Florida Senate · 2025 Regular Session
HB 1427: Nursing Education Programs
Third Reading · May 1, 2025 · Yeas 36, nays 0
What the bill does
The bill revises application requirements for nursing education program approval and requires the Board of Nursing to deny applications, and allows it to revoke a program's approval, in certain circumstances. It revises remediation procedures for programs whose graduate passage rates miss specified requirements and requirements for certain programs on probationary status, among other changes.
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The Legislature's own summary of the bill (its latest version)
Nursing Education Programs: Revision to application requirements for nursing education program approval; requiring the Board of Nursing to deny an application under certain circumstances; authorizing the board to revoke a program's approval under certain circumstances; authorizing the board to investigate the nature of an adverse action and take specified actions; revising requirements for annual reports program directors of approved programs are required to submit to the board; providing for the termination of a program's approval, and discipline of its program director, under certain circumstances; revising remediation procedures for approved programs with graduate passage rates that do not meet specified requirements; deleting a provision authorizing the board to extend a program's probationary status; revising requirements for certain nursing education programs placed on probationary status; providing requirements for programs with certain graduate passage rates.
How each party voted
Senate President Ben Albritton didn't vote, so this roll call doesn't count toward “votes with the Senate President.”
Bill
- Bill
- CS/HB 1427, 1st Eng. (CS/SB 1568)
- Motion
- Third Reading
- Date
- May 1, 2025, 03:12 PM
- Session
- 2025 Regular Session
- Presiding
- Passidomo
- Yeas–nays
- Yeas 36, nays 0; 2 didn't vote (0 excused, 0 abstained)
The chamber on this vote
Seats are today's members, liberal to conservative; members who have left aren't shown.
How each member voted
Yea (36)
- Kristen Arrington D-25
- Lori Berman D-26
- Mack Bernard D-24
- Jim Boyd R-20
- Jennifer Bradley R-6
- Jason Brodeur R-10
- Danny Burgess R-23
- Colleen Burton R-12
- Alexis Calatayud R-38
- Jay Collins R-14
- Tracie Davis D-5
- Nick DiCeglie R-18
- Don Gaetz R-1
- Ileana Garcia R-36
- Erin Grall R-29
- Joe Gruters R-22
- Gayle Harrell R-31
- Ed Hooper R-21
- Blaise Ingoglia R-11
- Shev Jones D-34
- Tom Leek R-7
- Jonathan Martin R-33
- Stan McClain R-9
- Rosalind Osgood D-32
- Jason Pizzo I-37
- Tina Polsky D-30
- Ana Maria Rodriguez R-40
- Darryl Rouson D-16
- Barbara Sharief D-35
- Corey Simon R-3
- Carlos Smith D-17
- Keith Truenow R-13
- Jay Trumbull R-2
- Tommy Wright R-8
- Clay Yarborough R-4
- Bryan Ávila R-39
Not voting (2)
- Ben Albritton R-27
- Kathleen Passidomo R-28