FloridaChild Welfare
What it does
Child Welfare; Requiring the Department of Children and Families to maintain copies of certain assessments and tools used to assess children for certain placement; removing authority for the department to grant exemptions from working with children or the developmentally disabled; subject to an appropriation, requiring the department to develop a child protective investigator and case manager recruitment program for a specified purpose; subject to an appropriation and beginning on a specified date, requiring the department to develop a 4-year pilot program for treatment foster care; specifying that incentives provided to state employees for participating in research or evaluation with the Florida Institute for Child Welfare do not violate certain laws or require certain reporting, etc.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Jun 26Chapter No. 2025-186Latest
- Jun 25Approved by Governor Ron DeSantisBecame Law
- Jun 18Signed by Officers and presented to GovernorTo Governor
- May 2Ordered engrossed, then enrolledMinor
- Vote recorded Passage. Result: pass.Lower
- May 2CS passed as amended; YEAS 98, NAYS 0Major
- May 2Amendment 451310 Concur
- May 2Senate Message List
- May 1In Messages
- Vote recorded Returning Messages. Result: pass.Upper
- May 1CS passed as amended; YEAS 37 NAYS 0Major
- May 1Concurred in House amendment(s) as amended (646549)
- May 1Amendment(s) to House amendment(s) adopted (451310)
- Apr 30In returning messages
- Vote recorded Passage, Third Reading. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 30CS passed as amended; YEAS 113, NAYS 0Passed House
- Apr 30Read 3rd timeMinor
- Apr 30Added to Third Reading Calendar
- Apr 30Placed on 3rd readingMinor
- Apr 30Amendment 646549 adopted
- Apr 30Read 2nd timeMinor
- Apr 291st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)Minor
- Apr 29Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/30/2025)
- Apr 29Bill referred to House Calendar
- Mar 19In Messages
- Vote recorded Third Reading. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 19Immediately certified
- Mar 19CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0Passed Senate
- Mar 19Read 3rd timeMinor
- Mar 19Read 2nd timeMinor
- Mar 18CS by Fiscal Policy read 1st time
- Mar 17Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/19/25
- Mar 14Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- Mar 13Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- Vote recorded Favorable with Committee Substitute. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 13CS by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 18 NAYS 0
- Mar 10IntroducedMinor
- Mar 10On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 03/13/25, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
- Mar 6Referred to Fiscal PolicyMinor
- Mar 5FiledMinor
- Mar 4Submitted as Committee Bill and Reported Favorably by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
- Vote recorded Submitted and Reported Favorably as Committee Bill. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 27On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 03/04/25, 4:00 pm, 301 Senate Building
- Feb 27Submitted for consideration by Children, Families, and Elder AffairsIntroduced