Senate Bill 768 (2025) - The Florida Senate

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CS/CS/SB 768: Foreign Countries of Concern

GENERAL BILL by Judiciary ; Health Policy ; Calatayud

Foreign Countries of Concern; Prohibiting laboratories from using certain operational or research software produced in or by a foreign country of concern, a state-owned enterprise of a foreign country of concern, or a company domiciled within a foreign country of concern; providing certain protections for licensees who fail to obtain assurances from a person or an entity that indirectly owns a controlling interest in the licensee or indirectly holds an interest in certain entities, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Last Action: 5/2/2025 Senate - Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF

Senate Committee References:

Health Policy (HP)
Judiciary (JU)
Rules (RC)

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Bill History

Date	Chamber	Action
2/14/2025	Senate	• Filed
2/28/2025	Senate	• Referred to Health Policy; Judiciary; Rules
3/4/2025	Senate	• Introduced
3/13/2025	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 03/18/25, 3:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
3/18/2025	Senate	• CS by Health Policy; YEAS 8 NAYS 1
3/20/2025	Senate	• Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) • Now in Judiciary
3/26/2025	Senate	• CS by Health Policy read 1st time
3/27/2025	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 04/01/25, 4:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
4/1/2025	Senate	• CS/CS by Judiciary; YEAS 11 NAYS 0
4/2/2025	Senate	• Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) • CS/CS by Judiciary read 1st time
4/3/2025	Senate	• Now in Rules • On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/08/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
4/8/2025	Senate	• Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 24 NAYS 0 • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
4/10/2025	Senate	• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/16/25
4/16/2025	Senate	• Read 2nd time -SJ 433 • Amendment(s) adopted (510594) -SJ 433 • Read 3rd time -SJ 433 • CS passed as amended; YEAS 35 NAYS 0 -SJ 433 • Immediately certified -SJ 444
4/16/2025	House	• In Messages
4/28/2025	House	• Bill referred to House Calendar • Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/29/2025) • 1st Reading (Engrossed 1)
4/29/2025	House	• Read 2nd time • Amendment 652203 adopted • Placed on 3rd reading • Added to Third Reading Calendar • Read 3rd time • CS passed as amended; YEAS 113, NAYS 0
4/29/2025	Senate	• In returning messages
5/1/2025	Senate	• Amendment(s) to House amendment(s) adopted (756034) -SJ 1084 • Concurred in House amendment(s) as amended (652203) -SJ 1085 • CS passed as amended; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 -SJ 1085
5/1/2025	House	• In Messages
5/2/2025	House	• Senate Message List • Amendment 756034 Concur • CS passed as amended; YEAS 114, NAYS 0
5/2/2025	Senate	• Ordered engrossed, then enrolled

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CS/CS/SB 768, Enrolled (Current Bill Version) Posted 5/2/2025 at 2:18 PM

Bill Text:	Web Page \| PDF

Analyses:	None

Related Bills (1)

Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
H 1543 (c2)	Contracting with Foreign Countries of Concern	Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee	Compare	Last Action: 4/29/2025 H Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/SB 768

Citations - Statutes (2)

Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
381.0202	Laboratory services.	Page 1 (pdf)
408.810	Minimum licensure requirements.	Page 2 (pdf)

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CS/CS/SB 768, Engrossed 2 Posted 5/2/2025 at 1:39 PM

Bill Text:	Web Page \| PDF

Analyses:	None

Related Bills (1)

Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
H 1543 (c2)	Contracting with Foreign Countries of Concern	Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee	Compare	Last Action: 4/29/2025 H Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/SB 768

Citations - Statutes (2)

Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
381.0202	Laboratory services.
408.810	Minimum licensure requirements.	Page 1 (pdf)

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CS/CS/SB 768, Engrossed 1 Posted 4/16/2025 at 3:19 PM

Bill Text:	Web Page \| PDF

Analyses:	House Message Summary (pdf)

Related Bills (1)

Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
H 1543 (c2)	Contracting with Foreign Countries of Concern	Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee	Compare	Last Action: 4/29/2025 H Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/SB 768

Floor Amendments (2)

Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Floor Action	Format
652203 - Strike All Amendment Remove everything after the enacting clause and insert:	Busatta	4/28/2025 9:37 PM	Senate: Concurred as Amended 5/1/2025	PDF
756034 - S Amend. to H Amend. (652203) Delete lines 5 - 210.	Calatayud	4/30/2025 4:44 PM	House: Concur 5/2/2025	Web Page PDF

Floor Votes (3)

Date	Chamber	Result
4/29/2025 1:23 PM	House	113 Yeas - 0 Nays
5/1/2025 3:03 PM	Senate	37 Yeas - 0 Nays
5/2/2025 11:20 AM	House	114 Yeas - 0 Nays

Citations - Statutes (1)

Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
408.810	Minimum licensure requirements.	Page 1 (pdf)

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CS/CS/SB 768, Committee Substitute 2 Posted 4/2/2025 at 12:27 PM

Bill Text:	Web Page \| PDF

Analyses:	Rules (Pre-Meeting) 4/7/2025 (pdf) Rules (Post-Meeting) 4/8/2025 (pdf)

Related Bills (1)

Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
H 1543 (c1)	Contracting with Foreign Countries of Concern	Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee	Identical	Last Action: 4/29/2025 H Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/SB 768

Floor Amendments (1)

Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Floor Action	Format
510594 - Amendment Delete lines 21 - 39 and insert:	Calatayud	4/15/2025 1:29 PM	Senate: Adopted 4/16/2025	Web Page PDF

Committee Votes (1)

Date	Committee	Result
4/8/2025 9:00 AM	Rules	24 Yeas - 0 Nays

Floor Votes (1)

Date	Chamber	Result
4/16/2025 2:26 PM	Senate	35 Yeas - 0 Nays

Citations - Statutes (1)

Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
408.810	Minimum licensure requirements.	Page 1 (pdf)

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CS/SB 768, Committee Substitute 1 Posted 3/20/2025 at 9:51 AM

Bill Text:	Web Page \| PDF

Analyses:	Judiciary (Pre-Meeting) 3/31/2025 (pdf) Judiciary (Post-Meeting) 4/2/2025 (pdf)

Related Bills (1)

Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
H 1543	Controlling Interests in Health Care Licenses	Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee	Similar	Last Action: 4/29/2025 H Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/SB 768

Committee Amendments (1)

Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Committee Action	Format
318358 - Amendment Delete line 20 and insert:	Judiciary (Calatayud)	3/31/2025 3:26 PM	Replaced by Committee Substitute 4/2/2025	Web Page PDF

Committee Votes (1)

Date	Committee	Result
4/1/2025 4:00 PM	Judiciary	11 Yeas - 0 Nays

Citations - Statutes (1)

Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
408.810	Minimum licensure requirements.	Page 1 (pdf)

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SB 768, Original Filed Version Posted 2/14/2025 at 1:10 PM

Bill Text:	Web Page \| PDF

Analyses:	Health Policy (Pre-Meeting) 3/17/2025 (pdf) Health Policy (Post-Meeting) 3/19/2025 (pdf)

Related Bills (1)

Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
H 1543	Controlling Interests in Health Care Licenses	Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee	Similar	Last Action: 4/29/2025 H Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/SB 768

Committee Amendments (1)

Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Committee Action	Format
217378 - Amendment Delete lines 22 - 43 and insert:	Health Policy (Calatayud)	3/18/2025 1:08 PM	Replaced by Committee Substitute 3/19/2025	Web Page PDF

Committee Votes (1)

Date	Committee	Result
3/18/2025 3:30 PM	Health Policy	8 Yeas - 1 Nays

Citations - Statutes (1)

Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
408.810	Minimum licensure requirements.	Page 1 (pdf)

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