Relating to the procedure for certain complaints against health care practitioners.
SB 268 requires licensing agencies to forward complaints about healthcare practitioners to the agency that issued the practitioner's license if the complaint involves a different licensing entity. It prevents the receiving agency from taking disciplinary action unless the other agency refers the complaint back for investigation. The law applies only to complaints filed on or after its effective date (September 1, 2025, unless passed with a two-thirds vote for immediate effect). This change clarifies jurisdiction between licensing agencies handling healthcare practitioner complaints.
Bill status
vetoed
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Nov 2024
Committee Review
Jun 2025
Senate Passage
Jun 2025
House Passage
Jun 2025
Vetoed
Jun 2025
Introduced Nov 12, 2024
Vetoed Jun 22, 2025
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The bill text was reformatted from a standard legislative draft to an enrolled version with official signatures and certification of passage. No substantive policy changes were made to the bill's content regarding complaint procedures for health care practitioners.
Scope change
The scope of the bill's applicability remains unchanged; only the document format and official certification details were modified.
TECHNICAL
The document was converted from a draft version to an enrolled version with official signatures from Senate and House officers and certification of final passage votes.
Floor votes · House Jun 1, 2025
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
82
Key actions
27
Committee
21
Amendments
6
Jun 22, 2025
Vetoed
Vetoed by the Governor
executive
Jun 2, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed in the House
lower
Jun 2, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed in the Senate
upper
Jun 1, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate adopts conference committee report
upper
Jun 1, 2025
Lower · Passed
House adopts conference committee report
lower
Jun 1, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (77-46-21)
house
May 30, 2025
Lower · Passed
House grants request for conference committee
lower
May 29, 2025
Lower · Passed
Senate requests conference committee-reported
lower
May 29, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate requests conference committee
upper
May 29, 2025
Introduced
House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
upper
May 28, 2025
Upper · Passed
House passage as amended reported
upper
May 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed as amended
lower
May 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
Amended
lower
May 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed to 3rd reading as amended
lower
May 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
Amended
lower
May 23, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report sent to Calendars
lower
May 22, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report distributed
lower
May 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
lower
May 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
Vote reconsidered in committee
lower
May 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably as substituted
lower
May 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
Vote reconsidered in committee
lower
May 15, 2025
Committee
Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm.
lower
May 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
Left pending in committee
lower
May 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
lower
Apr 17, 2025
Committee
Referred to Public Health
lower
Apr 17, 2025
Introduced
Read first time
lower
Apr 14, 2025
Introduced
Received from the Senate
lower
Apr 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed
upper
Mar 31, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee report printed and distributed
upper
Mar 31, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably as substituted
upper
Mar 27, 2025
Upper · Passed
Vote taken in committee
upper
Mar 18, 2025
Upper · Passed
Left pending in committee
upper
Mar 18, 2025
Upper · Passed
Testimony taken in committee
upper
Feb 3, 2025
Committee
Referred to Health & Human Services
upper
Feb 3, 2025
Introduced
Read first time
upper
2 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Charles Perry
RRepublican
P
Donna Howard
DDemocratic
Co
CB
César Blanco
DDemocratic
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