---
type: "Bill"
title: "Temporary Certificates for Practice in Areas of Critical Need"
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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 809"
citation: "Florida HB 809 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2026-108"
primary_sponsors: ["Benarroch", "López, J."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-12-17"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd2de298-8b7a-4eac-9506-029e51021aec"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/809/ByCategory"
source_hash: "2900be642f6be01e734ce2774a5314ef1bd77bb959cc6c20190b3bbefc6228d9"
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 809 (2026) — Temporary Certificates for Practice in Areas of Critical Need

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.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-108.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 809 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/809/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 809 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/809/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 809 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/809/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Health & Human Services Committee) — **24–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee) — **16–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Benarroch — primary (person)
- Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- López, J. — primary (person)
- Barnaby — cosponsor (person)
- Trabulsy — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-17** Filed `filing`
- **2026-01-05** Referred to Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-05** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-05** Now in Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
- **2026-01-13** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2026-01-30** PCS added to Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee agenda
- **2026-02-03** Favorable with CS by Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-04** Reported out of Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
- **2026-02-04** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2026-02-04** CS Filed `filing`
- **2026-02-04** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2026-02-06** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-06** Now in Health & Human Services Committee
- **2026-02-16** Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda
- **2026-02-18** Favorable by Health & Human Services Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-18** Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee
- **2026-02-18** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2026-02-18** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-26** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/3/2026)
- **2026-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-03** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-03** CS passed; YEAS 110, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-03** In Messages
- **2026-03-03** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-03** Received `enrolled`
- **2026-03-06** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2026-03-06** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2026-03-06** Substituted for CS/SB 1480
- **2026-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-06** CS passed; YEAS 34 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-06** In Messages
- **2026-03-06** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-05-21** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-22** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-26** Chapter No. 2026-108

## Source

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).