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Florida · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 162: 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 162 is a bill introduced in the Florida Senate on October 10, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Protection from Surgical Smoke. Primary sponsor: Tracie Davis (Democratic), Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services. Most recent recorded action (March 13, 2026): 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; Defining the terms “smoke evacuation system” and “surgical smoke”; requiring hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers, by a specified date, to adopt and implement policies to prevent patients and personnel from being exposed to harmful surgical smoke, etc.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Tracie DavisPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate5
Appropriations Committee on Health and Human ServicesPrimary 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 Rules
  2. Now in Rules
  3. CS by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services read 1st time
  4. Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
  5. CS by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
  6. On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, 02/25/26, 10:00 am, 412 Knott Building
  7. Now in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
  8. Favorable by Health Policy; YEAS 10 NAYS 1
  9. On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 01/20/26, 3:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
  10. Introduced
  11. Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Rules
  12. Filed

Sources

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