Bill Commons

FL SB 1756

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Medical Freedom

Florida · 2026 Regular Session · upper

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Did FL SB 1756 pass?

No. FL SB 1756 did not pass — it was defeated or died in the legislative process. Latest recorded action (2026-03-13): Died in Messages

What is FL SB 1756 about?

Medical Freedom; Citing this act as the "Medical Freedom Act"; repealing a provison relating to the future repeal of the definition of the term “messenger ribonucleic acid vaccine”; prohibiting a vaccine manufacturer from offering or paying, and a health care practitioner from receiving, specified financial incentives for the administration of a vaccine; requiring certain health care practitioners and paramedics to, before administering one or more vaccines to a minor child, provide the parent or legal guardian with specified materials; providing that specified amendments made by the act to s. 456.0575, F.S., take effect on a specified date or within a specified timeframe after the Board of Medicine and the Board of Osteopathic Medicine adopt certain materials by joint rule, whichever occurs later, etc.

Who sponsors FL SB 1756?

Yarborough, Health Policy, Rules are the primary sponsors of FL SB 1756.

Description

Medical Freedom; Citing this act as the "Medical Freedom Act"; repealing a provison relating to the future repeal of the definition of the term “messenger ribonucleic acid vaccine”; prohibiting a vaccine manufacturer from offering or paying, and a health care practitioner from receiving, specified financial incentives for the administration of a vaccine; requiring certain health care practitioners and paramedics to, before administering one or more vaccines to a minor child, provide the parent or legal guardian with specified materials; providing that specified amendments made by the act to s. 456.0575, F.S., take effect on a specified date or within a specified timeframe after the Board of Medicine and the Board of Osteopathic Medicine adopt certain materials by joint rule, whichever occurs later, etc.

Introduced
2026-01-22
Latest action
2026-03-13 — Died in Messages
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Yarboroughprimary
  • Health Policyprimary
  • Rulesprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-03-13

    Died in Messages

    failure

  2. 2026-03-09

    In Messages

  3. 2026-03-09

    CS passed; YEAS 23 NAYS 15

    passage

  4. 2026-03-09

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  5. 2026-03-06

    Placed on 3rd reading

    reading-3

  6. 2026-03-06

    Amendment(s) adopted (861452, 978470)

  7. 2026-03-06

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  8. 2026-03-05

    CS/CS by Rules read 1st time

  9. 2026-03-05

    Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/06/26

  10. 2026-03-05

    Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading

  11. 2026-03-05

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

  12. 2026-03-03

    CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 14 NAYS 8

  13. 2026-02-26

    On Committee agenda-- Rules, 03/03/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building

  14. 2026-02-24

    Now in Rules

  15. 2026-02-24

    Favorable by Appropriations; YEAS 10 NAYS 7

    committee-passage-favorable

  16. 2026-02-19

    On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 02/24/26, 9:00 am, 110 Senate Building

  17. 2026-01-29

    CS by Health Policy read 1st time

  18. 2026-01-28

    Now in Appropriations

  19. 2026-01-28

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

  20. 2026-01-26

    CS by Health Policy; YEAS 6 NAYS 4

  21. 2026-01-22

    Introduced

    introduction

  22. 2026-01-21

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

  23. 2026-01-16

    Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations; Rules

    referral-committee

  24. 2026-01-12

    Filed

    filing

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Favorable with Committee Substitute

    2026-01-26 · pass · 6-4

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

    2026-02-24 · pass · 10-7

    Member-level votes (18)
    • Brodeur: yes
    • Burgess: yes
    • DiCeglie: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Grall: yes
    • Martin: yes
    • Massullo: yes
    • McClain: yes
    • Trumbull: yes
    • Hooper: yes
    • Berman: no
    • Harrell: no
    • Polsky: no
    • Sharief: no
    • Smith: no
    • Wright: no
    • Rouson: no
    • Pizzo: other
  • Favorable with Committee Substitute

    2026-03-03 · pass · 14-8

    Member-level votes (24)
    • Boyd: yes
    • Bradley: yes
    • Brodeur: yes
    • Burgess: yes
    • DiCeglie: yes
    • Gaetz: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Grall: yes
    • Hooper: yes
    • Martin: yes
    • Pizzo: yes
    • Trumbull: yes
    • Wright: yes
    • Passidomo: yes
    • Berman: no
    • Burton: no
    • Davis: no
    • Harrell: no
    • Osgood: no
    • Rodriguez: no
    • Rouson: no
    • Jones: no
    • Avila: other
    • Simon: other
  • Third Reading

    2026-03-09 · pass · 23-15

    Member-level votes (39)
    • Arrington: no
    • Garcia: yes
    • Polsky: no
    • Avila: excused
    • Grall: yes
    • Rodriguez: no
    • Berman: no
    • Gruters: yes
    • Rouson: no
    • Bernard: no
    • Harrell: no
    • Sharief: no
    • Boyd: yes
    • Hooper: yes
    • Simon: yes
    • Bracy Davis: no
    • Jones: no
    • Smith: no
    • Bradley: yes
    • Leek: yes
    • Truenow: yes
    • Brodeur: yes
    • Martin: yes
    • Trumbull: yes
    • Burgess: yes
    • Massullo: yes
    • Wright: yes
    • Burton: no
    • Mayfield: yes
    • Yarborough: yes
    • Calatayud: no
    • McClain: yes
    • Albritton: yes
    • Davis: no
    • Osgood: no
    • DiCeglie: yes
    • Passidomo: yes
    • Gaetz: yes
    • Pizzo: yes

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