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Florida · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 470: Naturopathic Medicine

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 470 is a bill introduced in the Florida Senate on February 4, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Naturopathic Medicine. Primary sponsor: Ana Maria Rodriguez (Republican). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (June 16, 2025): Died in Health Policy.

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.

Naturopathic Medicine; Redesignating the title of ch. 462, F.S., from “Naturopathy” to “Naturopathic Medicine”; creating the Board of Naturopathic Medicine within the Department of Health; providing for licensure by examination of naturopathic physicians; providing financial responsibility requirements as a condition of licensure for naturopathic physicians; providing that patients are responsible for advising treating health care practitioners about any legend drug, nutrient, or natural medicinal substance that a naturopathic physician has prescribed or recommended to the patient, etc.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1 · Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Ana Maria RodriguezPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate40
Darryl RousonCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate16

“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 Policy
  2. Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
  3. Introduced
  4. Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Fiscal Policy
  5. Filed

Sources

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