Bill Sponsor
Florida Senate Bill 188
Session 2026
Medical Examiners’ Duties
Active
Active
Failed in Senate on Mar 13, 2026
First Action
Oct 14, 2025
Latest Action
Mar 13, 2026
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill Number
188
State
Florida
Session
2026
Sponsorship by Party
Republican
Primary
Senate Votes (0)
Senate votes are unavailable for this bill.
Summary
Medical Examiners’ Duties; Specifying autopsy requirements for certain cases involving sudden and unexpected deaths; requiring medical examiners to report specified cases to the national Sudden Unexpected Infant Death and Sudden Death in the Young Case Registry in accordance with protocols established by the Department of Health and the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; requiring the department to impose certain administrative penalties against medical examiners for failure to report such cases in a specified timeframe, etc.
Actions (4)
03/13/2026
Senate
Died in Health Policy
01/13/2026
Senate
Introduced
11/03/2025
Senate
Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Fiscal Policy
10/14/2025
Senate
Filed
Sources
Record Created
Nov 4, 2025 10:24:05 AM
Record Updated
Mar 27, 2026 1:43:03 PM