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FL HB 121

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Nursing Education Programs

Florida · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Nursing Education Programs ; Revises application requirements for nursing education program approval; authorizes Board of Nursing to revoke program's approval; revises requirements for annual reports program directors of approved programs are required to submit to board; provides for revocation of program's approval & discipline of its program director; revises remediation procedures; removes provision authorizing board to extend program's probationary status; authorizes agents of DOH to conduct onsite evaluations & inspections; authorizes DOH to collect evidence as part of such evaluations & inspections; removes provision authorizing approved nursing education programs to request extension to meet board's accreditation requirements.

Introduced
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Status date
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Latest action
2026-03-13 — Died in Fiscal Policy
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Overdorfprimary
  • Health & Human Services Committeeprimary
  • López, J.cosponsor
  • Valdéscosponsor
  • Berfieldcosponsor
  • Danielscosponsor
  • Starkcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-10-08

    Filed

    filing

  2. 2025-10-14

    Referred to Education & Employment Committee

    referral-committee

  3. 2025-10-14

    Referred to Health & Human Services Committee

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-10-14

    Now in Education & Employment Committee

  5. 2025-10-29

    Added to Education & Employment Committee agenda

  6. 2025-11-05

    Favorable by Education & Employment Committee

    committee-passage-favorable

  7. 2025-11-05

    Reported out of Education & Employment Committee

  8. 2025-11-05

    Now in Health & Human Services Committee

  9. 2025-11-21

    Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda

  10. 2025-12-04

    Favorable with CS by Health & Human Services Committee

    committee-passage-favorable

  11. 2025-12-04

    Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee

  12. 2025-12-05

    Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)

    deferral

  13. 2025-12-05

    CS Filed

    filing

  14. 2025-12-08

    Bill referred to House Calendar

  15. 2026-01-12

    Bill added to Special Order Calendar (1/15/2026)

  16. 2026-01-13

    1st Reading (Original Filed Version)

    filing,reading-1

  17. 2026-01-13

    1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)

    reading-1

  18. 2026-01-15

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  19. 2026-01-15

    Added to Third Reading Calendar

  20. 2026-01-15

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  21. 2026-01-15

    CS passed; YEAS 107, NAYS 1

    passage

  22. 2026-01-15

    In Messages

  23. 2026-01-16

    Referred to Fiscal Policy

    referral-committee

  24. 2026-01-22

    Received

    enrolled

  25. 2026-03-13

    Died in Fiscal Policy

    failure

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Passage, Third Reading

    2026-01-15 · pass · 107-1

    Member-level votes (117)
    • Abbott: yes
    • Eskamani: yes
    • Oliver: yes
    • Albert: yes
    • Esposito: yes
    • Overdorf: yes
    • Alvarez, D.: yes
    • Fabricio: yes
    • Owen: yes
    • Alvarez, J.: yes
    • Franklin: yes
    • Partington: yes
    • Anderson: yes
    • Gantt: yes
    • Perez: yes
    • Andrade: yes
    • Garrison: yes
    • Persons-Mulicka: yes
    • Antone: yes
    • Gentry: yes
    • Plakon: no
    • Aristide: yes
    • Gerwig: yes
    • Plasencia: yes
    • Baker: yes
    • Giallombardo: yes
    • Porras: yes
    • Bankson: yes
    • Gonzalez Pittman: yes
    • Rayner: yes
    • Gossett-Seidman: yes
    • Redondo: yes
    • Bartleman: yes
    • Gottlieb: yes
    • Rizo: yes
    • Basabe: yes
    • Greco: yes
    • Robinson, F.: yes
    • Griffitts: yes
    • Robinson, W.: yes
    • Berfield: yes
    • Grow: yes
    • Rosenwald: yes
    • Black: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Salzman: yes
    • Blanco: yes
    • Hart-Lowman: yes
    • Sapp: yes
    • Booth: yes
    • Hinson: yes
    • Shoaf: yes
    • Hodgers: yes
    • Sirois: yes
    • Holcomb: yes
    • Skidmore: yes
    • Boyles: yes
    • Hunschofsky: yes
    • Smith: yes
    • Brackett: yes
    • Jacques: yes
    • Brannan: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Buchanan: yes
    • Joseph: yes
    • Stark: yes
    • Busatta: yes
    • Kendall: yes
    • Steele: yes
    • Campbell: yes
    • Kincart Jonsson: yes
    • Tant: yes
    • Canady: yes
    • Koster: yes
    • Tendrich: yes
    • Cassel: yes
    • LaMarca: yes
    • Tomkow: yes
    • Chamberlin: yes
    • Long: yes
    • Trabulsy: yes
    • Chambliss: yes
    • López, J.: yes
    • Tramont: yes
    • Chaney: yes
    • Maggard: yes
    • Tuck: yes
    • Cobb: yes
    • Maney: yes
    • Valdés: yes
    • Conerly: yes
    • McClure: yes
    • Weinberger: yes
    • Cross: yes
    • McFarland: yes
    • Woodson: yes
    • Daley: yes
    • Melo: yes
    • Yarkosky: yes
    • Michael: yes
    • Yeager: yes
    • Driskell: yes
    • Miller: yes
    • Young: yes
    • Mooney: yes
    • Nix: yes
    • Edmonds: yes
    • Nixon: yes
    • Barnaby: not voting
    • Benarroch: not voting
    • Borrero: not voting
    • Botana: not voting
    • Snyder: not voting
    • Spencer: not voting
    • Daniels: not voting
    • Duggan: not voting
    • Dunkley: not voting

Related bills

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Official source

https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/121/ByCategory

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