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FL SB 606

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Drowning Prevention Education

Florida · 2026 Regular Session · upper

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Quick answers

Did FL SB 606 pass?

No. FL SB 606 did not pass — it was defeated or died in the legislative process. Latest recorded action (2026-03-13): Died on Calendar, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 428 (Ch. 2026-38)

What is FL SB 606 about?

Drowning Prevention Education; Requiring the Department of Health to develop educational materials on drowning prevention safety measures and safe bathing practices for specified purposes; providing requirements for such materials; requiring hospitals, birth centers, and home birth providers to provide the educational materials to new parents and caregivers as part of their postpartum education and care, etc.

Who sponsors FL SB 606?

Smith, Health Policy, Fiscal Policy are the primary sponsors of FL SB 606, joined by 5 cosponsors.

Description

Drowning Prevention Education; Requiring the Department of Health to develop educational materials on drowning prevention safety measures and safe bathing practices for specified purposes; providing requirements for such materials; requiring hospitals, birth centers, and home birth providers to provide the educational materials to new parents and caregivers as part of their postpartum education and care, etc.

Introduced
2026-01-13
Latest action
2026-03-13 — Died on Calendar, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 428 (Ch. 2026-38)
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Smithprimary
  • Health Policyprimary
  • Fiscal Policyprimary
  • Daviscosponsor
  • Jonescosponsor
  • Yarboroughcosponsor
  • Shariefcosponsor
  • Bermancosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-03-13

    Died on Calendar, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 428 (Ch. 2026-38)

    failure

  2. 2026-02-19

    Retained on Calendar

  3. 2026-02-18

    CS/CS by Fiscal Policy read 1st time

  4. 2026-02-17

    Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/19/26

  5. 2026-02-16

    Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading

  6. 2026-02-13

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

  7. 2026-02-12

    CS/CS by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 19 NAYS 0

  8. 2026-02-09

    On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 02/12/26, 9:00 am, 110 Senate Building

  9. 2026-02-04

    Now in Fiscal Policy

  10. 2026-02-04

    Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 7 NAYS 0

    committee-passage-favorable

  11. 2026-01-30

    On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, 02/04/26, 1:00 pm, 412 Knott Building

  12. 2026-01-22

    CS by Health Policy read 1st time

  13. 2026-01-22

    Now in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services

  14. 2026-01-21

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

  15. 2026-01-20

    CS by Health Policy; YEAS 11 NAYS 0

  16. 2026-01-15

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

  17. 2026-01-13

    Introduced

    introduction

  18. 2025-12-09

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

    referral-committee

  19. 2025-11-20

    Filed

    filing

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Favorable with Committee Substitute

    2026-01-20 · pass · 11-0

    Member-level votes (11)
    • Berman: yes
    • Calatayud: yes
    • Davis: yes
    • Gaetz: yes
    • Leek: yes
    • Massullo: yes
    • Osgood: yes
    • Passidomo: yes
    • Trumbull: yes
    • Harrell: yes
    • Burton: yes

  • 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 with Committee Substitute

    2026-02-12 · pass · 19-0

    Member-level votes (20)
    • Arrington: yes
    • Avila: yes
    • Bernard: yes
    • Boyd: yes
    • Bracy Davis: yes
    • Bradley: yes
    • Burton: yes
    • Calatayud: yes
    • Davis: yes
    • Gaetz: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Leek: yes
    • Mayfield: yes
    • Passidomo: yes
    • Rodriguez: yes
    • Simon: yes
    • Truenow: yes
    • Yarborough: yes
    • Osgood: yes
    • Gruters: other

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/606/ByCategory

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