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FL SB 162

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Protection from Surgical Smoke

Florida · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Description

Protection from Surgical Smoke; Defining the terms “smoke evacuation system” and “surgical smoke”; requiring hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers, by a specified date, to adopt and implement policies to prevent patients and personnel from being exposed to harmful surgical smoke, etc.

Introduced
2026-01-13
Status date
—
Latest action
2026-03-13 — Died in Rules
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Davisprimary
  • Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Servicesprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-10-10

    Filed

    filing

  2. 2025-10-21

    Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Rules

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-01-13

    Introduced

    introduction

  4. 2026-01-15

    On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 01/20/26, 3:30 pm, 412 Knott Building

  5. 2026-01-20

    Favorable by Health Policy; YEAS 10 NAYS 1

    committee-passage-favorable

  6. 2026-01-21

    Now in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services

  7. 2026-02-20

    On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, 02/25/26, 10:00 am, 412 Knott Building

  8. 2026-02-25

    CS by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 8 NAYS 0

  9. 2026-02-27

    Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)

  10. 2026-03-03

    CS by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services read 1st time

  11. 2026-03-06

    Now in Rules

  12. 2026-03-13

    Died in Rules

    failure

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Favorable

    2026-01-20 · pass · 10-1

    Member-level votes (11)
    • Berman: yes
    • Calatayud: yes
    • Davis: yes
    • Leek: yes
    • Massullo: yes
    • Osgood: yes
    • Passidomo: yes
    • Trumbull: yes
    • Harrell: yes
    • Burton: yes
    • Gaetz: no

  • Favorable with Committee Substitute

    2026-02-25 · pass · 8-0

    Member-level votes (9)
    • Brodeur: yes
    • Burton: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Harrell: yes
    • Rodriguez: yes
    • Rouson: yes
    • Davis: yes
    • Trumbull: yes
    • Sharief: other

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/162/ByCategory

Attribution

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