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UPDATE: 6/24/2024 - HB 303 was enacted on 6/24/2024. It will become effective on 7/1/2024. Chapter Number 2024-258.
UPDATE: 6/21/2024 - HB 303 was signed by Governor Ron DeSantis on 6/21/2024.
UPDATE: 2/14/2024 - HB 303 passed the full Senate by a vote of 39 Yeas and 0 Nays on 2/14/2024.
UPDATE: 2/14/2024 - HB 303 was substituted for SB 334 on the Senate floor on 2/14/2024. View Senate Journal page 387 HERE.
UPDATE: 2/6/2024 - HB 303 was received in the Senate on 2/6/2024.
UPDATE: 2/1/2024 - HB 303 passed the full House by a vote of 115 Yeas and 0 Nays on 2/1/2024.
UPDATE: 1/24/2024 - SB 334 was voted favorably in the Senate Rules Committee by a vote of 16 Yeas and 0 Nays on 1/24/2024.
UPDATE: 1/23/2024 - HB 303 was voted favorably in the House Commerce Committee by a vote of 17 Yeas and 0 Nays on 1/23/2024.
UPDATE: 1/19/2024 - HB 303 is scheduled for a hearing in the House Commerce Committee on Tuesday, January 23, 2024, at 12:30 PM in the Webster Hall (212 Knott). View the hearing agenda HERE. To submit an electronic appearance form, and for information about attending or testifying at a committee meeting, please see the “Visiting the House” tab at www.myfloridahouse.gov.
UPDATE: 1/19/2024 - SB 334 is scheduled for a hearing in the Senate Rules Committee on Wednesday, January 24, 2024, at 11:00 AM in the Pat Thomas Committee Room at 412 Knott Building. View the hearing agenda HERE.
UPDATE: 1/9/2024 - SB 334 was voted favorably in the Senate Regulated Industries Committee hearing by a vote of 7 Yeas and 0 Nays on 1/9/2024.
UPDATE: 1/4/2024 - SB 334 is scheduled for a hearing in the Senate Regulated Industries Committee on Tuesday, January 9, 2024, at 2:30 PM in the James E. "Jim" King, Jr. Committee Room, 401 of the Senate Building. View the hearing agenda HERE. The Florida Senate Appearance Record cannot be submitted electronically. This form must be submitted to the Senate professional staff conducting the meeting. If you would like to email comments to the Senate committee members, please refer to the Senate Directory. View the Committee Appearance Form HERE.
UPDATE: 12/19/2023 - HB 303 was referred to the House Commerce Committee on 12/19/2023.
UPDATE: 12/13/2023 - HB 303 passed the House Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee as amended on 12/13/2023. The amendment corrected a technical error and does not change the bill's provisions.
UPDATE: 12/7/2023 - HB 303 is scheduled for a hearing in the House Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee on Wednesday, December 13, 2023, from 1:30 PM-4:00PM in Webster Hall. View the hearing agenda HERE.
UPDATE: 12/5/2023 - SB 334 passed the Senate Agriculture Committee by a vote of 5 Yeas, 0 Nays on 12/5/2023. It is now in the Senate Regulated Industries Committee.
UPDATE: 11/27/2023 - SB 334 is scheduled for a hearing in the Senate Agriculture Committee on Tuesday, 12/5/2023 from 2:00-4:00PM in Room 301 of the Senate Building. View the hearing agenda HERE.
UPDATE: 11/15/2023 - HB 303 was referred on 11/13/2023 to the House Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee of the House Commerce Committee.
UPDATE: 11/15/2023 - SB 334 was referred to Senate Committees on Agriculture, Regulated Industries, and Rules.
HB 303 was pre-filed in the House for the 2024 session on 10/31/2023. It is sponsored by Representative Sam H. Killebrew.
SB 334 was pre-filed in the Senate for the 2024 session on 11/6/2023. It is sponsored by Senator Danny Burgess.
HB 303 and SB 334 permit contractors of a county or municipal animal control authority or a sheriff to administer rabies vaccines to dogs, cats, & ferrets in custody of animal control.
(b) Acting under the indirect supervision of a veterinarian, an employee, an agent, or a contractor of a county or municipal animal control authority or sheriff may vaccinate against rabies dogs, cats, and ferrets in the custody of an animal control authority or a sheriff that will be transferred, rescued, fostered, adopted, or reclaimed by the owner. The supervising veterinarian assumes responsibility for any person vaccinating animals at his or her direction or under his or her direct or indirect supervision. As used in this paragraph, the term "indirect supervision" means that the supervising veterinarian is required to be available for consultation through telecommunications but is not required to be physically present during such consultation.
Upon passage, effective July 1, 2024.
NVIC OPPOSES HB 303 and SB 334 because they could do more harm than good for these 3 following reasons:
1) These bills allow someone without veterinary training to give vaccines to pets and this could put someone's pet at risk.
2) These bills allow this same untrained person to vaccinate someone's pet with a rabies vaccine without the knowledge or consent of the owner.
3) These bills allow for the opportunity of over-vaccination of someone's pet and over-vaccination comes with an increased risk to the health and life of the pet.
People's pets sometimes get loose by accident. Animals should only be allowed to be vaccinated by medically trained professionals and only with the consent of the owner.
https://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Bills/billsdetail.aspx?BillId=78874 - text, status, and history of HB 303
https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/334 - text, status, and history of SB 334
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