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Florida · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 152: Protection from Surgical Smoke

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

SB 152 is a bill introduced in the Florida Senate on January 7, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Protection from Surgical Smoke. Primary sponsor: Tracie Davis (Democratic). It lists 2 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 16, 2025): 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.

Protection from Surgical Smoke; Requiring hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to, by a specified date, adopt and implement policies requiring the use of smoke evacuation systems during certain surgical procedures, etc.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 3

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Tracie DavisPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate5
Darryl RousonCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate16
Barbara ShariefCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate35

“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. Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
  3. Now in Rules
  4. Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 10 NAYS 0
  5. On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, 03/26/25, 1:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
  6. Introduced
  7. Now in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
  8. Favorable by Health Policy; YEAS 10 NAYS 0
  9. On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 02/18/25, 1:45 pm, 412 Knott Building
  10. Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Rules
  11. Filed

Sources

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