# Florida SB 340: Human Trafficking Education for Nurse Licensure

Florida SB 340, Human Trafficking Education for Nurse Licensure, is a 2026 Senate bill sponsored by Gayle Harrell (Republican); status signed, last action 2026-05-22 (Chapter No. 2026-82); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB340-2026
- As of: 2026-11-01
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Florida SB 340
- State: Florida
- Session: 2026
- Title: Human Trafficking Education for Nurse Licensure
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-11-04
- Last action: 2026-05-22, Chapter No. 2026-82
- Sponsor: Gayle Harrell (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: Appropriation, Health Policy, Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, Fiscal Policy, House Calendar
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 5 (188 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- New trafficking course required for nurse applicants: cost, low. The law takes effect July 1, 2026. Beginning July 1, 2027, applicants for initial Florida nurse licenses by exam must complete a 2-hour human trafficking course. This applies to registered nurses and licensed practical nurses. The course must cover the content required for Florida's existing human…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Gayle Harrell (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Health Policy

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-03-10 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 113 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-19 | Senate | Senate Floor Vote | pass | 38 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-12 | Senate | Fiscal Policy Vote | pass | 19 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-04 | Senate | Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services Vote | pass | 7 | 0 |   |
| 2026-01-20 | Senate | Health Policy Vote | pass | 11 | 0 |   |

## Actions (31)

- 2026-05-22: Chapter No. 2026-82
- 2026-05-21: Approved by Governor
- 2026-05-06: Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- 2026-03-17: Ordered enrolled (Senate)
- 2026-03-10: CS passed; YEAS 113, NAYS 0 (House)
- 2026-03-10: Read 3rd time (House)
- 2026-03-10: Added to Third Reading Calendar (House)
- 2026-03-10: Read 2nd time (House)
- 2026-03-09: 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) (House)
- 2026-03-09: Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/10/2026) (House)
- 2026-03-09: Bill referred to House Calendar (House)
- 2026-02-19: In Messages (House)
- 2026-02-19: Immediately certified -SJ 356 (Senate)
- 2026-02-19: CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 -SJ 341 (Senate)
- 2026-02-19: Read 3rd time -SJ 341 (Senate)
- 2026-02-19: Read 2nd time -SJ 341 (Senate)
- 2026-02-17: Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/19/26 (Senate)
- 2026-02-12: Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading (Senate)
- 2026-02-12: Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 19 NAYS 0 (Senate)
- 2026-02-09: On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 02/12/26, 9:00 am, 110 Senate Building (Senate)
- 2026-02-04: Now in Fiscal Policy (Senate)
- 2026-02-04: Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 (Senate)
- 2026-01-30: On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, 02/04/26, 1:00 pm, 412 Knott Building (Senate)
- 2026-01-22: CS by Health Policy read 1st time (Senate)
- 2026-01-22: Now in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services (Senate)
- 2026-01-21: Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) (Senate)
- 2026-01-20: CS by Health Policy; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 (Senate)
- 2026-01-15: On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 01/20/26, 3:30 pm, 412 Knott Building (Senate)
- 2026-01-13: Introduced (Senate)
- 2025-11-17: Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Fiscal Policy (Senate)
- 2025-11-04: Filed (Senate)

## Bill text

- er, 2026-07-01: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/340/BillText/er/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/340/BillText/er/PDF)
- c1, 2026-01-21: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/340/BillText/c1/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/340/BillText/c1/PDF)
- Filed, 2025-11-04: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/340/BillText/Filed/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/340/BillText/Filed/PDF)

## Related bills

- SB 688: Naturopathic Medicine (vetoed)
- HB 145: Claims Against the Government (vetoed)
- HB 325: Education and Workforce Development for Inmates (vetoed)
- SB 14: Relief of Jose Correa by Miami-Dade County (signed)
- HB 6515: Relief/Lourdes Latour and Edward Latour/Miami-Dade County (signed)
- HB 6507: Relief/L.E./Department of Children and Families (signed)

## Sources
- [er (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/340/BillText/er/HTML)
- [er (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/340/BillText/er/PDF)
- [c1 (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/340/BillText/c1/HTML)
- [c1 (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/340/BillText/c1/PDF)
- [Filed (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/340/BillText/Filed/HTML)
- [Filed (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/340/BillText/Filed/PDF)

## Related
- [SB 688: Naturopathic Medicine](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB688-2026)
- [HB 145: Claims Against the Government](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB145-2026)
- [HB 325: Education and Workforce Development for Inmates](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB325-2026)
- [SB 14: Relief of Jose Correa by Miami-Dade County](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB14-2026)
- [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)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB340-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).