Florida · Senate Bill 898 · 2025 Regular Session

Practice of Veterinary Medicine

SB 898 Sponsored by Ana Maria Rodriguez Died in committee

  1. Introduced Feb 19, 2025
  2. In committee Feb 28, 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.

Practice of Veterinary Medicine ; Revising the definition of the term “responsible supervision”; requiring the Board of Veterinary Medicine to adopt rules to regulate the profession and practice of veterinary technology; requiring any person desiring licensure as a veterinary technician or technologist to apply to the Department of Business and Professional Regulation to take a licensure examination; authorizing a…

Read the full title (105 words)

Practice of Veterinary Medicine ; Revising the definition of the term “responsible supervision”; requiring the Board of Veterinary Medicine to adopt rules to regulate the profession and practice of veterinary technology; requiring any person desiring licensure as a veterinary technician or technologist to apply to the Department of Business and Professional Regulation to take a licensure examination; authorizing a licensed veterinary technician or licensed veterinary technologist to perform specified veterinary technology services under the responsible supervision of a licensed veterinarian; prohibiting a person from misleading the public that she or he is licensed as a veterinary technician, or veterinary technologist without holding such license, etc.

Every action

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

  1. SenateFiled
  2. CommitteeReferred to Regulated Industries; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Rules · Senate Regulated Industries
  3. SenateIntroduced
  4. SenateIndefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
  5. CommitteeDied in Regulated Industries · Senate Regulated Industries

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it.

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.