SB 606 Florida Senate · 2026 Regular Session

Drowning Prevention Education

Summary

Drowning Prevention Education; Requiring the Department of Health to develop educational materials on drowning prevention safety measures and safe bathing practices for specified purposes; providing requirements for such materials; 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.

Issues: ✓ Healthcare

Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 13, 2026 Last action Mar 13, 2026

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What changed between versions

S 606 c1 → S 606 c2 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was amended to expand oversight by adding the Fiscal Policy Committee to the original Health Policy Committee. Additionally, the text was updated to reflect that the bill is now a 'Committee Substitute 2' rather than 'Committee Substitute 1', and the legislative header was corrected to include both committees and additional sponsors.

Scope change

The bill's scope regarding the Department of Health's duties and the requirements for hospitals and birth centers remains unchanged; the changes are administrative and procedural.

ENFORCEMENT

The committee responsible for reviewing the bill was expanded from the Committee on Health Policy to include both the Committees on Fiscal Policy and Health Policy.

TECHNICAL

The bill version identifier was updated from 'Committee Substitute 1' to 'Committee Substitute 2' to reflect the new legislative stage.

The list of bill sponsors was updated to include Senators Sharief and Jones in addition to the original sponsors.

Floor votes

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Full legislative history

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Committee

Feb 13, 2026

Upper · Passed

Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)

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Feb 9, 2026

Upper · Passed

On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 02/12/26, 9:00 am, 110 Senate Building

upper

Feb 4, 2026

Upper · Passed

Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 7 NAYS 0

upper

Jan 30, 2026

Upper · Passed

On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, 02/04/26, 1:00 pm, 412 Knott Building

upper

Jan 22, 2026

Upper · Passed

Now in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services

upper

Jan 21, 2026

Upper · Passed

Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)

upper

Jan 15, 2026

Upper · Passed

On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 01/20/26, 3:30 pm, 412 Knott Building

upper

Jan 13, 2026

Introduced

upper

Dec 9, 2025

Committee

Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Fiscal Policy

upper

1 primary · 5 co-sponsors