SB0096 • 2026

Veterans Dental Care Grant Program

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Sharief
Last action: 2026-03-06
Official status: Senate - Laid on Table, refer to CS/HB 253 -SJ 674
Effective date: 2026-07-01

Plain English Breakdown

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Veterans Dental Care Grant Program

Veterans Dental Care Grant Program; Revising the purpose of the Veterans Dental Care Grant Program, etc.

What This Bill Does

Veterans Dental Care Grant Program; Revising the purpose of the Veterans Dental Care Grant Program, etc.

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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803306

Committee amendment S 96 Filed • Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security (Sharief)

Replaced by Committee Substitute 11/4/2025

Plain English: Florida Senate - 2026 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No.

Florida Senate - 2026 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No.
SB 96 Ì803306}Î803306 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate .
House Comm: RCS .
11/04/2025 .

447652

Committee amendment S 96 c1 • Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services (Sharief)

Replaced by Committee Substitute 2/4/2026

Plain English: Florida Senate - 2026 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No.

Florida Senate - 2026 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No.
CS for SB 96 Ì4476523Î447652 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate .
House Comm: RCS .
02/04/2026 .

Bill History

2026-03-06 Senate
• Read 2nd time -SJ 674 • Substituted CS/HB 253 -SJ 674 • Laid on Table, refer to CS/HB 253 -SJ 674
2026-03-03 Senate
• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/06/26
2026-02-13 Senate
• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
2026-02-12 Senate
• Favorable by- Appropriations; YEAS 17 NAYS 1
2026-02-10 Senate
• CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services read 1st time
2026-02-09 Senate
• Now in Appropriations • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 02/12/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
2026-02-06 Senate
• Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
2026-02-04 Senate
• CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
2026-01-30 Senate
• On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, 02/04/26, 1:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
2026-01-13 Senate
• Introduced • CS by Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security read 1st time
2025-11-06 Senate
• Original reference(s) removed: Fiscal Policy • Remaining references corrected to Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations • Now in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
2025-11-04 Senate
• CS by Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security; YEAS 4 NAYS 1 • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
2025-10-27 Senate
• On Committee agenda-- Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security, 11/04/25, 10:00 am, 301 Senate Building
2025-10-13 Senate
• Referred to Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Fiscal Policy
2025-10-02 Senate
• Filed

Official Summary Text

Veterans Dental Care Grant Program; Revising the purpose of the Veterans Dental Care Grant Program, etc.

Current Bill Text

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Florida Senate
-
2026

CS for CS for SB 96

By
the Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services;
the Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and
Domestic Security; and Senators Sharief, Rouson, and Jones

603-02505-26 202696c2
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to the Veterans Dental Care Grant
3 Program; amending s. 295.157, F.S.; revising the
4 purpose of the Veterans Dental Care Grant Program;
5 providing an effective date.
6
7 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
8
9 Section 1. Subsection (3) of section 295.157, Florida
10 Statutes, is amended to read:
11 295.157 Veterans Dental Care Grant Program.—
12 (3) The Veterans Dental Care Grant Program is established
13 within the Department of Veterans’ Affairs. The purpose of the
14 program is to provide oral health care to veterans who reside in
15 this state
and
who have incomes of up to 400 percent of the

16
federal poverty level
.
17 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.