1/HTML)
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4. **S 254 e2** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/254/BillText/e2/HTML)
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5. **S 254 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/254/BillText/er/HTML)
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## Votes
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- Third Reading — **27–12** (pass) · upper
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- AA - 389103, Adoption, Second Reading — **31–82** (fail) · lower
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- Returning Messages — **26–13** (pass) · upper
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- Passage — **83–28** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable — **13–6** (pass) · upper
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- Passage, Third Reading — **82–31** (pass) · lower
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- AA - 633677, Adoption, Second Reading — **32–82** (fail) · lower
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- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **8–3** (pass) · upper
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- AA - 608559, Adoption, Second Reading — **28–82** (fail) · lower
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- AA - 531629, Adoption, Second Reading — **27–81** (fail) · lower
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- AA - 829593, Adoption, Second Reading — **28–82** (fail) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Health Policy — primary (person)
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- Yarborough — primary (person)
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- Broxson — cosponsor (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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- **2023-03-08** On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 03/13/23, 3:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
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- **2023-03-13** CS by Health Policy; YEAS 8 NAYS 3
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- **2023-03-14** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
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- **2023-03-14** CS by Health Policy read 1st time
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- **2023-03-15** Now in Fiscal Policy
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- **2023-03-20** On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 03/23/23, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
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- **2023-03-23** Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 13 NAYS 6 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-23** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2023-03-27** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/30/23
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- **2023-03-30** Retained on Calendar
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- **2023-03-30** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/03/23
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- **2023-04-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-04-03** Amendment(s) adopted (218794, 450510, 654418, 756102)
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- **2023-04-03** Amendment(s) failed (299002, 442004, 616390, 712462, 818468)
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- **2023-04-03** Ordered engrossed
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- **2023-04-03** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
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- **2023-04-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-04-04** CS passed as amended; YEAS 27 NAYS 12 `passage`
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- **2023-04-04** Immediately certified
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- **2023-04-05** In Messages
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- **2023-04-13** Bill referred to House Calendar
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- **2023-04-13** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/18/2023)
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- **2023-04-13** 1st Reading (Engrossed 1) `reading-1`
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- **2023-04-18** Substituted for CS/CS/HB 1421
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- **2023-04-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-04-18** Amendment 311545 temporarily postponed
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- **2023-04-18** Amendment 289149 Failed
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- **2023-04-18** Amendment 531629 Failed
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- **2023-04-18** Amendment 117705 Failed
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- **2023-04-18** Amendment 374289 Failed
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- **2023-04-18** Amendment 388571 Failed
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- **2023-04-18** Amendment 389103 Failed
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- **2023-04-18** Amendment 633677 Failed
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- **2023-04-18** Amendment 916215 Failed
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- **2023-04-18** Amendment 088875 Failed
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- **2023-04-18** Amendment 608559 Failed
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- **2023-04-18** Amendment 386565 Failed
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- **2023-04-18** Amendment 172969 Failed
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- **2023-04-18** Amendment 829593 Failed
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- **2023-04-18** Amendment 063349 Failed
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- **2023-04-18** Amendment 256341 adopted
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- **2023-04-18** Amendment 984929 ruled out of order
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- **2023-04-18** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
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- **2023-04-18** Added to Third Reading Calendar
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- **2023-04-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-04-19** CS passed as amended; YEAS 82, NAYS 31 `passage`
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- **2023-04-19** In returning messages
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- **2023-05-04** Amendment(s) to House amendment(s) adopted (738500)
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- **2023-05-04** Concurred in House amendment(s) as amended (256341)
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- **2023-05-04** CS passed as amended; YEAS 26 NAYS 13 `passage`
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- **2023-05-04** In Messages
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- **2023-05-04** Added to Senate Message List
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- **2023-05-04** Amendment 738500 Concur
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- **2023-05-04** CS passed as amended; YEAS 83, NAYS 28 `passage`
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- **2023-05-04** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2023-05-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-05-17** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-18** Chapter No. 2023-90
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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/b85293f1-8ef3-4f9f-aa41-22c29eae805d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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