---
type: "Bill"
title: "Diabetes Management in Schools"
description: "Diabetes Management in Schools; Authorizes school district or public school to acquire & maintain supply of undesignated glucagon; requires that undesignated glucagon be stored in secure location that is immediately accessible; authorizes school district or public school to enter into arrangements with manufacturer or supplier to obtain glucagon free of charge or at fair market or reduced price; authorizes school district or public school to accept donated or transferred glucagon that meets certain requirements; authorizes school district or public school to obtain monetary donations or apply for grants to purchase glucagon; authorizes school district or public school to request prescription for glucagon from county health department; authorizes licensed health care practitioner to prescribe glucagon in name of school district or public school; authorizes licensed pharmacist to dispense glucagon pursuant to such prescription; requires participating school to make available undesignated glucagon to be administered as ordered in student's diabetes medical management plan or health care practitioner's orders; requires employee to call for emergency assistance & provide parental notification after administration of glucagon; requires State Board of Education to adopt rules; provides certain persons & entities with immunity from civil & criminal liability."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 597"
citation: "Florida HB 597 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2025-15"
primary_sponsors: ["Smith"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 51
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-13"
last_action: "2025-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/773124ab-2cf3-459a-9e8f-a9884d1392cc"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/597/ByCategory"
source_hash: "af37a5bf5693afe39769b6de7df6be8ccdfd7edd425edd9da324f810b97e439a"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
---

# Florida HB 597 (2025) — Diabetes Management in Schools

Diabetes Management in Schools; Authorizes school district or public school to acquire & maintain supply of undesignated glucagon; requires that undesignated glucagon be stored in secure location that is immediately accessible; authorizes school district or public school to enter into arrangements with manufacturer or supplier to obtain glucagon free of charge or at fair market or reduced price; authorizes school district or public school to accept donated or transferred glucagon that meets certain requirements; authorizes school district or public school to obtain monetary donations or apply for grants to purchase glucagon; authorizes school district or public school to request prescription for glucagon from county health department; authorizes licensed health care practitioner to prescribe glucagon in name of school district or public school; authorizes licensed pharmacist to dispense glucagon pursuant to such prescription; requires participating school to make available undesignated glucagon to be administered as ordered in student's diabetes medical management plan or health care practitioner's orders; requires employee to call for emergency assistance & provide parental notification after administration of glucagon; requires State Board of Education to adopt rules; provides certain persons & entities with immunity from civil & criminal liability.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2025-15.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **H 597 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/597/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 597 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/597/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 597 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/597/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 597 c3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/597/BillText/c3/PDF)
5. **H 597 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/597/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Education & Employment Committee — primary (organization)
- Education Administration Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Basabe — cosponsor (person)
- Daniels — cosponsor (person)
- Gerwig — cosponsor (person)
- Mooney — cosponsor (person)
- Rosenwald — cosponsor (person)
- Salzman — cosponsor (person)
- Sapp — cosponsor (person)
- Trabulsy — cosponsor (person)
- Valdés — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-02-13** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-19** Referred to Education Administration Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19** Referred to Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19** Referred to Education & Employment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19** Now in Education Administration Subcommittee
- **2025-02-28** Added to Education Administration Subcommittee agenda
- **2025-03-04** Favorable with CS by Education Administration Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-04** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2025-03-05** Reported out of Education Administration Subcommittee
- **2025-03-05** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2025-03-05** CS Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-05** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2025-03-07** Referred to Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-07** Referred to Education & Employment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-07** Now in Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
- **2025-03-11** Added to Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee agenda
- **2025-03-13** Favorable with CS by Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-14** Reported out of Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
- **2025-03-14** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2025-03-14** CS Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-14** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
- **2025-03-17** Referred to Education & Employment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-17** Now in Education & Employment Committee
- **2025-03-31** Added to Education & Employment Committee agenda
- **2025-04-02** Favorable with CS by Education & Employment Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-03** Reported out of Education & Employment Committee
- **2025-04-03** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2025-04-03** CS Filed `filing`
- **2025-04-03** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2025-04-03** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/9/2025)
- **2025-04-03** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 3) `reading-1`
- **2025-04-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-09** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-09** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2025-04-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-09** CS passed; YEAS 110, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-10** In Messages
- **2025-04-10** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-14** Received `enrolled`
- **2025-04-16** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2025-04-16** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2025-04-16** Substituted for CS/SB 772
- **2025-04-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-16** CS passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-16** Immediately certified
- **2025-04-16** In Messages
- **2025-04-16** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-04-22** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-29** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-01** Chapter No. 2025-15

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/773124ab-2cf3-459a-9e8f-a9884d1392cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).