republic-os/legislation/us/states/fl/2024/hb-725.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Veterans' Long-term Care Facilities Admissions"
description: "Veterans' Long-term Care Facilities Admissions; Revises eligibility for residency in Veterans' Domiciliary Home of Florida to include specified individuals; adds such individuals to priority of admittance schedule; revises admission eligibility for veterans' nursing homes to include specified persons; revises priority of admittance to include such persons."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 725"
citation: "Florida HB 725 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2024-250"
primary_sponsors: ["Snyder", "Woodson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 39
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-12-05"
last_action: "2024-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/624538a2-05cd-438b-b1c9-b0f41274b7eb"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/725/ByCategory"
source_hash: "3342e15fcbc95138b0e7cbe9a59e3d617e359493100170a84393bea7ecc87cab"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
---

# Florida HB 725 (2024) — Veterans' Long-term Care Facilities Admissions

Veterans' Long-term Care Facilities Admissions; Revises eligibility for residency in Veterans' Domiciliary Home of Florida to include specified individuals; adds such individuals to priority of admittance schedule; revises admission eligibility for veterans' nursing homes to include specified persons; revises priority of admittance to include such persons.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-250.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **H 725 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/725/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 725 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/725/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Snyder — primary (person)
- Woodson — primary (person)
- Bankson — cosponsor (person)
- Bartleman — cosponsor (person)
- Benjamin — cosponsor (person)
- Canady — cosponsor (person)
- Chaney — cosponsor (person)
- Daniels — cosponsor (person)
- Dunkley — cosponsor (person)
- Eskamani — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Hunschofsky — cosponsor (person)
- Keen — cosponsor (person)
- Melo — cosponsor (person)
- Nixon — cosponsor (person)
- Trabulsy — cosponsor (person)
- Tuck — cosponsor (person)
- Valdés — cosponsor (person)
- Williams — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-12-05** Filed `filing`
- **2023-12-19** Referred to Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-12-19** Referred to Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-12-19** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-12-19** Now in Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee
- **2024-01-09** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2024-01-17** Added to Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee agenda
- **2024-01-19** Favorable by Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-19** Reported out of Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee
- **2024-01-19** Now in Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2024-01-22** Added to Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee agenda
- **2024-01-24** Favorable by Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-24** Reported out of Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2024-01-24** Now in Health & Human Services Committee
- **2024-02-06** Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda
- **2024-02-08** Favorable by Health & Human Services Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-08** Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee
- **2024-02-08** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2024-02-08** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-12** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/15/2024)
- **2024-02-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-15** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-15** Passed; YEAS 117, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-02-15** In Messages
- **2024-02-16** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-20** Received `enrolled`
- **2024-02-21** Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy `withdrawal`
- **2024-02-21** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2024-02-21** Substituted for SB 174
- **2024-02-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-21** Passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-02-21** Immediately certified
- **2024-02-21** In Messages
- **2024-02-21** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-06-17** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-20** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-06-21** Chapter No. 2024-250

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/624538a2-05cd-438b-b1c9-b0f41274b7eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).