HB 229 Florida House · 2025 Regular Session

Health Facilities

Summary

Health Facilities ; Revises definition of term "health facility"; authorizes authority to make mortgage or other secured or unsecured loans & refund or refinance outstanding bonds, obligations, loans, indebtedness, or advances issued, made, given, or incurred by or for benefit of any health facility for cost of project in accordance with specified agreement; authorizes authority to lease certain projects to health facility under loan agreement; provides that specified projects financed by authority shall be governed by one or more loan agreements; provides requirements for such loan agreements; authorizes authority to require certain health facilities to operate, repair, & maintain projects & bear certain costs; authorizes issuance of revenue bonds of other issuers if proceeds were used for specified purposes; provides requirements for closure of not-for-profit hospitals; provides tax exemption criteria for hospitals.

Issues: ✓ Healthcare

Bill status in committee 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

House Passage

Mar 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 24, 2025 Last action Apr 30, 2025

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What changed between versions

H 229 c1 → H 229 c2 · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill text was updated from a Committee Substitute (CS) version to a Conference Committee Substitute (CS/CS) version, indicating it has passed both legislative chambers and been reconciled. The substantive content remains largely the same, with the primary changes being formatting updates and page count adjustments from 17 to 20 pages.

TECHNICAL

Header changed from 'CS/HB 229' to 'CS/CS/HB 229' to reflect conference committee approval

Page count increased from 17 to 20 pages, likely due to formatting adjustments

Document identifier changed from 'hb229-01-c1' to 'hb229-02-c2' to track the new version

Minor reordering and renumbering of summary lines in the bill description section

Floor votes · House Mar 31, 2025

How they voted

24–0

Passed · 3 other

Total votes 27

Mar 31, 2025

D Democratic8

7 Yea 1

87% Yea

R Republican19

17 Yea 2

89% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Apr 2, 2025

Committee

Bill referred to House Calendar

lower

Apr 1, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee

lower

Mar 31, 2025

House · Passed

House Vote: pass (24-0-3)

house

Mar 31, 2025

Lower · Passed

Favorable with CS by Health & Human Services Committee

lower

Mar 27, 2025

Lower · Passed

Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda

lower

Mar 12, 2025

Lower · Passed

Now in Health & Human Services Committee

lower

Mar 12, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported out of Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee

lower

Mar 12, 2025

Lower · Passed

Favorable by Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee

lower

Mar 10, 2025

Lower · Passed

Added to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee agenda

lower

Mar 5, 2025

Lower · Passed

Now in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee

lower

Mar 5, 2025

Committee

Referred to Health & Human Services Committee

lower

Mar 5, 2025

Committee

Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee

lower

Mar 4, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported out of Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee

lower

Mar 4, 2025

Lower · Passed

Favorable with CS by Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee

lower

Feb 28, 2025

Lower · Passed

Added to Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee agenda

lower

Feb 6, 2025

Lower · Passed

Now in Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee

lower

Feb 6, 2025

Committee

Referred to Health & Human Services Committee

lower

Feb 6, 2025

Committee

Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee

lower

Feb 6, 2025

Committee

Referred to Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee

lower

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