FL HB 805

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Veterinary Medicine

Florida · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Veterinary Medicine; Defines "veterinary professional associate"; increases amount of time for which prescriptions based solely on veterinary telehealth evaluation may be issued for certain drugs; revises applicability of certain exemptions; provides requirements for veterinary professional associates to receive certificates of registration from DBPR; requires department to make list of veterinary professional associate registrants publicly available on its website; authorizes department to suspend registration of veterinary professional associate upon certain determination by Board of Veterinary Medicine; authorizes department to rescind registration of veterinary professional associate; prohibits person from holding himself or herself out as veterinary professional associate; authorizes registered veterinary professional associate to engage in practice of veterinary medicine; prohibits registered veterinary professional associate from taking certain actions.

Introduced: —
Status date: —
Latest action: 2026-03-13 — Died in Rules
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

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Committees

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Action timeline

2025-12-17
Filed
filing
2026-01-05
Referred to Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
referral-committee
2026-01-05
Referred to Commerce Committee
referral-committee
2026-01-05
Now in Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
2026-01-13
1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
filing,reading-1
2026-01-15
Added to Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee agenda
2026-01-20
Favorable with CS by Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
committee-passage-favorable
2026-01-20
Reported out of Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
2026-01-20
Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
deferral
2026-01-20
CS Filed
filing
2026-01-21
Referred to Commerce Committee
referral-committee
2026-01-21
Now in Commerce Committee
2026-01-21
1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
reading-1
2026-01-30
Added to Commerce Committee agenda
2026-02-03
Favorable by Commerce Committee
committee-passage-favorable
2026-02-03
Reported out of Commerce Committee
2026-02-03
Bill released to House Calendar
2026-02-03
Added to Second Reading Calendar
2026-02-05
Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/11/2026)
2026-02-11
Read 2nd time
reading-2
2026-02-11
Added to Third Reading Calendar
2026-02-11
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2026-02-11
CS passed; YEAS 94, NAYS 16
passage
2026-02-12
In Messages
2026-02-12
Referred to Rules
referral-committee
2026-02-18
Received
enrolled
2026-03-13
Died in Rules
failure

Versions

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Votes

Favorable With Committee Substitute (Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee)
2026-01-20 · pass · 14-1
Favorable (Commerce Committee)
2026-02-03 · pass · 20-2
Passage, Third Reading
2026-02-11 · pass · 94-16
Member-level votes (116)
- Hodgers: yes
- Sirois: yes
- Botana: yes
- Holcomb: yes
- Skidmore: no
- Boyles: yes
- Hunschofsky: no
- Smith: yes
- Brackett: yes
- Jacques: yes
- Snyder: yes
- Brannan: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Spencer: no
- Buchanan: yes
- Stark: yes
- Busatta: yes
- Kendall: yes
- Steele: yes
- Campbell: no
- Kincart Jonsson: yes
- Canady: yes
- Koster: yes
- Tendrich: yes
- Cassel: yes
- LaMarca: yes
- Tomkow: yes
- Chamberlin: yes
- Long: no
- Trabulsy: yes
- Chambliss: no
- Tramont: yes
- Chaney: yes
- Maggard: yes
- Tuck: yes
- Cobb: yes
- Maney: yes
- Valdés: yes
- Conerly: yes
- McClure: yes
- Weinberger: yes
- Cross: no
- McFarland: yes
- Woodson: no
- Daley: no
- Melo: yes
- Yarkosky: yes
- Daniels: yes
- Michael: yes
- Yeager: yes
- Miller: yes
- Young: yes
- Duggan: yes
- Mooney: yes
- Dunkley: yes
- Nix: yes
- Edmonds: yes
- Nixon: no
- Franklin: not voting
- Barnaby: not voting
- Gottlieb: not voting
- Joseph: not voting
- Tant: not voting
- Driskell: not voting
- Abbott: yes
- Eskamani: yes
- Oliver: yes
- Albert: yes
- Esposito: yes
- Overdorf: yes
- Alvarez, D.: yes
- Fabricio: yes
- Owen: yes
- Alvarez, J.: yes
- Partington: yes
- Anderson: yes
- Gantt: no
- Perez: yes
- Andrade: yes
- Garrison: yes
- Persons-Mulicka: yes
- Antone: yes
- Gentry: yes
- Plakon: yes
- Aristide: yes
- Gerwig: yes
- Plasencia: yes
- Baker: yes
- Giallombardo: yes
- Porras: yes
- Bankson: yes
- Gonzalez Pittman: yes
- Rayner: no
- Gossett-Seidman: yes
- Redondo: yes
- Bartleman: no
- Rizo: yes
- Basabe: yes
- Greco: yes
- Robinson, F.: no
- Benarroch: yes
- Griffitts: yes
- Robinson, W.: yes
- Berfield: yes
- Grow: yes
- Rosenwald: yes
- Black: yes
- Harris: no
- Salzman: yes
- Blanco: yes
- Hart-Lowman: no
- Sapp: yes
- Booth: yes
- Hinson: yes
- Shoaf: yes
- Borrero: yes

Related bills

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Official source

https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/805/ByCategory

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