HB 169 - Florida House (2026) - Acupuncture - Bill Sponsor

Florida House Bill 169

Session 2026

Acupuncture

Active

Failed in Senate on Mar 13, 2026

Sponsor

First Action

Oct 14, 2025

Latest Action

Mar 13, 2026

Origin Chamber

House

Type

Bill

Bill Number

169

State

Florida

Session

2026

Sponsorship by Party

Primary

Cosponsor

House Votes (1)

checkPassed on March 4, 2026

Motion Text

Passage, Third Reading

House Roll Call Votes

Republicans

Democrats

Unknowns

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Angela "Angie" Nixon

Yes

Anna V. Eskamani

Yes

Yes

Ashley Viola Gantt

Yes

Yes

Yes

Bill Partington

Yes

Bradford Troy "Brad" Yeager

Didn't Vote

Yes

Bruce Hadley Antone

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Christine Hunschofsky

Yes

Yes

Dana Lee Trabulsy

Yes

Daniel Antonio "Danny" Alvarez

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Demi Busatta Cabrera

Yes

Dianne "Ms Dee" Hart

Yes

Didn't Vote

Douglas Michael "Doug" Bankson

Yes

Yes

Yes

Felicia Simone Robinson

Yes

Fentrice Driskell

Yes

Fiona McFarland

Yes

Gallop Franklin II

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

James Vernon "Jim" Mooney, Jr.

Yes

Yes

Yes

Jenna Persons-Mulicka

Yes

Jennifer "Rita" Harris

Yes

Jennifer Canady

Yes

Jennifer Kincart Jonsson

Yes

Jervonte "Tae" Edmonds

Didn't Vote

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Juan Carlos Porras

Yes

Yes

Karen Gonzalez Pittman

Yes

Yes

Yes

Kevin D. Chambliss

Yes

Kevin M. Steele

Yes

Yes

Kimberly Berfield

Yes

Kimberly Daniels

Didn't Vote

Didn't Vote

Yes

Lawrence McClure

Yes

Leonard Spencer

Yes

Yes

Lindsay Michelle Cross

Yes

Yes

Marie Paule Woodson

Yes

Yes

Michael "Mike" Gottlieb

Yes

Yes

Michele K. Rayner-Goolsby

Yes

Michelle Salzman

Yes

Mike Giallombardo

Yes

Yes

Mitch Rosenwald

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Peggy Gossett-Seidman

Yes

Philip Wayne "Griff" Griffitts, Jr.

Yes

Rachel Lora Saunders Plakon

Yes

Randall Scott "Randy" Maggard

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Robert A. "Robbie" Brackett

Yes

Robert Alexander "Alex" Andrade

Yes

Robert Charles "Chuck" Brannan III

Yes

Robin Bartleman

Yes

Ryan Chamberlin

Yes

Yes

Yes

Shane G. Abbott

Yes

Smith

Yes

Susan L. Valdés

Yes

Susan Plasencia

Yes

Taylor Michael Yarkosky

Yes

Thomas Patterson "Patt" Maney

Yes

Tiffany Esposito

Yes

Tobin Rogers "Toby" Overdorf

Yes

Yes

Yes

Tyler I. Sirois

Yes

Yes

Wallace Aristide

Yes

Webster Barnaby

Didn't Vote

William Cloud "Will" Robinson , Jr.

Yes

Yes

Yvette Benarroch

Yes

Yvonne Hayes Hinson

Yes

Summary

Acupuncture; Revises licensure requirements; provides applicability; exempts certain persons from certain regulations governing practice of acupuncture.

Text (1)

H 169 Filed

https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/169/BillText/Filed/PDF

Documents (2)

Bill Analysis -- Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) (2/4/2026 12:35 PM)

https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/169/Analyses/h0169a.HPP.PDF

Bill Analysis -- Health & Human Services Committee (Post-Meeting) (2/18/2026 11:41 AM)

https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/169/Analyses/h0169c.HHS.PDF

Actions (23)

Show Only Major Actions

03/13/2026

Senate

Died in Rules

03/04/2026

Senate

Received

03/04/2026

Senate

Referred to Rules

03/04/2026

Senate

In Messages

03/04/2026

House

Passed; YEAS 111, NAYS 0

03/04/2026

House

Read 3rd time

03/04/2026

House

Added to Third Reading Calendar

03/04/2026

House

Read 2nd time

02/26/2026

House

Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/4/2026)

02/18/2026

House

Added to Second Reading Calendar

02/18/2026

House

Bill released to House Calendar

02/18/2026

House

Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee

02/18/2026

House

Favorable by Health & Human Services Committee

02/16/2026

House

Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda

02/04/2026

House

Now in Health & Human Services Committee

02/04/2026

House

Reported out of Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee

02/03/2026

House

Favorable by Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee

01/30/2026

House

Added to Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee agenda

01/13/2026

House

1st Reading (Original Filed Version)

10/21/2025

House

Now in Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee

10/21/2025

House

Referred to Health & Human Services Committee

10/21/2025

House

Referred to Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee

10/14/2025

House

Filed

Sources

FL Legislature

https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/169/ByCategory

Open States

https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB169/

Record Created

Nov 4, 2025 10:24:05 AM

Record Updated

Mar 27, 2026 1:43:03 PM