---
type: "Bill"
title: "Human Trafficking Education for Nurse Licensure"
description: "Human Trafficking Education for Nurse Licensure; Revising requirements for initial licensure as a registered nurse or licensed practical nurse, beginning on a specified date, to include completion of a certain course on human trafficking, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 340"
citation: "Florida SB 340 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["regulation of professions and occupations"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2026-82"
primary_sponsors: ["Harrell"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-11-04"
last_action: "2026-05-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c8315f30-64bd-4e90-b434-32c2884a2815"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/340/ByCategory"
source_hash: "609ea3eb12ea989c72dd35528c65c444993c3d10cc2b4a11c3f98e06e9a5f91f"
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 SB 340 (2026) — Human Trafficking Education for Nurse Licensure

Human Trafficking Education for Nurse Licensure; Revising requirements for initial licensure as a registered nurse or licensed practical nurse, beginning on a specified date, to include completion of a certain course on human trafficking, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-82.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 340 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/340/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 340 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/340/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 340 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/340/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **11–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Harrell — primary (person)
- Health Policy — primary (organization)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-11-04** Filed `filing`
- **2025-11-17** Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-13** Introduced `introduction`
- **2026-01-15** On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 01/20/26, 3:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
- **2026-01-20** CS by Health Policy; YEAS 11 NAYS 0
- **2026-01-21** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2026-01-22** Now in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
- **2026-01-22** CS by Health Policy read 1st time
- **2026-01-30** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, 02/04/26, 1:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
- **2026-02-04** Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-04** Now in Fiscal Policy
- **2026-02-09** On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 02/12/26, 9:00 am, 110 Senate Building
- **2026-02-12** Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 19 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-12** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2026-02-17** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/19/26
- **2026-02-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-19** CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-02-19** Immediately certified
- **2026-02-19** In Messages
- **2026-03-09** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2026-03-09** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/10/2026)
- **2026-03-09** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2026-03-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-10** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-10** CS passed; YEAS 113, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-17** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-05-06** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-21** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-22** Chapter No. 2026-82

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c8315f30-64bd-4e90-b434-32c2884a2815`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).