Bill Commons

FL SB 162

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Protection from Surgical Smoke

Florida · 2026 Regular Session · upper

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Quick answers

Did FL SB 162 pass?

No. FL SB 162 did not pass — it was defeated or died in the legislative process. Latest recorded action (2026-03-13): Died in Rules

What is FL SB 162 about?

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.

Who sponsors FL SB 162?

Davis, Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services are the primary sponsors of FL SB 162.

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
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

Newest first

  1. 2026-03-13

    Died in Rules

    failure

  2. 2026-03-06

    Now in Rules

  3. 2026-03-03

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

  4. 2026-02-27

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

  5. 2026-02-25

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

  6. 2026-02-20

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

  7. 2026-01-21

    Now in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services

  8. 2026-01-20

    Favorable by Health Policy; YEAS 10 NAYS 1

    committee-passage-favorable

  9. 2026-01-15

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

  10. 2026-01-13

    Introduced

    introduction

  11. 2025-10-21

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

    referral-committee

  12. 2025-10-10

    Filed

    filing

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

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