Florida Senate Bill 312

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Failed on March 13 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-03-13 - Died in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Revising definitions and defining the term "patient-directed medical order"; authorizing the execution of a patient-directed medical order for a specified purpose; requiring that certain health care services be provided to the principal regardless of the decision to withhold or withdraw life-prolonging procedures; authorizing physicians, physician assistants, and advanced practice registered nurses to withhold or withdraw life-prolonging procedures under certain circumstances without penalty; requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to create and update a database for the storage of patient-directed medical orders, etc.

Patient-directed Medical Orders

Sen. Ana Rodriguez [R]

2025-12-09 - Senate - Senate Health Policy (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-03-13	Senate	Died in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
2026-01-13	Senate	Introduced
2025-12-10	Senate	Now in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
2025-12-09	Senate	Favorable by Health Policy; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
2025-12-01	Senate	On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 12/09/25, 10:00 am, 412 Knott Building
2025-11-17	Senate	Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Fiscal Policy
2025-10-31	Senate	Filed

H369 (Same As) 2026-03-13 - Died in Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
395	1041		Amended Code	See Bill Text
400	142		Amended Code	See Bill Text
400	487		Amended Code	See Bill Text
400	605		Amended Code	See Bill Text
400	6095		Amended Code	See Bill Text
400	611		Amended Code	See Bill Text
401	35		Amended Code	See Bill Text
401	45		Amended Code	See Bill Text
429	255		Amended Code	See Bill Text
429	73		Amended Code	See Bill Text
744	4431		Amended Code	See Bill Text
752	001		Amended Code	See Bill Text
765	101		Amended Code	See Bill Text
765	102		Amended Code	See Bill Text
765	110		Amended Code	See Bill Text
765	204		Amended Code	See Bill Text
765	205		Amended Code	See Bill Text
765	3041		Amended Code	See Bill Text
765	305		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/312
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/312/BillText/Filed/HTML
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/312/Analyses/2026s00312.pre.hp.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/312/Analyses/2026s00312.hp.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/312/Vote/2025-12-09%201000AM~S00312%20Vote%20Record.PDF