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IntroducedOct 20, 2025
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Passed Senate
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Passed House
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Florida Senate Bill
Nursing Education Programs; Requiring applicants for nurse licensure seeking to take the licensing examination more than 6 months after graduation to first complete a remedial course approved or developed by the Board of Nursing; requiring the Department of Health to issue temporary provisional licenses to graduate professional nurses and graduate practical nurses meeting certain criteria; revising application requirements for nursing education program approval; requiring the Florida Center for Nursing to develop graduate nursing preceptorship standards by a specified date; authorizing agents or employees of the department to conduct onsite evaluations and inspections of approved and accredited nursing education programs, etc.
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Feb 27, 2026: Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on SB 254
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Servicesprimary

Votes
Actions
- Feb 27, 2026 | Senate
- Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- Feb 25, 2026 | Senate
- CS by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 6 NAYS 0
- Feb 20, 2026 | Senate
- On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, 02/25/26, 10:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- Jan 13, 2026 | Senate
- Introduced
- Nov 18, 2025 | Senate
- Favorable by Health Policy; YEAS 7 NAYS 1
- Now in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
- Nov 10, 2025 | Senate
- On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 11/18/25, 10:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- Nov 03, 2025 | Senate
- Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Fiscal Policy
- Oct 20, 2025 | Senate
- Filed
Documents
- Bill Analysis -- Health Policy (Pre-Meeting) (11/17/2025 10:07 AM)
- Bill Analysis -- Health Policy (Post-Meeting) (11/18/2025 1:08 PM)
- Bill Analysis -- Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services (Pre-Meeting) (2/24/2026 11:06 AM)
- Bill Analysis -- Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services (Post-Meeting) (2/27/2026 10:23 AM)
