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Florida · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 503: Drowning Prevention Education

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 503 is a bill introduced in the Florida House on November 20, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Drowning Prevention Education. Primary sponsor: Kim Kendall (Republican), Anna Eskamani (Democratic), Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee. It lists 13 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 13, 2026): Died in Rules, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 428 (Ch. 2026-38).

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.

Drowning Prevention Education; Requires DOH to develop educational materials on drowning prevention safety measures & safe bathing practices for specified purposes; provides requirements for such materials; requires hospitals, birth centers, & home birth providers to provide educational materials to new parents & caregivers as part of their postpartum education & care; requires childbirth educators to provide informational materials to parents or caregivers receiving childbirth education from them.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 10 · Republican 5

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Kim KendallPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse18
Anna EskamaniPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse42
Health Care Facilities & Systems SubcommitteePrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Robin BartlemanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse103
Kim BerfieldCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse58
Daryl CampbellCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse99
Linda ChaneyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse61
Fentrice DriskellCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse67
Rita HarrisCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse44
Christine HunschofskyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse95
Johanna LópezCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse43
Jim MooneyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse120
Angie NixonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse13
Felicia RobinsonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse104
Kelly SkidmoreCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse92
John SnyderCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse86

“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, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 428 (Ch. 2026-38)
  2. Received
  3. Referred to Rules
  4. In Messages
  5. CS passed; YEAS 108, NAYS 1
  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 Health & Human Services Committee

Showing 12 most recent of 28 actions. Full history

Sources

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