republic-os/legislation/us/states/fl/2025/hb-797.md

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Bill	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.	us/states/fl	Florida Legislature	2025	HB 797	Florida HB 797 (2025)	bill	veterans	enacted	2025-129	LaMarca	3	45	2	2025-02-20	2025-06-06	openstates	ocd-bill/2bcf97ef-19fc-49f6-836b-9b1537cbee63	https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/797/ByCategory	0ce1fe9be360e8e867a9f04dbf49124c2028e5a09dc18e8e42098b6774d415ef	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. H 797 c1 (committee substitute) — source
3. H 797 er (enrolled) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/2bcf97ef-19fc-49f6-836b-9b1537cbee63. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).