FL SB 1480
died on adjournmentTemporary Certificates for Practice in Areas of Critical Need
Florida · 2026 Regular Session · upper
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Quick answers
Did FL SB 1480 pass?
No. FL SB 1480 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-03-06): Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 809 (Ch. 2026-108)
What is FL SB 1480 about?
Temporary Certificates for Practice in Areas of Critical Need; Revising the conditions under which the Board of Medicine, the Board of Osteopathic Medicine, and the Board of Nursing, respectively, are authorized to issue temporary certificates for practice in areas of critical need; authorizing certificateholders to continue primary care services after such areas lose their critical need designation under certain circumstances, etc.
Who sponsors FL SB 1480?
Burton, Health Policy are the primary sponsors of FL SB 1480.
Description
Temporary Certificates for Practice in Areas of Critical Need; Revising the conditions under which the Board of Medicine, the Board of Osteopathic Medicine, and the Board of Nursing, respectively, are authorized to issue temporary certificates for practice in areas of critical need; authorizing certificateholders to continue primary care services after such areas lose their critical need designation under certain circumstances, etc.
- Introduced
- 2026-01-22
- Latest action
- 2026-03-06 — Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 809 (Ch. 2026-108)
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Burtonprimary
- Health Policyprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-03-06
Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 809 (Ch. 2026-108)
deferral
2026-03-06
Substituted CS/HB 809
2026-03-06
Read 2nd time
reading-2
2026-03-03
Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/06/26
2026-02-19
Retained on Calendar
2026-02-18
Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/19/26
2026-02-18
Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
2026-02-17
Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 23 NAYS 0
committee-passage-favorable
2026-02-12
On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/17/26, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
2026-02-04
Now in Rules
2026-02-04
Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
committee-passage-favorable
2026-01-30
On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, 02/04/26, 1:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
2026-01-29
CS by Health Policy read 1st time
2026-01-28
Now in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
2026-01-28
Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
2026-01-26
CS by Health Policy; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
2026-01-22
Introduced
introduction
2026-01-21
On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 01/26/26, 3:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
2026-01-16
Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Rules
referral-committee
2026-01-08
Filed
filing
Versions
Documents
Votes
Favorable with Committee Substitute
2026-01-26 · pass · 9-0
Member-level votes (11)
- Calatayud: yes
- Davis: yes
- Gaetz: yes
- Leek: yes
- Osgood: yes
- Passidomo: yes
- Trumbull: yes
- Harrell: yes
- Burton: yes
- Berman: other
- Massullo: other
Favorable
2026-02-04 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (9)
- Brodeur: yes
- Burton: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Harrell: yes
- Rodriguez: yes
- Sharief: yes
- Trumbull: yes
- Rouson: other
- Davis: other
Favorable
2026-02-17 · pass · 23-0
Member-level votes (24)
- Avila: yes
- Berman: yes
- Boyd: yes
- Bradley: yes
- Brodeur: yes
- Burgess: yes
- Burton: yes
- Davis: yes
- DiCeglie: yes
- Gaetz: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Grall: yes
- Harrell: yes
- Hooper: yes
- Martin: yes
- Osgood: yes
- Rodriguez: yes
- Rouson: yes
- Simon: yes
- Trumbull: yes
- Wright: yes
- Jones: yes
- Passidomo: yes
- Pizzo: other
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