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Florida · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 493: Leave for Living Organ Donation

Did not advance Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Did not advance

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 493 is a bill introduced in the Florida House on November 19, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Leave for Living Organ Donation. Primary sponsor: Kim Berfield (Republican), Government Operations Subcommittee. It lists 32 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 13, 2026): Died in Rules.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Leave for Living Organ Donation; Defines "living organ donor"; requires state agencies to grant administrative leave, not to exceed specified number of days, to allow employee to serve as living organ donor; specifies that such leave is in addition to other leave authorized by law; defines "employer" and "living organ donor"; requires certain employers to grant unpaid leave of absence to allow employee to serve as living organ donor; specifies length of such leave of absence; authorizes employers to grant paid or unpaid leave for period longer than required period of time; provides effective date.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 8 · Republican 24

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Kim BerfieldPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse58
Government Operations SubcommitteePrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Shane AbbottCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse5
Webster BarnabyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse29
Robin BartlemanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse103
Fabián BasabeCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse106
Omar BlancoCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse115
Linda ChaneyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse61
Nan CobbCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse26
Bill ConerlyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse72
Lindsay CrossCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse60
Kim DanielsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse14
Gallop FranklinCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse8
Richard GentryCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse27
Griff GriffittsCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse6
J.J. GrowCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse23
Rita HarrisCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse44
Brian HodgersCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse32
Chip LaMarcaCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse100
Johanna LópezCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse43
Jim MooneyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse120
Bill PartingtonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse28
Karen Gonzalez PittmanCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse65
Alex RizoCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse112
Mitch RosenwaldCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse98
Michelle SalzmanCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse1
Judson SappCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse20
Jason ShoafCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse7
John SnyderCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse86
Paula StarkCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse47
SteeleCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Allison TantCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse9
Susan ValdésCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse64
Meg WeinbergerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse94

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Died in Rules
  2. Received
  3. Referred to Rules
  4. In Messages
  5. CS passed; YEAS 112, NAYS 0
  6. Read 3rd time
  7. Added to Third Reading Calendar
  8. Read 2nd time
  9. Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/4/2026)
  10. Added to Second Reading Calendar
  11. Bill released to House Calendar
  12. Reported out of State Affairs Committee

Showing 12 most recent of 27 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source