CS/CS/SB 1756: Medical Freedom

GENERAL BILL by Rules, Health Policy, Yarborough

Medical Freedom; Citing this act as the "Medical Freedom Act"; repealing a provison relating to the future repeal of the definition of the term “messenger ribonucleic acid vaccine”; prohibiting a vaccine manufacturer from offering or paying, and a health care practitioner from receiving, specified financial incentives for the administration of a vaccine; requiring certain health care practitioners and paramedics to, before administering one or more vaccines to a minor child, provide the parent or legal guardian with specified materials; providing that specified amendments made by the act to s. 456.0575, F.S., take effect on a specified date or within a specified timeframe after the Board of Medicine and the Board of Osteopathic Medicine adopt certain materials by joint rule, whichever occurs later, etc.

Current Bill Version Posted: 3/6/2026 01:06 PM

• Senate Committee References (3)

  1. Health Policy (HP)
  2. Rules (RC)
  3. Appropriations (AP)

• Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number Subject Filed By Last Action and Location	Relationship Learn more about bill relationships
  H 917 by Holcomb Health Care Last Action: 3/13/2026 H Died in Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee	Compare

• Floor Votes (1)

  Links in this section are PDF documents.

  Date	Chamber	Result
  3/9/2026 4:36 PM	Senate	23 Yeas - 15 Nays

• Citations - Statute (8)

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  381.00315	Public health advisories; public health emergencies; isolation and quarantines.	Page 3 (pdf)
  456.054	Kickbacks prohibited.	Page 5 (pdf)
  456.0575	Duty to notify patients.	Page 6 (pdf)
  458.3351		Page 8 (pdf)
  459.0156		Page 9 (pdf)
  464.0181		Page 9 (pdf)
  465.1897		Page 9 (pdf)
  1003.22	School-entry health examinations; immunization against communicable diseases; exemptions; duties of Department of Health.	Page 10 (pdf)

• Citations - Chapter Law (2)

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  2023-43	Section 9	Page 3 (pdf)
  2025-114	Section 1	Page 3 (pdf)

• Bill History

  S = Senate, H = House

  1/12/2026	S	• Filed
  1/16/2026	S	• Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations; Rules
  1/21/2026	S	• On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 01/26/26, 3:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
  1/22/2026	S	• Introduced
  1/26/2026	S	• CS by Health Policy; YEAS 6 NAYS 4
  1/28/2026	S	• Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) • Now in Appropriations
  1/29/2026	S	• CS by Health Policy read 1st time
  2/19/2026	S	• On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 02/24/26, 9:00 am, 110 Senate Building
  2/24/2026	S	• Favorable by Appropriations; YEAS 10 NAYS 7 • Now in Rules
  2/26/2026	S	• On Committee agenda-- Rules, 03/03/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
  3/3/2026	S	• CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 14 NAYS 8
  3/5/2026	S	• Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/06/26 • CS/CS by Rules read 1st time
  3/6/2026	S	• Read 2nd time -SJ 653 • Amendment(s) adopted (861452, 978470) -SJ 653 • Placed on 3rd reading -SJ 653
  3/9/2026	S	• Read 3rd time -SJ 689 • CS passed; YEAS 23 NAYS 15 -SJ 689
  3/9/2026	H	• In Messages
  3/13/2026	H	• Died in Messages