The Florida Senate

SB 1708: Veterinary Licensure

GENERAL BILL by Gaetz

Veterinary Licensure; Deleting the requirement for an applicant for licensure by endorsement to have held a valid active license to practice veterinary medicine in another state, the District of Columbia, or a territory of the United States for a specified amount of time; requiring applicants to hold a valid, active license in good standing to practice veterinary medicine in another state, the District of Columbia, or a territory of the United States, etc.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  1/9/2026	Senate	• Filed
  1/16/2026	Senate	• Referred to Regulated Industries; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Rules
  1/22/2026	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Regulated Industries, 01/27/26, 1:00 pm, 412 Knott Building • Introduced
  1/27/2026	Senate	• Favorable by Regulated Industries; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
  1/28/2026	Senate	• Now in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government

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• SB 1708, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 1/9/2026 at 4:01 PM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	Regulated Industries (Pre-Meeting) 1/26/2026 (pdf) Regulated Industries (Post-Meeting) 1/28/2026 (pdf)

  Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
  H 1509	Veterinarian Licensure by Endorsement	Johnson	Similar	Last Action: 2/5/2026 H Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/11/2026)

  Committee Votes (1)

  Date	Committee	Result
  1/27/2026 1:00 PM	Regulated Industries	8 Yeas - 0 Nays

  Citations - Statutes (2)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  474.2125	Temporary license.	Page 2 (pdf)
  474.217	Licensure by endorsement.	Page 1 (pdf)

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