Florida House Bill 459 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Failed on March 8 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-03-08 - Died in Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Provides that administration of vaccines is not included within meaning of terms "treat," "treated," or "treatment" as they relate to public health emergencies; revises provisions related to expiration & renewal of declarations of public health emergency; authorizes individual to refuse examination, testing, or treatment under State Health Officer's order during public health emergency by submitting written refusal to State Health Officer; requires due process on case-by-case basis to allow actions that affect entire groups or communities.

Declarations of a Public Health Emergency

Rep. Joel Rudman [R]

Rep. Taylor Yarkosky [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-03-08	House	Died in Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee
2024-01-09	House	1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
2023-11-22	House	Now in Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee
2023-11-22	House	Referred to Health & Human Services Committee
2023-11-22	House	Referred to State Affairs Committee
2023-11-22	House	Referred to Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee
2023-11-14	House	Filed

S402 (Similar To) 2024-03-08 - Died in Health Policy
H1623 (Similar To) 2024-03-08 - Died in Constitutional Rights, Rule of Law & Government Operations Subcommittee

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
381	00315		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/459
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/459/BillText/Filed/PDF