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Florida · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 1480: Temporary Certificates for Practice in Areas of Critical Need

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 1480 is a bill introduced in the Florida Senate on January 8, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Temporary Certificates for Practice in Areas of Critical Need. Primary sponsor: Colleen Burton (Republican), Health Policy. Most recent recorded action (March 6, 2026): Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 809 (Ch. 2026-108).

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.

Temporary Certificates for Practice in Areas of Critical Need; Revising the conditions under which the Board of Medicine, the Board of Osteopathic Medicine, and the Board of Nursing, respectively, are authorized to issue temporary certificates for practice in areas of critical need; authorizing certificateholders to continue primary care services after such areas lose their critical need designation under certain circumstances, etc.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Colleen BurtonPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate12
Health PolicyPrimary 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. Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 809 (Ch. 2026-108)
  2. Substituted CS/HB 809
  3. Read 2nd time
  4. Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/06/26
  5. Retained on Calendar
  6. Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/19/26
  7. Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
  8. Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 23 NAYS 0
  9. On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/17/26, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
  10. Now in Rules
  11. Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
  12. On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, 02/04/26, 1:00 pm, 412 Knott Building

Showing 12 most recent of 20 actions. Full history

Sources

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