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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Medical Debt"
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description: "Medical Debt; Revises definition; provides exception to prohibition of facility engaging in extraordinary collection action to obtain payment for services for sale of certain debt."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
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legislature: "Florida Legislature"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 547"
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citation: "Florida HB 547 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2025-98"
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primary_sponsors: ["Partington"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 40
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-02-11"
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last_action: "2025-05-28"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/38c77b03-e0cb-4adb-b5b6-fbe9032fcd8a"
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source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/547/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "ad4ceac46df5d1c6c2279b36ce59a0e0f9cc0ce769217ad13eb49e0a400d7606"
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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 HB 547 (2025) — Medical Debt
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Medical Debt; Revises definition; provides exception to prohibition of facility engaging in extraordinary collection action to obtain payment for services for sale of certain debt.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2025-98.
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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. **H 547 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/547/BillText/Filed/PDF)
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2. **H 547 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/547/BillText/c1/PDF)
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3. **H 547 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/547/BillText/e1/PDF)
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4. **H 547 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/547/BillText/er/PDF)
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## Votes
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- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage, Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee — primary (organization)
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- Partington — primary (person)
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- Trabulsy — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-11** Filed `filing`
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- **2025-02-19** Referred to Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-19** Referred to Insurance & Banking Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-19** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-19** Now in Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee
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- **2025-03-04** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
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- **2025-03-25** PCS added to Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee agenda
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- **2025-03-27** Favorable with CS by Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-28** Reported out of Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee
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- **2025-03-28** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
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- **2025-03-28** CS Filed `filing`
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- **2025-03-31** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-31** Now in Health & Human Services Committee
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- **2025-03-31** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
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- **2025-04-03** Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda
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- **2025-04-07** Favorable by Health & Human Services Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-07** Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee
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- **2025-04-07** Bill released to House Calendar
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- **2025-04-07** Added to Second Reading Calendar
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- **2025-04-10** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/16/2025)
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- **2025-04-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-16** Amendment 111771 adopted
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- **2025-04-16** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-16** Added to Third Reading Calendar
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- **2025-04-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-16** CS passed as amended; YEAS 116, NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2025-04-16** In Messages
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- **2025-04-16** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-22** Received `enrolled`
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- **2025-04-23** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
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- **2025-04-23** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2025-04-23** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 656
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- **2025-04-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-23** CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2025-04-23** In Messages
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- **2025-04-23** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-05-23** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-27** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-28** Chapter No. 2025-98
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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/38c77b03-e0cb-4adb-b5b6-fbe9032fcd8a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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