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Florida Senate Bill 36
Session 2026
Use of Professional Nursing Titles
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Failed in Senate on Mar 13, 2026
Sponsors
3 Sponsors
Committee
Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
Committee
Health Policy
Democrat
First Action
Sep 8, 2025
Latest Action
Mar 13, 2026
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill Number
36
State
Florida
Session
2026
Sponsorship by Party
Committee
Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
Primary
Democrat
Barbara Sharief
Primary
Committee
Health Policy
Primary
Democrat
Darryl Ervin Rouson
Cosponsor
Democrat
Lori Berman
Cosponsor
Democrat
Rosalind Osgood
Cosponsor
Democrat
Tracie Davis
Cosponsor
Senate Votes (2)
Motion Text
Favorable with Committee Substitute
Summary
Use of Professional Nursing Titles; Providing that licensed advanced practice registered nurses who hold specified degrees may use titles and abbreviations associated with those degrees in a specified manner; prohibiting such persons from holding themselves out to patients or prospective patients as a doctor in advertising without also clearly denoting their licensed profession, etc.
Text (3)
S 36 Filed
https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/36/BillText/Filed/HTML
https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/36/BillText/Filed/PDF
S 36 c1
https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/36/BillText/c1/HTML
https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/36/BillText/c1/PDF
S 36 c2
https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/36/BillText/c2/HTML
https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/36/BillText/c2/PDF
Documents (6)
Bill Analysis -- Health Policy (Pre-Meeting) (1/30/2026 2:26 PM)
https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/36/Analyses/2026s00036.pre.hp.PDF
Bill Analysis -- Health Policy (Post-Meeting) (2/3/2026 1:18 PM)
https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/36/Analyses/2026s00036.hp.PDF
Bill Analysis -- Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services (Pre-Meeting) (2/11/2026 3:16 PM)
https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/36/Analyses/2026s00036.pre.ahs.PDF
Bill Analysis -- Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services (Post-Meeting) (2/16/2026 3:23 PM)
https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/36/Analyses/2026s00036.ahs.PDF
Bill Analysis -- Rules (Pre-Meeting) (3/2/2026 7:49 AM)
https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/36/Analyses/2026s00036.pre.rc.PDF
690594 - Amendment to S 36 Filed
https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/36/Amendment/690594/HTML
https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/36/Amendment/690594/PDF
Actions (15)
03/13/2026
Senate
Died in Rules
02/26/2026
Senate
On Committee agenda-- Rules, 03/03/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building --Temporarily Postponed
02/18/2026
Senate
CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services read 1st time
02/16/2026
Senate
Now in Rules
02/16/2026
Senate
Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
02/12/2026
Senate
CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 8 NAYS 1
02/09/2026
Senate
On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, 02/12/26, 2:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
02/04/2026
Senate
CS by Health Policy read 1st time
02/04/2026
Senate
Now in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
02/03/2026
Senate
Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
02/02/2026
Senate
CS by Health Policy; YEAS 9 NAYS 2
01/28/2026
Senate
On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 02/02/26, 3:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
01/13/2026
Senate
Introduced
10/06/2025
Senate
Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Rules
09/08/2025
Senate
Filed
Sources
FL Legislature
Open States
https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SB36/
Record Created
Sep 16, 2025 8:56:04 AM
Record Updated
Mar 27, 2026 1:43:01 PM
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