# Florida SB 796: Veterinary Medicine

Florida SB 796, Veterinary Medicine, is a 2026 Senate bill sponsored by Jennifer Bradley (Republican); status failed, last action 2026-03-13 (Died on Calendar) (as of 2026-10-16).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB796-2026
- As of: 2026-10-16
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Florida SB 796
- State: Florida
- Session: 2026
- Title: Veterinary Medicine
- Status: failed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-12-09
- Last action: 2026-03-13, Died on Calendar
- Sponsor: Jennifer Bradley (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Subjects: Appropriation, Regulated Industries, Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government, Rules
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 3 (41 yes, 1 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: Jennifer Bradley (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Regulated Industries
- Cosponsor: Rules

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-03-03 | Senate | Rules Vote | pass | 21 | 1 |   |
| 2026-02-04 | Senate | Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government Vote | pass | 11 | 0 |   |
| 2026-01-12 | Senate | Regulated Industries Vote | pass | 9 | 0 |   |

## Actions (17)

- 2026-03-13: Died on Calendar (Senate)
- 2026-03-06: Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading (Senate)
- 2026-03-04: CS/CS by Rules read 1st time (Senate)
- 2026-03-04: Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) (Senate)
- 2026-03-03: CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 21 NAYS 1 (Senate)
- 2026-02-26: On Committee agenda-- Rules, 03/03/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building (Senate)
- 2026-02-05: Now in Rules (Senate)
- 2026-02-04: Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 (Senate)
- 2026-01-30: On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government, 02/04/26, 3:45 pm, 412 Knott Building (Senate)
- 2026-01-14: CS by Regulated Industries read 1st time (Senate)
- 2026-01-14: Now in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government (Senate)
- 2026-01-14: Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) (Senate)
- 2026-01-13: Introduced (Senate)
- 2026-01-12: CS by Regulated Industries; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 (Senate)
- 2026-01-05: On Committee agenda-- Regulated Industries, 01/12/26, 4:00 pm, 412 Knott Building (Senate)
- 2025-12-16: Referred to Regulated Industries; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Rules (Senate)
- 2025-12-09: Filed (Senate)

## Bill text

- c2, 2027-01-01: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/796/BillText/c2/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/796/BillText/c2/PDF)
- c1, 2026-01-14: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/796/BillText/c1/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/796/BillText/c1/PDF)
- Filed, 2025-12-09: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/796/BillText/Filed/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/796/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
- [c2 (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/796/BillText/c2/HTML)
- [c2 (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/796/BillText/c2/PDF)
- [c1 (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/796/BillText/c1/HTML)
- [c1 (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/796/BillText/c1/PDF)
- [Filed (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/796/BillText/Filed/HTML)
- [Filed (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/796/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-SB796-2026 (as of 2026-10-16).