HB163

The original HB163 already proposed opening the policy option to entities statewide, including government, repealing the eligibility list and government exclusion, and preserving the exception for organizations subject to a separate mandatory-policy law. It used “auto-injectors.” The House committee report and House-passed text retained those provisions without substantive changes. Filed text · House report · House-passed text

The Senate committee substitute changed the two operative references from “auto-injectors” to “delivery systems,” along with the caption. The final act retained that substitute’s three sections. The official amendment index lists no separate amendments; that does not mean the bill was unchanged, because the Senate substitute changed its wording. Senate substitute · Amendment index

The House passed the bill April 30 by 138–0, with two present but not voting. The Senate passed it May 25 by 31–0. The House agreed to the Senate changes May 28 by 105–29, with one present but not voting. The governor signed it June 20. Final vote certificates · Official history

Compare the published text versions in the official text index. A change is not attributed to a specific amendment here without a verified record.

People experiencing severe allergic reactions could benefit when an organization newly eligible under this law chooses to keep medication and train personnel. The potential benefit depends on actual participation, availability and timely administration; the bill itself does not establish how many organizations will participate or how many emergencies will be treated. Final act

Participating organizations may face medication purchase and replacement costs, staff or volunteer training, recordkeeping and storage responsibilities. The Legislative Budget Board anticipated no state fiscal implication, assumed any costs could be absorbed within existing resources, and anticipated no significant local-government fiscal implication. That is a budget estimate, not a promise that participation costs nothing or that private organizations will be reimbursed. HB163 makes no appropriation. Final fiscal note

The underlying section contains broad liability protections, including good-faith protection for specified actions or failures to act, and immunity from suit for entities and their employees or volunteers. It also says the section does not create a new cause of action or duty supporting one. HB163 expands access to this existing framework rather than writing a new liability standard. These protections can reduce participating organizations’ exposure but also limit legal remedies for an alleged failure under the section. Section 773.0145(r)–(w)