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Florida · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 819: Medical Examiners' Duties

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 819 is a bill introduced in the Florida House on December 18, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Medical Examiners' Duties. Primary sponsor: Persons-Mulicka. Most recent recorded action (March 13, 2026): Died in Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee.

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.

Medical Examiners' Duties; Specifies autopsy requirements for certain cases involving sudden & unexpected deaths in young individuals; requires medical examiners to document certain information in autopsy reports for such cases; requires medical examiners to report specified cases to national Sudden Unexpected Infant Death & Sudden Death in Young Case Registry in accordance with protocols established by DOH & United States Centers for Disease Control & Prevention; requires department to impose certain administrative penalties against medical examiners for failure to report such cases in specified timeframe; provides that compliance with specified provisions is deemed permissible disclosure for purposes of state & federal medical privacy laws.

Sponsors

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Persons-MulickaPrimary 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 Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
  2. 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
  3. Now in Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
  4. Referred to Health & Human Services Committee
  5. Referred to Health Care Budget Subcommittee
  6. Referred to Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
  7. Filed

Sources

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