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signed · Florida · House May 26, 2026

HB 561: Educator Preparation and Certification

Educator Preparation and Certification; Authorizing an educator preparation institute to allow certain program participants to enroll in introductory coursework; revising the criteria for the award of a temporary educator certification to include certain persons with expired professional certificates; requiring that subject area coverages and endorsements for a certificateholder be reinstated with the certificateholder's professional certificate; revising requirements for reinstatement of a professional certificate; providing that certain requirements for reinstatement of a professional certificate may not be satisfied using specific inservice points; requiring the Florida Center for Teaching Excellence to collaborate with the David C. Anchin Center for the Advancement of Teaching for specified purposes; requiring, rather than authorizing, the center to submit a specified professional learning system for approval by the department; requiring the center to allow certain certified educators to use such professional learning system for specified purposes at no cost to the educator; requiring the center to submit inservice points for such educators to the department; requiring the center to provide information on certain school district professional learning systems to certain certified educators, etc.
Topics ✓ EducationSupports EducationRevises educator certification reinstatement and center duties to maintain teacher credentials, supporting educator retention and professional standards.85% confidence
Anne Gerwig (R) · 5 co-sponsors
signed · Florida · House May 26, 2026

HB 753: School Counselors

School Counselors; Requires evaluation criteria for certified school counselors to be based on specified standards; provides that persons seeking employment as school counselors are exempt from specified educator certification requirements; & provides that school districts may require such persons to meet certain requirements as condition of employment.
Topics ✓ EducationSupports EducationExempts certified counselors from certain certification requirements, easing hiring and supporting school counseling access for students.85% confidence
Christine Hunschofsky (D) · 4 co-sponsors
signed · Florida · House May 26, 2026

HB 913: Inmate Services

Inmate Services ; Requires maintenance & repair deduction fees from contractor-operated correctional facilities to be deposited in Contractor-Operated Institutions Inmate Welfare Trust Fund; requires funds from Contractor-Operated Institutions Inmate Welfare Trust Fund to be used for specified purposes.
Topics ✓ Criminal JusticeSupports Criminal JusticeRevises inmate medical service compensation and mandates Medicaid access, improving correctional healthcare aligned with rehabilitation-focused criminal justice reform.85% confidence ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareRequires Medicaid providers to ensure inmates have reasonable medical access, improving healthcare access for a vulnerable population.90% confidence
Chad Johnson (R) · 1 co-sponsor
signed · Florida · Senate May 26, 2026

SB 800: Engineering

SB 800 increases penalties for individuals who repeatedly practice engineering without a valid license in Florida. It sets escalating fines: $10,000 for a second violation, $15,000 for a third, $20,000 for a fourth, and $25,000 for a fifth or subsequent violation. The law applies directly to people who violate licensing rules multiple times, not to licensed professionals or the general public. The bill takes effect on July 1, 2026, and is not a procedural or commemorative measure.
Debbie Mayfield (R)
signed · Florida · Senate May 26, 2026

SB 772: Limited Licenses for Portable Electronics or Eyewear Insurance

Limited Licenses for Portable Electronics or Eyewear Insurance; Renaming “portable electronics insurance” as “portable electronics or eyewear insurance” to include eyewear for purposes of insurance coverage and licenses; defining the term “eyewear”; revising the definition of the term “portable electronics”, etc.
Danny Burgess (R)
signed · Florida · House May 26, 2026

HB 867: Dry Needling by Occupational Therapists

Dry Needling by Occupational Therapists ; Defines "dry needling" & "myofascial trigger point"; requires Board of Occupational Therapy Association to establish minimum standards of practice for performance of dry needling by occupational therapists; provides performance requirements; requires board to establish additional supervision & training requirements; requires DOH to submit specified report to Legislature by specified date.
Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareBill establishes standards for occupational therapists to perform dry needling, ensuring safe practice and expanding access to this therapeutic healthcare service.90% confidence
Adam Anderson (R)
signed · Florida · Senate May 26, 2026

SB 1022: Children’s Initiatives

Children’s Initiatives; Establishing the Bay County 32401 Children’s Initiative in Bay County and the Pompano RYZE Children’s Initiative in Broward County; providing for the projects to be managed by not-for-profit corporations; declaring that the initiatives are subject to state public records and meeting requirements and procurement of commodities and contractual services requirements; requiring designated children’s initiatives to assist in the creation of community-based service networks and programming that provides certain services for children and families residing in disadvantaged areas of this state, etc.
Tina Polsky (D)
signed · Florida · Senate May 26, 2026

SB 984: Firefighter Cancer Benefits

Firefighter Cancer Benefits; Requiring a former employer to provide death benefits to certain beneficiaries for a specified time period under certain circumstances, etc.
Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareBill provides financial benefits for firefighters' cancer diagnosis and death benefits, directly supporting healthcare access for a high-risk occupational group.92% confidence ✓ Labor & EmploymentSupports Labor & EmploymentBill provides financial benefits (one-time payment, death benefits) to firefighters diagnosed with job-related cancer, strengthening worker protections for occupational health hazards.90% confidence
Nick DiCeglie (R) · 2 co-sponsors
signed · Florida · House May 26, 2026

HB 925: Clerks of the Court

Clerks of the Court; Authorizing the cumulative excess of funds to be used in the development of the total combined budgets of the clerks of the court; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; revising the definition of the term “publicly accessible website”; increasing the percentage of certain penalties which must be deposited into the fine and forfeiture fund and decreasing the percentage of certain penalties that must be paid to a municipality, etc.
Dana Trabulsy (R) · 7 co-sponsors
signed · Florida · House May 26, 2026

HB 809: 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.
Topics ✓ EducationSupports EducationFacilitates licensure for temporary teachers in critical need areas, supporting teacher retention and addressing shortages in education.95% confidence ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareAuthorizes faster licensure for doctors in critical need areas, improving healthcare access in underserved regions by addressing provider shortages.95% confidence
Yvette Benarroch (R) Johanna López (D) · 2 co-sponsors
signed · Florida · House May 26, 2026

HB 327: Uterine Fibroid Research Database

HB 327 requires Florida's Department of Health to add uterine fibroids to a state-maintained list of diseases used for research. This creates a new database to collect anonymized health data about uterine fibroids, specifically for research purposes, while prohibiting the inclusion of any personal identifying information about patients. The database will support studies on uterine fibroids, a condition affecting many women, without compromising individual privacy. The law takes effect on July 1, 2026.
Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareCreates anonymized research database for uterine fibroids, advancing women's health research and supporting public health data collection without privacy risks.92% confidence ✓ TechnologySupports TechnologyCreates anonymized health data database, prohibiting personal identifiers, aligning with data privacy protections in technology policy.95% confidence
Lisa Dunkley (D) Susan Valdés (R) · 6 co-sponsors
signed · Florida · Senate May 26, 2026

SB 178: Athletics in Public K-12 Schools

Athletics in Public K-12 Schools; Requiring the Florida High School Athletic Association to adopt bylaws authorizing a head coach to support the welfare of a student by using personal funds to provide certain effects to the student; requiring the head coach to report such use of personal funds to the association; providing that such use of personal funds is presumed not to be an impermissible benefit, etc.
Shev Jones (D)
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