# Florida HB 253: Veterans Dental Care Grant Program Florida HB 253, Veterans Dental Care Grant Program, is a 2026 House bill sponsored by Jervonte "Tae" Edmonds (Democratic); status signed, last action 2026-06-26 (Chapter No. 2026-166); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-12). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB253-2026 - As of: 2026-10-12 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Florida HB 253 - State: Florida - Session: 2026 - Title: Veterans Dental Care Grant Program - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-10-23 - Last action: 2026-06-26, Chapter No. 2026-166 - Sponsor: Jervonte "Tae" Edmonds (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 2 - Subjects: Appropriation, Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee, Health Care Budget Subcommittee, State Affairs Committee, Rules - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 2 (150 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 1 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Dental care help for Florida veterans: benefit, medium. Beginning July 1, 2026, the law defines who the Veterans Dental Care Grant Program serves. Its purpose is to provide dental care to Florida veterans earning no more than 400% of the federal poverty level. The program is within Florida's Department of Veterans' Affairs. The law sets no benefit amoun… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Jervonte "Tae" Edmonds (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Ashley Viola Gantt (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-03-06 | Senate | Senate Floor Vote | pass | 34 | 0 | | | 2026-02-25 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 116 | 0 | | ## Actions (43) - 2026-06-26: Chapter No. 2026-166 - 2026-06-25: Approved by Governor - 2026-06-12: Signed by Officers and presented to Governor - 2026-03-06: Ordered enrolled (House) - 2026-03-06: In Messages (House) - 2026-03-06: CS passed; YEAS 34 NAYS 0 -SJ 675 (Senate) - 2026-03-06: Read 3rd time -SJ 675 (Senate) - 2026-03-06: Read 2nd time -SJ 675 (Senate) - 2026-03-06: Substituted for CS/CS/SB 96 -SJ 675 (Senate) - 2026-03-06: Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading (Senate) - 2026-03-06: Withdrawn from Rules -SJ 674 (Senate) - 2026-02-26: Received (Senate) - 2026-02-26: Referred to Rules (Senate) - 2026-02-25: In Messages (Senate) - 2026-02-25: CS passed; YEAS 116, NAYS 0 (House) - 2026-02-25: Read 3rd time (House) - 2026-02-25: Added to Third Reading Calendar (House) - 2026-02-25: Read 2nd time (House) - 2026-02-19: Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/25/2026) (House) - 2026-02-17: Added to Second Reading Calendar (House) - 2026-02-17: Bill released to House Calendar (House) - 2026-02-17: Reported out of State Affairs Committee (House) - 2026-02-17: Favorable by State Affairs Committee (House) - 2026-02-13: Added to State Affairs Committee agenda (House) - 2026-01-28: Now in State Affairs Committee (House) - 2026-01-28: Reported out of Health Care Budget Subcommittee (House) - 2026-01-28: Favorable by Health Care Budget Subcommittee (House) - 2026-01-26: Added to Health Care Budget Subcommittee agenda (House) - 2026-01-16: Now in Health Care Budget Subcommittee (House) - 2026-01-16: Referred to State Affairs Committee (House) - 2026-01-16: Referred to Health Care Budget Subcommittee (House) - 2026-01-15: 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) (House) - 2026-01-14: CS Filed (House) - 2026-01-14: Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) (House) - 2026-01-14: Reported out of Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee (House) - 2026-01-14: Favorable with CS by Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee (House) - 2026-01-13: 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) (House) - 2026-01-12: PCS added to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee agenda (House) - 2025-10-28: Now in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee (House) - 2025-10-28: Referred to State Affairs Committee (House) - 2025-10-28: Referred to Health Care Budget Subcommittee (House) - 2025-10-28: Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee (House) - 2025-10-23: Filed (House) ## Bill text - er, 2026-07-01: [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/253/BillText/er/PDF) - c1, 2026-01-14: [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/253/BillText/c1/PDF) - Filed, 2025-10-23: [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/253/BillText/Filed/PDF) ## Related bills - SB 14: Relief of Jose Correa by Miami-Dade County (signed) - HB 6509: Relief/Estate of Mark LaGatta/Department of Transportation (signed) - HB 6515: Relief/Lourdes Latour and Edward Latour/Miami-Dade County (signed) - HB 6507: Relief/L.E./Department of Children and Families (signed) - HB 6517: Relief/Heriberto A. Sanchez-Mayen/City of St. Petersburg (signed) - HB 4103: Apalachicola Water and Sewer District, Franklin County (signed) ## Sources - [er (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/253/BillText/er/PDF) - [c1 (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/253/BillText/c1/PDF) - [Filed (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/253/BillText/Filed/PDF) ## Related - [SB 14: Relief of Jose Correa by Miami-Dade County](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB14-2026) - [HB 6509: Relief/Estate of Mark LaGatta/Department of Transportation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB6509-2026) - [HB 6515: Relief/Lourdes Latour and Edward Latour/Miami-Dade County](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB6515-2026) - [HB 6507: Relief/L.E./Department of Children and Families](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB6507-2026) - [HB 6517: Relief/Heriberto A. Sanchez-Mayen/City of St. Petersburg](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB6517-2026) - [HB 4103: Apalachicola Water and Sewer District, Franklin County](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB4103-2026) - [Florida bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/florida/bills) - [Florida state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/florida) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB253-2026 (as of 2026-10-12).