# Florida SB 68: Health Care Patient Protection

Florida SB 68, Health Care Patient Protection, is a 2026 Senate bill sponsored by Gayle Harrell (Republican); status failed, last action 2026-03-11 (Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 355 (Ch. 2026-105) -SJ 752) (as of 2026-11-01).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB68-2026
- 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 68
- State: Florida
- Session: 2026
- Title: Health Care Patient Protection
- Status: failed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-09-23
- Last action: 2026-03-11, Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 355 (Ch. 2026-105) -SJ 752
- Sponsor: Gayle Harrell (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: Appropriation, Health Policy, Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, Fiscal Policy
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 3 (34 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Gayle Harrell (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 |   |
| 2025-11-18 | Senate | Health Policy Vote | pass | 8 | 0 |   |

## Actions (18)

- 2026-03-11: Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 355 (Ch. 2026-105) -SJ 752 (Senate)
- 2026-03-11: Substituted CS/HB 355 -SJ 752 (Senate)
- 2026-03-11: Read 2nd time -SJ 752 (Senate)
- 2026-03-06: Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/11/26 (Senate)
- 2026-02-12: Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading (Senate)
- 2026-02-12: Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 19 NAYS 0 (Senate)
- 2026-02-10: CS by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services read 1st time (Senate)
- 2026-02-09: On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 02/12/26, 9:00 am, 110 Senate Building (Senate)
- 2026-02-09: Now in Fiscal Policy (Senate)
- 2026-02-06: Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) (Senate)
- 2026-02-04: CS 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)
- 2026-01-13: Introduced (Senate)
- 2025-11-18: Now in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services (Senate)
- 2025-11-18: Favorable by Health Policy; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 (Senate)
- 2025-11-10: On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 11/18/25, 10:00 am, 412 Knott Building (Senate)
- 2025-10-06: Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Fiscal Policy (Senate)
- 2025-09-23: Filed (Senate)

## Bill text

- c1, 2026-07-01: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/68/BillText/c1/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/68/BillText/c1/PDF)
- Filed, 2025-09-23: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/68/BillText/Filed/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/68/BillText/Filed/PDF)

## Related bills

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

## Sources
- [c1 (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/68/BillText/c1/HTML)
- [c1 (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/68/BillText/c1/PDF)
- [Filed (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/68/BillText/Filed/HTML)
- [Filed (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/68/BillText/Filed/PDF)

## Related
- [SB 688: Naturopathic Medicine](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB688-2026)
- [HB 325: Education and Workforce Development for Inmates](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB325-2026)
- [HB 145: Claims Against the Government](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB145-2026)
- [SB 14: Relief of Jose Correa by Miami-Dade County](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB14-2026)
- [HB 6507: Relief/L.E./Department of Children and Families](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB6507-2026)
- [HB 6515: Relief/Lourdes Latour and Edward Latour/Miami-Dade County](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB6515-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB68-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).