The Florida Senate

HB 871: Practice of Veterinary Medicine

GENERAL BILL by Blanco

Practice of Veterinary Medicine; Provides that specified exemptions apply to licensed & unlicensed veterinary technicians; revises membership of Board of Veterinary Medicine; provides requirements for licensure of veterinary technicians; provides continuing education requirements for renewal of licensed veterinary technicians' licenses; prohibits certain persons from taking specified actions relating to licensure of & use of titles of licensed veterinary technicians; provides criminal penalties; provides grounds for disciplinary actions against applicants for licensure & licensed veterinary technicians; authorizes board to take specified actions against certain persons; provides for reissuance of license to veterinary technician; provides scope of practice relating to licensed veterinary technicians; authorizes veterinary technicians to provide specified services; authorizes supervising veterinarians to delegate specified responsibilities to licensed veterinary technicians; prohibits licensed veterinary technicians and veterinary assistants from taking specified actions or identifying themselves as specified persons.

• Bill History
• Related Bills (2)
• Bill Text (1)
• Amendments (0)
• Analyses (0)
• Vote History (0)
• Citations (10)

Bill History

Date	Chamber	Action
12/23/2025	House	• Filed

Related Bills

Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
H 805	Veterinary Medicine	Melo	Compare	Last Action: 12/17/2025 H Filed
S 796	Veterinary Medicine	Bradley	Compare	Last Action: 12/16/2025 S Referred to Regulated Industries; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Rules

Bill Text

Version	Posted	Format
H 871 Filed	12/23/2025 9:40 AM	PDF

Committee Amendments

No Committee Amendments Available

Floor Amendments

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Bill Analyses

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Vote History - Committee

No Committee Vote History Available

Vote History - Floor

No Vote History Available

Citations - Statutes (10)

Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
474.201	Purpose.	Page 2 (pdf)
474.202	Definitions.	Page 3 (pdf)
474.203	Exemptions.	Page 4 (pdf)
474.204	Board of Veterinary Medicine.	Page 5 (pdf)
474.2071		Page 6 (pdf)
474.211	Renewal of license.	Page 7 (pdf)
474.213	Prohibitions; penalties.	Page 7 (pdf)
474.214	Disciplinary proceedings.	Page 9 (pdf)
474.223		Page 20 (pdf)
828.30	Rabies vaccination of dogs, cats, and ferrets.	Page 22 (pdf)

Citations - Constitution (0)

No Constitutional citations.

Citations - Chapter Law (0)

No Chapter Law citations.