The Florida Senate

HB 733: Department of Health

GENERAL BILL by Gerwig

Department of Health; Revises eligibility requirements for dental student loan repayment program; revises renewal period for certification of specified course; renaming compassionate use registry as medical marijuana registry; prohibits medical marijuana treatment center from being located within certain distance of specified areas; revises DOH duties relating to Early Steps Program & Early Steps Extended Option; revises eligibility requirements for developmental evaluation & early intervention services; revises transition to education requirements for children with disabilities; provides that committing criminal offense relating to murder is cause for immediate suspension of health care practitioner's license; revises eligible individuals for University of Florida Center for Autism & Neurodevelopment's autism micro-credential.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  12/10/2025	House	• Filed
  12/16/2025	House	• Referred to Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee • Referred to Health Care Budget Subcommittee • Referred to Health & Human Services Committee • Now in Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
  1/13/2026	House	• 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
  1/27/2026	House	• Added to Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee agenda
  1/29/2026	House	• Favorable by Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee • Reported out of Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee • Now in Health Care Budget Subcommittee
  2/3/2026	House	• Added to Health Care Budget Subcommittee agenda
  2/5/2026	House	• Favorable by Health Care Budget Subcommittee • Reported out of Health Care Budget Subcommittee • Now in Health & Human Services Committee
  2/20/2026	House	• Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda
  2/24/2026	House	• Favorable with CS by Health & Human Services Committee

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• HB 733, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 12/10/2025 at 3:33 PM

  Bill Text:	PDF

  Analyses:	Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 1/29/2026 (pdf) Health Care Budget Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 2/5/2026 (pdf) Health & Human Services Committee (Post-Meeting) 2/23/2026 (pdf)

  Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
  S 902 (c3)	Department of Health	Garcia	Compare	Last Action: 2/26/2026 S Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading

  Committee Amendments (3)

  Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Committee Action	Format
  051447 - Strike All Amendment Remove everything after the enacting clause and insert:	Gerwig	2/23/2026 4:58 PM	Adopted without Objection 2/24/2026	PDF
  839417 - Amendment to Amendment (051447) Between lines 545 and 546 of the amendment, insert:	Black	2/24/2026 2:04 PM	Adopted without Objection 2/24/2026	PDF
  953245 - Amendment to Amendment (051447) Between lines 629 and 630 of the amendment, insert:	Andrade	2/24/2026 2:19 PM	Adopted without Objection 2/24/2026	PDF

  Citations - Statutes (6)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  381.4019	Dental Student Loan Repayment Program.	Page 3 (pdf)
  381.986	Medical use of marijuana.	Page 4 (pdf)
  391.308	Early Steps Program.	Page 11 (pdf)
  391.3081	Early Steps Extended Option.	Page 12 (pdf)
  456.074	Certain health care practitioners; immediate suspension of license.	Page 14 (pdf)
  1004.551	University of Florida Center for Autism and Neurodevelopment.	Page 14 (pdf)

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