The Florida Senate

SB 816: Diabetes Research

GENERAL BILL by Bradley

Diabetes Research; Establishing the University of Florida Diabetes Institute within the University of Florida College of Medicine; authorizing the institute to administer statewide pilot programs; requiring the institute to maintain a secure repository for deidentified data; authorizing the institute to share deidentified data under certain conditions; authorizing the institute to convene a consortium, etc.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  12/9/2025	Senate	• Filed
  12/16/2025	Senate	• Referred to Education Postsecondary; Appropriations Committee on Higher Education; Fiscal Policy
  1/8/2026	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Education Postsecondary, 01/13/26, 4:00 pm, 301 Senate Building
  1/13/2026	Senate	• Favorable by Education Postsecondary; YEAS 6 NAYS 0 • Introduced
  1/14/2026	Senate	• Now in Appropriations Committee on Higher Education
  1/23/2026	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Higher Education, 01/28/26, 3:45 pm, 110 Senate Building
  1/28/2026	Senate	• Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Higher Education; YEAS 5 NAYS 0
  1/29/2026	Senate	• Now in Fiscal Policy
  2/2/2026	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 02/05/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
  2/5/2026	Senate	• Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 15 NAYS 0 • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
  2/9/2026	Senate	• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/11/26
  2/11/2026	Senate	• Read 2nd time -SJ 295 • Read 3rd time -SJ 295 • Passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 -SJ 295 • Immediately certified -SJ 299
  2/11/2026	House	• In Messages

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• SB 816, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 12/9/2025 at 11:31 AM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	Education Postsecondary (Pre-Meeting) 1/12/2026 (pdf) Education Postsecondary (Post-Meeting) 1/13/2026 (pdf) Appropriations Committee on Higher Education (Pre-Meeting) 1/27/2026 (pdf) Appropriations Committee on Higher Education (Post-Meeting) 1/29/2026 (pdf) Fiscal Policy (Pre-Meeting) 2/4/2026 (pdf) Fiscal Policy (Post-Meeting) 2/5/2026 (pdf)

  Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
  H 901	Diabetes Research	Kincart Jonsson	Identical	Last Action: 2/3/2026 H Added to Second Reading Calendar

  Committee Votes (3)

  Date	Committee	Result
  1/13/2026 4:00 PM	Education Postsecondary	6 Yeas - 0 Nays
  1/28/2026 3:45 PM	Appropriations Committee on Higher Education	5 Yeas - 0 Nays
  2/5/2026 9:00 AM	Fiscal Policy	15 Yeas - 0 Nays

  Floor Votes (1)

  Date	Chamber	Result
  2/11/2026 1:34 PM	Senate	39 Yeas - 0 Nays

  Citations - Statutes (1)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  1004.562		Page 1 (pdf)

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