Florida Senate Bill 252 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: Passed on May 12 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-05-12 - Chapter No. 2023-43, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 238 (Ch. 2023-42)
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

Prohibiting business entities and governmental entities from requiring a person to provide certain documentation or requiring a COVID-19 test to gain access to, entry upon, or service from such entities or as a condition of contracting, hiring, promotion, or continued employment; prohibiting business and governmental entities from refusing to hire persons, discharging persons, depriving or attempting to deprive persons of employment opportunities, adversely affecting persons with respect to employment, or otherwise discriminating against any person based on knowledge or belief of a person's vaccination or COVID-19 postinfection recovery status or failure to take a COVID-19 test; requiring such entities to provide exemptions and reasonable accommodations for religious and medical reasons, etc.

Protection from Discrimination Based on Health Care Choices

Senate Fiscal Policy Committee

Sen. Colleen Burton [R]

Sen. Keith Perry [R]

2023-05-03 - House - House: Third Reading RCS#454 (Y: 84 N: 31 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-04-27 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading RCS#17 (Y: 29 N: 6 NV: 4 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-04-20 - Senate - Senate Fiscal Policy (Y: 13 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2023-04-04 - Senate - Senate Health Policy (Y: 11 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-05-12		Chapter No. 2023-43, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 238 (Ch. 2023-42)
2023-05-11		Approved by Governor
2023-05-09		Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
2023-05-03	Senate	Ordered enrolled
2023-05-03	House	CS passed; YEAS 84, NAYS 31
2023-05-03	House	Read 3rd time
2023-05-02	House	Added to Third Reading Calendar
2023-05-02	House	Placed on 3rd reading
2023-05-02	House	Read 2nd time
2023-05-01	House	1st Reading (Engrossed 1)
2023-05-01	House	Bill added to Special Order Calendar (5/2/2023)
2023-05-01	House	Bill referred to House Calendar
2023-04-27	House	In Messages
2023-04-27	Senate	CS passed as amended; YEAS 29 NAYS 6
2023-04-27	Senate	Read 3rd time
2023-04-27	Senate	Amendment(s) adopted (611288)
2023-04-27	Senate	Read 2nd time
2023-04-25	Senate	CS by Fiscal Policy read 1st time
2023-04-24	Senate	Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/27/23
2023-04-24	Senate	Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
2023-04-24	Senate	Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
2023-04-20	Senate	CS by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 13 NAYS 5
2023-04-17	Senate	On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 04/20/23, 9:30 am, 412 Knott Building
2023-04-04	Senate	Now in Fiscal Policy
2023-04-04	Senate	Favorable by Health Policy; YEAS 11 NAYS 0
2023-03-30	Senate	On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 04/04/23, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
2023-03-07	Senate	Introduced
2023-03-06	Senate	Referred to Health Policy; Fiscal Policy
2023-03-03	Senate	Filed

S238 (Related) 2023-05-12 - Chapter No. 2023-42, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 252 (Ch. 2023-43)
H1013 (Similar To) 2023-05-02 - Laid on Table; companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 238 (Ch. 2023-42), CS/SB 252 (Ch. 2023-43)
H1015 (Similar To) 2023-05-02 - Laid on Table; companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 238 (Ch. 2023-42), CS/SB 252 (Ch. 2023-43)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
1002	20		Amended Code	See Bill Text
381	00316		Amended Code	See Bill Text
381	00319		Amended Code	See Bill Text
381	00321		Amended Code	See Bill Text
395	1057		Amended Code	See Bill Text
408	824		Amended Code	See Bill Text
456	62		Amended Code	See Bill Text
465	0266		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/252
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/252/BillText/Filed/HTML
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/252/BillText/c1/HTML
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/252/BillText/e1/HTML
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/252/BillText/er/HTML
Amendment	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/252/Amendment/422702/HTML
Amendment	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/252/Amendment/823424/HTML
Amendment	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/252/Amendment/611288/HTML
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/252/Analyses/2023s00252.pre.hp.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/252/Analyses/2023s00252.hp.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/252/Analyses/2023s00252.pre.fp.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/252/Analyses/2023s00252.fp.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/252/Vote/2023-04-04%200830AM~S00252%20Vote%20Record.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/252/Vote/2023-04-20%200930AM~S00252%20Vote%20Record.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/252/Vote/SenateVote_s00252c1017.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/252/Vote/HouseVote_s00252e1454.PDF