HB 93 Florida House · 2026 Regular Session

Protection from Surgical Smoke

Summary

Protection from Surgical Smoke ; Defines "smoke evacuation system" & "surgical smoke"; requires hospitals & ambulatory surgical centers to, by specified date, adopt & implement policies requiring use of smoke evacuation systems or any other appropriate measure under certain circumstances.

Bill status died 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Oct 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2026

House Passage

Mar 2026

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Oct 7, 2025 Last action Mar 13, 2026

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What changed between versions

H 93 Filed → H 93 c1 · 3 edits

MINOR

This bill was amended to make the requirements for smoke evacuation systems more flexible and less prescriptive. The original version mandated specific equipment use for all procedures likely to generate surgical smoke, while the new version allows facilities to adopt policies requiring either smoke evacuation systems or other appropriate measures when there is a substantial risk to patients and personnel.

Scope change

The bill's scope expanded from requiring specific equipment to allowing facilities discretion in choosing appropriate measures for preventing surgical smoke exposure when risks are substantial.

REQUIREMENT

Changed from mandating use of smoke evacuation systems to allowing facilities to use smoke evacuation systems or any other appropriate measure under certain circumstances.

Modified the policy requirement from requiring use during procedures likely to generate smoke to requiring prevention measures where there is a substantial likelihood of risk to patients and personnel.

DEFINITION

Updated the definition of smoke evacuation systems to emphasize capturing and filtering surgical smoke before contact with occupants, removing specific references to 'eliminating' smoke at the site of origin.

Floor votes · House Mar 5, 2026

How they voted

108–2

Passed · 8 other

Total votes 118

Mar 5, 2026

D Democratic34

30 Yea 4

88% Yea

R Republican84

78 Yea 2 Nay 4

92% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Mar 5, 2026

Committee

Referred to Rules

upper

Mar 5, 2026

Lower · Passed

CS passed; YEAS 107, NAYS 2

lower

Mar 2, 2026

Committee

Bill referred to House Calendar

lower

Feb 26, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee

lower

Feb 26, 2026

Lower · Passed

Favorable with CS by Health & Human Services Committee

lower

Feb 24, 2026

Lower · Passed

Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda

lower

Dec 3, 2025

Lower · Passed

Now in Health & Human Services Committee

lower

Dec 3, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported out of Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee

lower

Dec 2, 2025

Lower · Passed

Favorable by Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee

lower

Nov 21, 2025

Lower · Passed

Added to Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee agenda

lower

Oct 14, 2025

Lower · Passed

Now in Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee

lower

Oct 14, 2025

Committee

Referred to Health & Human Services Committee

lower

Oct 14, 2025

Committee

Referred to Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee

lower

1 primary · 2 co-sponsors