House & Senate Bill Resources
NICA’s bill from the 2026 Legislative session is now a law! You can read a summary of it here.
About the Bills
For years, the NICA Board of Directors has discussed the need for legislation to address the program’s funding gap. This year, two members of the Florida Legislature agreed to sponsor bills in the Legislature to help close that gap, along with making several other changes to the NICA statute.
The bills:
- Ensure adequate funding
- Make existing benefits permanent
- Add the agreement with the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA)
- Provide timeframes to health insurance requirements
- Address fraud
- Clean up current law
The Senate bill, SB 1668, did pass during the 2026 Legislative session and has become law. You can read the language here.
You can read a summary of SB 1668 here.
Questions about the Bill? Contact Us.
Ask NICA! Send your questions to NICA about the bills. Answers will be included in the FAQ’s.
Overall Process
How Does a Bill Become Law?
Each bill must be examined closely by committees–smaller groups of lawmakers who examine the bill’s details and vote on whether the bill should move forward. The bill must successfully pass through all assigned committees before it can be voted on by the entire Florida House of Representatives and Florida Senate.
The bills (SB 1668 and HB 1291) were each voted on by 3 different committees or subcommittees.
- SB1668 was voted on in these committees in the Florida Senate: Banking and Insurance Committee; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; and Rules
- HB1291 was voted on in these committees and subcommittees in the Florida House of Representatives: Insurance and Banking Subcommittee, State Administration Budget Subcommittee, and Commerce Committee
Each bill moved through committees in order, so each committee or subcommittee had to vote to advance the bill before it moved to the next committee or subcommittee, until all 3 voted on the bill. The bill could be amended (changed) in any committee or subcommittee.
After all committees and subcommittees voted on the bill, it was next voted on by the entire chamber (either the Senate or House of Representatives).
Current Status of the NICA Bills
SB 1668 and HB 1291: On Friday, March 13, the Legislature passed the NICA bill! The one that passed was SB 1668 (the House bill was “laid on the table” and will not have any other action). The full Senate and House of Representatives each amended SB 1668, which meant trading it back and forth between the chambers for several days. But on the very last day of the regular session, the very last chance we had this year—the House of Representatives passed the same version as the Senate.
The next step was for it to go to the Governor for him to decide whether SB 1668 actually became a law or not. He signed the bill on Thursday, June 11, 2026, making it a law. It took effect immediately.
Updated on June 15, 2026
Bill Language that Passed the Legislature
Here is a link to the Senate webpage for SB 1668. Here you can get a lot of official information on the bill’s progress through the Legislature.
FAQs
Read NICA’s FAQs about the bill. These include answers to questions sent to NICA through the form on this page.
Further Resources
Learn about the Legislative process to understand what happens with bills.