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| Bill | Drowning Prevention | Drowning Prevention; Revising the purpose of the Swimming Lesson Voucher Program; revising the age requirements for children receiving a voucher through the program; requiring the Department of Health to develop educational materials on drowning prevention safety measures and safe bathing practices for specified purposes; requiring hospitals, birth centers, and home birth providers to provide the educational materials to new parents and caregivers as part of their postpartum education and care, etc. | us/states/fl | Florida Legislature | 2026 | SB 428 | Florida SB 428 (2026) |
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enacted | 2026-38 |
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3 | 30 | 5 | 2025-11-07 | 2026-04-22 | openstates | ocd-bill/15469487-7c83-4177-8e96-2dae83dc3bf2 | https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/428/ByCategory | e6bba65301169251f76fd2ef3826b5c8d794ad9a94461b3698a50426a719d577 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Florida SB 428 (2026) — Drowning Prevention
Drowning Prevention; Revising the purpose of the Swimming Lesson Voucher Program; revising the age requirements for children receiving a voucher through the program; requiring the Department of Health to develop educational materials on drowning prevention safety measures and safe bathing practices for specified purposes; requiring hospitals, birth centers, and home birth providers to provide the educational materials to new parents and caregivers as part of their postpartum education and care, etc.
Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-38.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Favorable — 11–0 (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — 36–0 (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — 108–0 (pass) · lower
- Favorable — 7–0 (pass) · upper
- Favorable — 19–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Yarborough — primary (person)
- Berman — cosponsor (person)
- Bernard — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Massullo — cosponsor (person)
- Sharief — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-11-07 Filed
filing - 2025-12-01 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 Favorable by Health Policy; YEAS 11 NAYS 0
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-01-21 Now in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
- 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
- 2026-02-23 Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/25/26
- 2026-02-25 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2026-02-25 Amendment(s) adopted (667490, 768758)
- 2026-02-25 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2026-02-25 Passed as amended; YEAS 36 NAYS 0
passage - 2026-02-25 Immediately certified
- 2026-02-25 In Messages
- 2026-03-05 Bill referred to House Calendar
- 2026-03-05 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/9/2026)
- 2026-03-05 1st Reading (Engrossed 1)
reading-1 - 2026-03-09 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2026-03-09 Added to Third Reading Calendar
- 2026-03-09 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2026-03-09 Passed; YEAS 108, NAYS 0
passage - 2026-03-17 Ordered enrolled
enrolled - 2026-04-21 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
executive-receipt - 2026-04-21 Approved by Governor
executive-signature - 2026-04-22 Chapter No. 2026-38
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/15469487-7c83-4177-8e96-2dae83dc3bf2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).