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Florida · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 312: Patient-directed Medical Orders

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 312 is a bill introduced in the Florida Senate on October 31, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Patient-directed Medical Orders. Primary sponsor: Ana Maria Rodriguez (Republican). Most recent recorded action (March 13, 2026): Died in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services.

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.

Patient-directed Medical Orders; Revising definitions and defining the term “patient-directed medical order”; authorizing the execution of a patient-directed medical order for a specified purpose; requiring that certain health care services be provided to the principal regardless of the decision to withhold or withdraw life-prolonging procedures; authorizing physicians, physician assistants, and advanced practice registered nurses to withhold or withdraw life-prolonging procedures under certain circumstances without penalty; requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to create and update a database for the storage of patient-directed medical orders, etc.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Ana Maria RodriguezPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate40

“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 Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
  2. Introduced
  3. Now in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
  4. Favorable by Health Policy; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
  5. On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 12/09/25, 10:00 am, 412 Knott Building
  6. Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Fiscal Policy
  7. Filed

Sources

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