republic-os/legislation/us/states/fl/2024/hb-849.md

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Bill	Veterinary Practices	Veterinary Practices; Authorizing licensed veterinarians to practice veterinary telehealth in accordance with specified criteria; specifying the powers of the Board of Veterinary Medicine related to the practice of telehealth; providing that the practice of veterinary medicine is deemed to occur under specified circumstances; specifying the drugs that a veterinarian practicing telehealth may not provide unless specified conditions are met; providing specific authorizations for cases in which the patient is a food-producing species, etc.	us/states/fl	Florida Legislature	2024	HB 849	Florida HB 849 (2024)	bill		enacted	2024-260	Buchanan Killebrew	3	36	3	2023-12-12	2024-06-24	openstates	ocd-bill/4b654447-3d0f-4c75-973c-abf55f97a319	https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/849/ByCategory	9c39dc2be35102aea60f0e8d7c864ffce0b0daa0988566f79e68879c180465dd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-fl

Florida HB 849 (2024) — Veterinary Practices

Veterinary Practices; Authorizing licensed veterinarians to practice veterinary telehealth in accordance with specified criteria; specifying the powers of the Board of Veterinary Medicine related to the practice of telehealth; providing that the practice of veterinary medicine is deemed to occur under specified circumstances; specifying the drugs that a veterinarian practicing telehealth may not provide unless specified conditions are met; providing specific authorizations for cases in which the patient is a food-producing species, etc.

Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-260.

Version chain

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

1. H 849 Filed (filed) — source
2. H 849 e1 (engrossed) — source
3. H 849 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage, Third Reading — 115–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage — 113–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Buchanan — primary (person)
• Killebrew — primary (person)
• Arrington — cosponsor (person)
• Casello — cosponsor (person)
• Cross — cosponsor (person)
• Daniels — cosponsor (person)
• Garcia — cosponsor (person)
• LaMarca — cosponsor (person)
• Massullo — cosponsor (person)
• McClain — cosponsor (person)
• Plasencia — cosponsor (person)
• Valdés — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-12-12 Filed filing
• 2023-12-27 Referred to Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2023-12-27 Referred to Commerce Committee referral-committee
• 2023-12-27 Now in Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee
• 2024-01-09 Added to Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee agenda
• 2024-01-09 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) filing, reading-1
• 2024-01-11 Favorable by Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-01-11 Reported out of Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee
• 2024-01-11 Now in Commerce Committee
• 2024-01-19 Added to Commerce Committee agenda
• 2024-01-23 Favorable by Commerce Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-01-24 Reported out of Commerce Committee
• 2024-01-24 Bill released to House Calendar
• 2024-01-24 Added to Second Reading Calendar
• 2024-01-24 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/1/2024)
• 2024-02-01 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2024-02-01 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2024-02-01 Passed; YEAS 115, NAYS 0 passage
• 2024-02-01 In Messages
• 2024-02-02 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2024-02-06 Received enrolled
• 2024-03-04 Withdrawn from Rules withdrawal
• 2024-03-04 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• 2024-03-04 Substituted for CS/CS/CS/SB 1040
• 2024-03-04 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2024-03-04 Amendment(s) adopted (171140)
• 2024-03-04 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2024-03-04 Passed as amended; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 passage
• 2024-03-04 In Messages
• 2024-03-06 Added to Senate Message List
• 2024-03-06 Amendment 171140 Concur
• 2024-03-06 Passed as amended; YEAS 113, NAYS 0 passage
• 2024-03-06 Ordered engrossed, then enrolled enrolled
• 2024-06-07 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-06-21 Approved by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-06-24 Chapter No. 2024-260

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4b654447-3d0f-4c75-973c-abf55f97a319. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).