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Florida · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 878: Clinical Laboratory Personnel

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 878 is a bill introduced in the Florida Senate on December 11, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Clinical Laboratory Personnel. Primary sponsor: Clay Yarborough (Republican). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (March 5, 2026): Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 1347 (Ch. 2026-134).

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.

Clinical Laboratory Personnel; Requiring that an applicant who qualifies for licensure under specified provisions provide proof of such qualification and pay the required fees to be eligible for licensure; requiring that applicants for licensure as a technologist or technician who meet specified criteria be deemed to have satisfied minimum qualifications for licensure to perform high or moderate complexity testing as a technologist or technician, as applicable, etc.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Clay YarboroughPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate4
AvilaCo-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. Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 1347 (Ch. 2026-134)
  2. Substituted HB 1347
  3. Read 2nd time
  4. Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/05/26
  5. Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
  6. Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 22 NAYS 0
  7. On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/24/26, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
  8. Now in Rules
  9. Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
  10. On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, 02/18/26, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
  11. Now in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
  12. Favorable by Health Policy; YEAS 11 NAYS 0

Showing 12 most recent of 16 actions. Full history

Sources

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