2025 Florida Legislative Session
The 2025 Legislative Session is from March 4, 2025 through May 2, 2025.
This page will be updated as new bills are drafted and move through the legislative process. Please check back frequently or visit the Legislative Session bill page found at: https://www.flhouse.gov/Sections/Bills/bills.aspx
| BILL | SPONSOR | SUMMARY |
| H 353; SB566 Patient-directed Medical Orders | Plasencia; Rodriguez | Allows Autonomous Nurse Practitioners to sign Advanced Directives ACTION HOUSE: 2/12/2025 Referred to Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee SENATE: FILED |
| H 649; SB716 Autonomous Practice by a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist | Giallombardo; Rodriguez | Allows Nurse Anesthetists to act as Autonomous Advanced Practice Nurses ACTION 2/13/2025 – Filed HOUSE: 3/4/2025 • Favorable by Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee • Reported out of Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee • Now in Health & Human Services Committee SENATE: Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Rules |
| SB526 and HB919 Nursing Education Programs | Harrell; Oberdorf | Revises nursing educational requirements and nursing program supervision. HOUSE: Last Action: 3/4/2025 H 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) SENATE: • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) – (Committee Substitute) • Now in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services |
| SB758 and HB883 Autonmous Practice by Certain Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners | Senator Simon Representative Shoaf | Autonomous Practice by Certain Psychiatric Nurses; Authorizing certain advanced practice registered nurses who are psychiatric nurses to engage in the autonomous practice of specified acts and in mental health practice, as defined by rule of the Board of Nursing, etc. ACTION HOUSE: • NOW IN Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee SENATE: Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Rules |
| SB 172 & HB1341 Health Care Practitioner Specialty Titles and Designations | BILL by Burton ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Passidomo | Would limit the use of common descriptors and titles and designations by health care providers who are not physicians, and would set new limitations on how all health care practitioners represent themselves and their credentials. A bill with similar language was vetoed by the governor in previous sessions due to concerns raised by the Florida health care community. Status: S.B. 172: Introduced and awaiting further assignment. H.B. 1341 : Referred to the Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee, awaiting a hearing. |
| HB103 & SB152 Protection from Surgical Smoke | HOUSE BILL by Woodson ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Chambliss ; Harris ; Rosenwald SENATE BILL by Davis ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Sharief | Requires hospitals & ambulatory surgical centers to adopt & implement policies requiring use of smoke evacuation systems during certain surgical procedures. SENATE: Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Rules Favorable by Health Policy; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 Now in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services HOUSE: FILED |
| HB 647: Physician Assistant and Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Services | HOUSE BILL by Trabulsy; SENATE BILL by Calatayud | Physician Assistant and Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Services; Authorizes physician assistants and advanced practice registered nurses under a physician protocol to provide specified care to hospice patients. HOUSE: Referred to Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee; Referred to Health & Human Services Committee; Now in Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee SENATE: Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Rules |
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2025 REGULAR SESSION DATES (FLORIDA SENATE)
August 2, 2024 Deadline for filing claim bills (Senate Rule 4.81(2)
January 24, 2025. 5:00 p.m. — All requests for drafts of general bills, memorials, and joint resolutions,
including requests for companion bills must be submitted
February 28,2025 5:00 p.m. — All drafts of general bills, memorials, and joint resolutions, including drafts
for companion bills, must be approved to file in final form
March 4,2025 Regular Session convenes (Article III, section 3(b), State Constitution)
12:00 noon, deadline for filing bills for introduction (Senate Rule 3.7(1))
April 19, 2025 Motion to reconsider made and considered the same day (Senate Rule 6.4(4))
All bills are immediately certified (Senate Rule 6.8)
April 22, 2025 50th day – Last day for regularly scheduled committee meetings (Senate Rule 2.9(2))
May 2,2025 60th day – Last day of Regular Session (Article III, section 3(d), State Constitution)
FLORIDA HOUSE SCHEDULE
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