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IntroducedDec 17, 2025
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Passed HouseFeb 11, 2026
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
Florida House Bill
Veterinary Medicine; Defines "veterinary professional associate"; increases amount of time for which prescriptions based solely on veterinary telehealth evaluation may be issued for certain drugs; revises applicability of certain exemptions; provides requirements for veterinary professional associates to receive certificates of registration from DBPR; requires department to make list of veterinary professional associate registrants publicly available on its website; authorizes department to suspend registration of veterinary professional associate upon certain determination by Board of Veterinary Medicine; authorizes department to rescind registration of veterinary professional associate; prohibits person from holding himself or herself out as veterinary professional associate; authorizes registered veterinary professional associate to engage in practice of veterinary medicine; prohibits registered veterinary professional associate from taking certain actions.
Summary
Comments on HB 805
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
YES: 94
- Abbott
- Eskamani
- Oliver
- Albert
- Esposito
- Overdorf
- Alvarez, D.
- Fabricio
- Owen
- Alvarez, J.
- Partington
- Anderson
- Perez
- Andrade
- Garrison
- Persons-Mulicka
- Antone
- Gentry
- Plakon
- Aristide
- Gerwig
- Plasencia
- Baker
- Giallombardo
- Porras
- Bankson
- Gonzalez Pittman
- Gossett-Seidman
- Redondo
- Rizo
- Basabe
- Greco
- Benarroch
- Griffitts
- Robinson, W.
- Berfield
- Grow
- Rosenwald
- Black
- Salzman
- Blanco
- Sapp
- Booth
- Hinson
- Shoaf
- Borrero
- Hodgers
- Sirois
- Botana
- Holcomb
- Boyles
- Smith
- Brackett
- Jacques
- Snyder
- Brannan
- Johnson
- Buchanan
- Stark
- Busatta
- Kendall
- Steele
- Kincart Jonsson
- Canady
- Koster
- Tendrich
- Cassel
- LaMarca
- Tomkow
- Chamberlin
- Trabulsy
- Tramont
- Chaney
- Maggard
- Tuck
- Cobb
- Maney
- Valdés
- Conerly
- McClure
- Weinberger
- McFarland
- Melo
- Yarkosky
- Daniels
- Michael
- Yeager
- Miller
- Young
- Duggan
- Mooney
- Dunkley
- Nix
- Edmonds
NO: 16
Actions
- Feb 18, 2026 | Senate
- Received
- Feb 12, 2026 | Senate
- In Messages
- Referred to Rules
- Feb 11, 2026 | House
- Read 2nd time
- Added to Third Reading Calendar
- Read 3rd time
- CS passed; YEAS 94, NAYS 16
- Feb 05, 2026 | House
- Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/11/2026)
- Feb 03, 2026 | House
- Favorable by Commerce Committee
- Reported out of Commerce Committee
- Bill released to House Calendar
- Added to Second Reading Calendar
- Jan 30, 2026 | House
- Added to Commerce Committee agenda
- Jan 21, 2026 | House
- Referred to Commerce Committee
- Now in Commerce Committee
- 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- Jan 20, 2026 | House
- Favorable with CS by Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
- Reported out of Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
- Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- CS Filed
- Jan 15, 2026 | House
- Added to Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee agenda
- Jan 13, 2026 | House
- 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- Jan 05, 2026 | House
- Referred to Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
- Referred to Commerce Committee
- Now in Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
- Dec 17, 2025 | House
- Filed


