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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dentistry"
description: "Dentistry; Deleting the role of the Board of Dentistry in the administration of the licensure examination for dentists; deleting the requirement for the board to establish an examination fee; revising requirements for licensure as a dentist; deleting a time limitation on the validity of certain licensure examination results; deleting a board-imposed reexamination fee, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 938"
citation: "Florida SB 938 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2024-211"
primary_sponsors: ["Yarborough"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 29
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-12-13"
last_action: "2024-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e53fcf3a-eed0-4084-b273-54e4a1833a58"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/938/ByCategory"
source_hash: "9568725703b2dee3ff9a7e22b0468080ae8adb8fffec396669cf09d2101b8743"
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 938 (2024) — Dentistry
Dentistry; Deleting the role of the Board of Dentistry in the administration of the licensure examination for dentists; deleting the requirement for the board to establish an examination fee; revising requirements for licensure as a dentist; deleting a time limitation on the validity of certain licensure examination results; deleting a board-imposed reexamination fee, etc.
**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-211.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **S 938 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/938/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 938 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/938/BillText/er/HTML)
## Votes
- Favorable — **80** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **150** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **200** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **400** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **1130** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Yarborough — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-12-13** Filed `filing`
- **2024-01-04** Referred to Health Policy; Fiscal Policy; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2024-01-11** On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 01/16/24, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
- **2024-01-16** Favorable by Health Policy; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-16** Now in Fiscal Policy
- **2024-02-02** On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 02/07/24, 3:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
- **2024-02-07** Favorable by Fiscal Policy; YEAS 20 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-08** Now in Rules
- **2024-02-16** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/21/24, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2024-02-21** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 15 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-21** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2024-02-26** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/28/24
- **2024-02-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** Passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-02-28** In Messages
- **2024-03-01** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2024-03-01** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/4/2024)
- **2024-03-01** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2024-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-04** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-03-04** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2024-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-05** Passed; YEAS 113, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-05** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-05-21** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-29** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-30** Chapter No. 2024-211
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e53fcf3a-eed0-4084-b273-54e4a1833a58`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).