Florida · Senate Bill 656 · 2025 Regular Session

Health Care Billing and Collection Activities

SB 656 Sponsored by Ana Maria Rodriguez Died in committee

  1. Introduced Feb 12, 2025
  2. In committee Feb 25, 2025
  3. Passed the Senate  
  4. Passed the House  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law Jul 1, 2025

What it does

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

Revising the definition of the term “extraordinary collection action”; authorizing licensed facilities to engage in an extraordinary collection action under certain circumstances, etc.

Every action

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

Show the 15 earlier steps
  1. SenateFiled
  2. CommitteeReferred to Health Policy; Commerce and Tourism; Rules · Senate Health Policy
  3. SenateIntroduced
  4. CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 03/25/25, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building · Senate Health Policy
  5. CommitteeCS by Health Policy; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 · Senate Health Policy10–0 vote
  6. SenatePending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
  7. CommitteeNow in Commerce and Tourism · Senate Commerce and Tourism
  8. CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Commerce and Tourism, 03/31/25, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Building · Senate Commerce and Tourism
  9. CommitteeCS by Health Policy read 1st time · Senate Health Policy
  10. CommitteeFavorable by Commerce and Tourism; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 · Senate Commerce and Tourism9–0 vote
  11. CommitteeNow in Rules · Senate Rules
  12. CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/08/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building · Senate Rules
  13. CommitteeCS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 24 NAYS 0 · Senate Rules24–0 vote
  14. SenatePending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
  15. CommitteeCS/CS by Rules read 1st time · Senate Rules
  1. SenatePlaced on Calendar, on 2nd reading
  2. SenatePlaced on Special Order Calendar, 04/15/25
  3. SenateRetained on Special Order Calendar -SJ 421
  4. SenateRetained on Calendar
  5. SenatePlaced on Special Order Calendar, 04/23/25
  6. SenateRead 2nd time -SJ 481
  7. SenateSubstituted CS/HB 547 -SJ 481
  8. SenateLaid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 547 (Ch. 2025-98) -SJ 481

Roll calls

3 recorded votes: 0 on the floor, 3 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

Committee votes

DateWhereQuestionResult
Mar 25, 2025 Senate committee CS by Health Policy; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 Passed 10–0
Mar 31, 2025 Senate committee Favorable by Commerce and Tourism; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 Passed 9–0
Apr 8, 2025 Senate committee CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 24 NAYS 0 Passed 24–0

Sponsors

The member who introduced it.

  • Ana Maria RodriguezR Primary sponsor · District 40
  • R Rules Sponsoring committee
  • HP Health Policy Sponsoring committee

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.