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| Bill | 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. | us/states/fl | Florida Legislature | 2026 | HB 809 | Florida HB 809 (2026) |
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enacted | 2026-108 |
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3 | 37 | 4 | 2025-12-17 | 2026-05-26 | openstates | ocd-bill/cd2de298-8b7a-4eac-9506-029e51021aec | https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/809/ByCategory | 2900be642f6be01e734ce2774a5314ef1bd77bb959cc6c20190b3bbefc6228d9 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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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.
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; origin ocd-bill/cd2de298-8b7a-4eac-9506-029e51021aec. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).