FloridaNurse license applicants must complete a trafficking course
Beginning July 1, 2027, people applying for registered nurse or licensed practical nurse licenses must complete a two-hour human trafficking course.
What it does
People applying for registered nurse or licensed practical nurse licenses must complete a two-hour human trafficking course. It must cover content required for nurses’ related continuing education.
Argument forThe course could help nurse applicants learn about human trafficking through content also required in nurses’ continuing education.
Argument againstThe required two-hour course could add time to the steps nurse applicants must complete before they can be licensed.
More detail
The law requires nurse license applicants to complete a two-hour human trafficking course. This applies to people seeking initial registered nurse or licensed practical nurse licenses through examination. The course must include the content required for the human trafficking continuing education course cited in the law. The law takes effect July 1, 2026. The course requirement applies beginning July 1, 2027.
Where do you stand?
Choose your position
Tell your reps
Take a position to see your representatives and ways to contact them.
Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- May 22Chapter No. 2026-82Latest
- May 21Approved by Governor Ron DeSantisBecame Law
- May 6Signed by Officers and presented to GovernorTo Governor
- Mar 17Ordered enrolledMinor
- Mar 10CS passed; YEAS 113, NAYS 0Passed House
- Vote recorded Passage, Third Reading. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 10Read 3rd timeMinor
- Mar 10Added to Third Reading Calendar
- Mar 10Read 2nd timeMinor
- Mar 91st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)Minor
- Mar 9Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/10/2026)
- Mar 9Bill referred to House Calendar
- Feb 19In Messages
- Vote recorded Third Reading. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 19Immediately certified
- Feb 19CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0Passed Senate
- Feb 19Read 3rd timeMinor
- Feb 19Read 2nd timeMinor
- Feb 17Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/19/26
- Feb 12Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- Vote recorded Favorable. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 12Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 19 NAYS 0Minor
- Feb 9On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 02/12/26, 9:00 am, 110 Senate Building
- Feb 4Now in Fiscal Policy
- Vote recorded Favorable. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 4Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 7 NAYS 0Minor
- Jan 30On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, 02/04/26, 1:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
- Jan 22CS by Health Policy read 1st time
- Jan 22Now in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
- Jan 21Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- Jan 20CS by Health Policy; YEAS 11 NAYS 0
- Vote recorded Favorable with Committee Substitute. Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 15On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 01/20/26, 3:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
- Jan 13IntroducedMinor
- 2025
- Nov 17Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Fiscal PolicyMinor
- Nov 4FiledIntroduced
Healthcare