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Florida · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 731: Standardized Tests for Admission to Medical Institutions of Higher 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 731 is a bill introduced in the Florida House on February 19, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Standardized Tests for Admission to Medical Institutions of Higher Education. Primary sponsor: Lauren Melo (Republican), Government Operations Subcommittee. Most recent recorded action (June 16, 2025): Died in Education & Employment Committee.

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.

Standardized Tests for Admission to Medical Institutions of Higher Education; Requires medical institutions of higher education to have standardized admissions test focused on specified knowledge & skills.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Lauren MeloPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse82
Government Operations SubcommitteePrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——

“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 Education & Employment Committee
  2. Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
  3. Now in Education & Employment Committee
  4. Referred to Education & Employment Committee
  5. 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
  6. CS Filed
  7. Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
  8. Reported out of Government Operations Subcommittee
  9. Favorable with CS by Government Operations Subcommittee
  10. PCS added to Government Operations Subcommittee agenda
  11. 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
  12. Now in Government Operations Subcommittee

Showing 12 most recent of 17 actions. Full history

Sources

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