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FloridaHB 14872025House

Emergency Services

Sponsored By: Fabián Basabe (Republican)

Signed by Governor

AppropriationHealth Professions & Programs SubcommitteeGovernment Operations SubcommitteeHealth & Human Services CommitteeRules

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

3 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 1 mixed.

More warning lights on emergency vehicles

Starting July 1, 2025, qualifying emergency vehicles can display more than two red or red-and-white warning signals. The signals must be visible from the front and rear. Covered vehicles include volunteer firefighters responding to emergencies, medical staff responding to emergencies, and vehicles carrying organs or transplant teams to designated locations.

Volunteer ambulance services lose grant access

Starting July 1, 2025, licensed volunteer ambulance services cannot apply for, receive, or take part in grants reserved only for publicly run fire departments or emergency medical services. This limits access to that type of grant funding for those services.

More counties for volunteer ambulance exemptions

Starting July 1, 2025, a qualifying volunteer ambulance agency can seek an exemption from county approval rules in up to 15 counties, up from 4. It must be a faith-based nonprofit with at least 15 years of emergency response in Florida and at least 150 unpaid, licensed emergency medical technicians or paramedics serving in at least 3 counties. The agency must provide care free to patients and meet rules for insurance, management, licensing history, and independence from for-profit groups. It must also file a sworn statement, say it is not part of Florida’s 911 system, and try to coordinate with the local emergency medical service provider; the exemption does not remove other licensing rules.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Fabián Basabe

    Republican • House

Cosponsors

  • Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee

    Affiliation unavailable

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 152 • No: 0

Senate vote • 4/24/2025

Senate Floor Vote

Yes: 37 • No: 0

House vote • 4/23/2025

House Floor Vote

Yes: 115 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Chapter No. 2025-94

    5/23/2025

  2. Approved by Governor

    5/23/2025

  3. Signed by Officers and presented to Governor

    5/16/2025

  4. Ordered enrolled

    4/24/2025House

  5. In Messages

    4/24/2025House

  6. CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 -SJ 549

    4/24/2025Senate

  7. Read 3rd time -SJ 549

    4/24/2025Senate

  8. Read 2nd time -SJ 549

    4/24/2025Senate

  9. Substituted for CS/SB 1644 -SJ 549

    4/24/2025Senate

  10. Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading

    4/24/2025Senate

  11. Withdrawn from Rules -SJ 549

    4/24/2025Senate

  12. Received

    4/23/2025Senate

  13. Referred to Rules

    4/23/2025Senate

  14. In Messages

    4/23/2025Senate

  15. CS passed; YEAS 115, NAYS 0

    4/23/2025House

  16. Read 3rd time

    4/23/2025House

  17. Added to Third Reading Calendar

    4/23/2025House

  18. Placed on 3rd reading

    4/23/2025House

  19. Read 2nd time

    4/23/2025House

  20. Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/23/2025)

    4/17/2025House

  21. Added to Second Reading Calendar

    4/16/2025House

  22. Bill released to House Calendar

    4/16/2025House

  23. Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee

    4/16/2025House

  24. Favorable by Health & Human Services Committee

    4/15/2025House

  25. Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda

    4/11/2025House

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