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Florida · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 514: Doula Support for Healthy Births Pilot Program

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 514 is a bill introduced in the Florida Senate on November 17, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Doula Support for Healthy Births Pilot Program. Primary sponsor: Rosalind Osgood (Democratic), Health Policy. 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.

Doula Support for Healthy Births Pilot Program; Establishing the pilot program in Broward, Miami-Dade, and Palm Beach Counties for a specified purpose, subject to a specific appropriation in the General Appropriations Act; requiring the Department of Health, in collaboration with its maternal and child health section, to implement and oversee the pilot program; requiring the department to collaborate with specified entities to integrate doula services into existing maternal health programs and facilitate outreach and service delivery; creating the Doula Certification Task Force within the department for a specified purpose, etc.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Rosalind OsgoodPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate32
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. Died in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
  2. CS by Health Policy read 1st time
  3. Now in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
  4. Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
  5. CS by Health Policy; YEAS 11 NAYS 0
  6. On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 02/02/26, 3:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
  7. Introduced
  8. Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Fiscal Policy
  9. Filed

Sources

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