Florida 2024 Regular Session Status: In Committee 1 D cosponsors

SB 878 — Art Therapy

Last action — Died in Health Policy

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    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
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    Passed Senate
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    Passed House
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2024 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

Art Therapy; Citing this act as the “Professional Art Therapist Licensure Act”; defining the term “professional art therapist”; requiring the appointment of licensed practicing professional art therapists to the Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy, and Mental Health Counseling; requiring the Department of Health to license professional art therapists and register art therapist interns if they meet specified requirements; requiring the board or department to adopt rules establishing requirements for the annual renewal of professional art therapist licenses and art therapist intern registrations, etc.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Died in Health Policy

  2. Introduced

  3. Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Fiscal Policy

  4. Filed

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 163 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (163)

163 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 878 do?
Art Therapy; Citing this act as the “Professional Art Therapist Licensure Act”; defining the term “professional art therapist”; requiring the appointment of licensed practicing professional art therapists to the Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy, and Mental Health Counseling; requiring the Department of Health to license professional art therapists and register art therapist interns if they meet specified requirements; requiring the board or department to adopt rules establishing requirements for the annual renewal of professional art therapist licenses and art therapist intern registrations, etc.
Who sponsors SB 878?
SB 878 is sponsored by Jones, Shevrin D. "Shev" (Democrat).
What is the current status of SB 878?
This bill died with 2024 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track SB 878?
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