Florida · Senate Bill 470 · 2025 Regular Session

Naturopathic Medicine

SB 470 Sponsored by Ana Maria Rodriguez Died in committee

  1. Introduced Feb 4, 2025
  2. In committee Feb 20, 2025
  3. Passed the Senate  
  4. Passed the House  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law Dec 31, 2025

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Redesignating the title of ch. 462, F.S., from “Naturopathy” to “Naturopathic Medicine”; creating the Board of Naturopathic Medicine within the Department of Health; providing for licensure by examination of naturopathic physicians; providing financial responsibility requirements as a condition of licensure for naturopathic physicians; providing that patients are responsible for advising treating health care practitioners about any legend drug, nutrient, or natural medicinal substance that a naturopathic physician has prescribed or recommended to the patient, etc.

Every action

5 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. SenateFiled
  2. CommitteeReferred to Health Policy; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Fiscal Policy · Senate Health Policy
  3. SenateIntroduced
  4. SenateIndefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
  5. CommitteeDied in Health Policy · Senate Health Policy

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 1 cosponsor: 1 Democrat.

All 1 cosponsor

From Florida's official records (leg.state.fl.us; flhouse.gov), checked Nov 2, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.