Legislation: Florida — 2,186 enacted records (OpenStates 2026-07-01)
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Temporary Certificates for Practice in Areas of Critical Need"
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description: "Temporary Certificates for Practice in Areas of Critical Need; Revises conditions under which Board of Medicine, Board of Osteopathic Medicine, & Board of Nursing, respectively, may issue temporary certificates for practice in areas of critical need; authorizes certificateholders to continue primary care services after such areas lose their critical need designation under certain circumstances."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
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legislature: "Florida Legislature"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 809"
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citation: "Florida HB 809 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2026-108"
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primary_sponsors: ["Benarroch", "López, J."]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 37
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2025-12-17"
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last_action: "2026-05-26"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd2de298-8b7a-4eac-9506-029e51021aec"
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source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/809/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "2900be642f6be01e734ce2774a5314ef1bd77bb959cc6c20190b3bbefc6228d9"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
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# Florida HB 809 (2026) — Temporary Certificates for Practice in Areas of Critical Need
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Temporary Certificates for Practice in Areas of Critical Need; Revises conditions under which Board of Medicine, Board of Osteopathic Medicine, & Board of Nursing, respectively, may issue temporary certificates for practice in areas of critical need; authorizes certificateholders to continue primary care services after such areas lose their critical need designation under certain circumstances.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-108.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **H 809 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/809/BillText/Filed/PDF)
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2. **H 809 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/809/BillText/c1/PDF)
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3. **H 809 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/809/BillText/er/PDF)
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## Votes
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- Third Reading — **34–0** (pass) · upper
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- Favorable (Health & Human Services Committee) — **24–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passage, Third Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable (Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee) — **16–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Benarroch — primary (person)
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- Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee — primary (organization)
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- López, J. — primary (person)
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- Barnaby — cosponsor (person)
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- Trabulsy — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-12-17** Filed `filing`
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- **2026-01-05** Referred to Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-05** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-05** Now in Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
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- **2026-01-13** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
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- **2026-01-30** PCS added to Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee agenda
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- **2026-02-03** Favorable with CS by Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-04** Reported out of Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
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- **2026-02-04** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
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- **2026-02-04** CS Filed `filing`
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- **2026-02-04** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-06** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-06** Now in Health & Human Services Committee
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- **2026-02-16** Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda
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- **2026-02-18** Favorable by Health & Human Services Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-18** Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee
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- **2026-02-18** Bill released to House Calendar
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- **2026-02-18** Added to Second Reading Calendar
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- **2026-02-26** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/3/2026)
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- **2026-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-03** Added to Third Reading Calendar
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- **2026-03-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-03** CS passed; YEAS 110, NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2026-03-03** In Messages
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- **2026-03-03** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-03** Received `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-06** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
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- **2026-03-06** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2026-03-06** Substituted for CS/SB 1480
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- **2026-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-06** CS passed; YEAS 34 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2026-03-06** In Messages
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- **2026-03-06** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-05-21** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-05-22** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-26** Chapter No. 2026-108
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cd2de298-8b7a-4eac-9506-029e51021aec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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