Florida Senate Bill 1044

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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 Health Policy
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Revising requirements for certain written disposition agreements required between a commissioning couple and a treating physician; prohibiting health care providers from performing in vitro fertilization without first obtaining informed consent from the commissioning couple; prohibiting health care providers from discarding embryos for nonpayment unless certain conditions are met; requiring health care providers to provide informed consent in the patients' primary language or with a qualified interpreter, etc.

Informed Consent for Assisted Reproductive Technology

Sen. Erin Grall [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-03-13	Senate	Died in Health Policy
2026-01-13	Senate	Introduced
2026-01-07	Senate	Referred to Health Policy; Judiciary; Rules
2025-12-31	Senate	Filed

H993 (Similar To) 2026-03-13 - Died in Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
456	072		Amended Code	See Bill Text
742	17		Amended Code	See Bill Text
742	175		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1044
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1044/BillText/Filed/HTML