HB 1347 Florida House · 2026 Regular Session

Clinical Laboratory Personnel

Summary
Clinical Laboratory Personnel; Requires that applicant who qualifies for licensure under specified provisions provide proof of such qualification & pay required fees to be eligible for licensure; requires that applicants for licensure as technologist or technician who meet specified criteria be deemed to have satisfied minimum qualifications for licensure to perform high or moderate complexity testing as technologist or technician, as applicable.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Feb 2026
House Passage
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
Signed into Law
Jun 2026
Introduced Jan 9, 2026 Signed Jun 11, 2026
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The document has been updated from a filed draft version to an enrolled final version, indicated by the addition of the 'ENROLLED' status and the specific file identifier 'hb1347 -00-er'. No substantive policy changes, such as new requirements, funding amounts, or eligibility criteria, were introduced in this update; the modifications are purely administrative and formatting in nature.
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Floor votes · Senate Mar 5, 2026 · House Feb 25, 2026

How they voted

370
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 39
Mar 5, 2026
D Democratic11
10 Yea 1
90% Yea
I Independent1
1 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican27
26 Yea 1
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
33
Key actions
11
Committee
11
Jun 11, 2026
Signed into law
Approved by Governor
legislature
Mar 5, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0
upper
Feb 26, 2026
Committee
Referred to Rules
upper
Feb 25, 2026
Lower · Passed
Passed; YEAS 116, NAYS 0
lower
Feb 10, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee
lower
Feb 10, 2026
Lower · Passed
Favorable by Health & Human Services Committee
lower
Feb 6, 2026
Lower · Passed
Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda
lower
Feb 4, 2026
Lower · Passed
Now in Health & Human Services Committee
lower
Feb 4, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
lower
Feb 3, 2026
Lower · Passed
Favorable by Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
lower
Jan 30, 2026
Lower · Passed
Added to Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee agenda
lower
Jan 15, 2026
Lower · Passed
Now in Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
lower
Jan 15, 2026
Committee
Referred to Health & Human Services Committee
lower
Jan 15, 2026
Committee
Referred to Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Anne Gerwig
Anne Gerwig
RRepublican
FL
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