---
type: "Bill"
title: "Veteran and Spouse Nursing Home Beds"
description: "Veteran and Spouse Nursing Home Beds; Authorizes certain licensed skilled nursing facilities to request to designate or alter designation of certain beds as veteran & spouse nursing home beds if specific criteria are met; authorizes executive director of DVA to approve such requests if specific criteria are met; authorizes DVA to adopt rules; specifies conditions under which certain state veterans' nursing homes or certain licensed skilled nursing facilities are exempt from having to receive certificate of need from AHCA."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 797"
citation: "Florida HB 797 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["veterans"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2025-129"
primary_sponsors: ["LaMarca"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 45
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-20"
last_action: "2025-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2bcf97ef-19fc-49f6-836b-9b1537cbee63"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/797/ByCategory"
source_hash: "0ce1fe9be360e8e867a9f04dbf49124c2028e5a09dc18e8e42098b6774d415ef"
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 797 (2025) — Veteran and Spouse Nursing Home Beds

Veteran and Spouse Nursing Home Beds; Authorizes certain licensed skilled nursing facilities to request to designate or alter designation of certain beds as veteran & spouse nursing home beds if specific criteria are met; authorizes executive director of DVA to approve such requests if specific criteria are met; authorizes DVA to adopt rules; specifies conditions under which certain state veterans' nursing homes or certain licensed skilled nursing facilities are exempt from having to receive certificate of need from AHCA.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2025-129.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 797 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/797/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 797 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/797/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 797 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/797/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- LaMarca — primary (person)
- Chaney — cosponsor (person)
- Maney — cosponsor (person)
- Salzman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-20** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-26** Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-26** Referred to Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-26** Referred to Health Care Budget Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-26** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-26** Now in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
- **2025-03-04** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2025-03-10** Added to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee agenda
- **2025-03-12** Favorable with CS by Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-12** Reported out of Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
- **2025-03-13** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2025-03-13** CS Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-13** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2025-03-14** Referred to Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-14** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-14** Now in Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee
- **2025-03-17** Added to Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee agenda
- **2025-03-19** Favorable by Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-19** Reported out of Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee
- **2025-03-19** Now in State Affairs Committee
- **2025-04-04** Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
- **2025-04-08** Favorable by State Affairs Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-08** Reported out of State Affairs Committee
- **2025-04-08** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2025-04-08** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2025-04-17** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/24/2025)
- **2025-04-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-24** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-24** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2025-04-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-24** CS passed; YEAS 115, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-24** In Messages
- **2025-04-25** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-25** Received `enrolled`
- **2025-04-28** Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy `withdrawal`
- **2025-04-28** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2025-04-28** Substituted for SB 788
- **2025-04-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-28** CS passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-28** In Messages
- **2025-04-28** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-06-04** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-06** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-06** Chapter No. 2025-129

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2bcf97ef-19fc-49f6-836b-9b1537cbee63`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).