# Florida SB 844: Sickle Cell Disease Care Management and Treatment Continuing Education

Florida SB 844, Sickle Cell Disease Care Management and Treatment Continuing Education, is a 2026 Senate bill sponsored by Shevrin D. "Shev" Jones (Democratic); status signed, last action 2026-03-30 (Chapter No. 2026-6) (as of 2026-10-19).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB844-2026
- As of: 2026-10-19
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Florida SB 844
- State: Florida
- Session: 2026
- Title: Sickle Cell Disease Care Management and Treatment Continuing Education
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-12-10
- Last action: 2026-03-30, Chapter No. 2026-6
- Sponsor: Shevrin D. "Shev" Jones (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: Appropriation, Health Policy, Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, Fiscal Policy, House Calendar
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 5 (189 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Prescribers must learn about sickle cell pain: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, Florida adds sickle cell pain treatment to required training for controlled-substance prescribers. This applies to prescribers registered with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and authorized to prescribe controlled substances. The board-approved, 2-hour course is req…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Shevrin D. "Shev" Jones (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-03-11 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 113 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-25 | Senate | Senate Floor Vote | pass | 37 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-18 | Senate | Fiscal Policy Vote | pass | 19 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-12 | Senate | Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services Vote | pass | 9 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-02 | Senate | Health Policy Vote | pass | 11 | 0 |   |

## Actions (34)

- 2026-03-30: Chapter No. 2026-6
- 2026-03-27: Approved by Governor
- 2026-03-18: Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- 2026-03-17: Ordered enrolled (Senate)
- 2026-03-11: CS passed; YEAS 113, NAYS 0 (House)
- 2026-03-11: Read 3rd time (House)
- 2026-03-11: Added to Third Reading Calendar (House)
- 2026-03-11: Read 2nd time (House)
- 2026-03-10: Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/11/2026) (House)
- 2026-03-10: Added to Second Reading Calendar (House)
- 2026-03-10: Temporarily postponed, on 2nd Reading (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)
- 2026-02-25: In Messages (House)
- 2026-02-25: Immediately certified -SJ 437 (Senate)
- 2026-02-25: CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 -SJ 434 (Senate)
- 2026-02-25: Read 3rd time -SJ 434 (Senate)
- 2026-02-25: Read 2nd time -SJ 434 (Senate)
- 2026-02-23: Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/25/26 (Senate)
- 2026-02-18: CS by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services read 1st time (Senate)
- 2026-02-18: Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading (Senate)
- 2026-02-18: Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 19 NAYS 0 (Senate)
- 2026-02-13: On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 02/18/26, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Building (Senate)
- 2026-02-13: Now in Fiscal Policy (Senate)
- 2026-02-13: Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) (Senate)
- 2026-02-12: CS by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 (Senate)
- 2026-02-09: On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, 02/12/26, 2:30 pm, 412 Knott Building (Senate)
- 2026-02-03: Now in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services (Senate)
- 2026-02-02: Favorable by Health Policy; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 (Senate)
- 2026-01-28: On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 02/02/26, 3:30 pm, 412 Knott Building (Senate)
- 2026-01-13: Introduced (Senate)
- 2025-12-16: Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Fiscal Policy (Senate)
- 2025-12-10: Filed (Senate)

## Bill text

- er, 2026-07-01: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/844/BillText/er/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/844/BillText/er/PDF)
- c1, 2026-02-13: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/844/BillText/c1/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/844/BillText/c1/PDF)
- Filed, 2025-12-10: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/844/BillText/Filed/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/844/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 6509: Relief/Estate of Mark LaGatta/Department of Transportation (signed)
- HB 6507: Relief/L.E./Department of Children and Families (signed)

## Sources
- [er (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/844/BillText/er/HTML)
- [er (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/844/BillText/er/PDF)
- [c1 (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/844/BillText/c1/HTML)
- [c1 (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/844/BillText/c1/PDF)
- [Filed (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/844/BillText/Filed/HTML)
- [Filed (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/844/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 6509: Relief/Estate of Mark LaGatta/Department of Transportation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB6509-2026)
- [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-SB844-2026 (as of 2026-10-19).