HB 1301: Child Welfare

GENERAL BILL by Yarkosky

Child Welfare; Authorizes Office of Statewide Prosecution to investigate & prosecute specified violations; revises provisions relating to false reports of abuse, abandonment, & neglect; requires DCF to enter into agreements with certain military installations for child protective investigations; authorizes law enforcement officer or authorized agent of department to take child into custody who is subject of specified court order; authorizes DCF or community-based care provider to petition court for specified order for immigrant children; provides requirements for natural persons, other entities, & the department relating to unaccompanied alien children; provides criminal penalties & civil fines; revises provisions relating to provisional certification for additional domestic violence centers; revises membership requirements for certain independent special districts; authorizes DCF to grant certain exemptions from disqualification for certain persons; requires DCF to establish fee schedule for daily room & board rates for certain children; authorizes DCF to extend certain license expiration date; provides that certain residential child-caring agencies are not subject to certain proximity requirements; provides that certain residential child-caring agencies are not required to install fire sprinklers or fire suppression system; specifies entity with jurisdiction for accepting missing child reports; authorizes law enforcement agencies to use reasonable force to take certain children into custody.

Current Bill Version Posted: 2/27/2025 10:59 AM

• Related Bills (3)

  Bill Number Subject Filed By Last Action and Location	Relationship Learn more about bill relationships
  H 1127 (c1) by Health & Human Services Committee Child Welfare Last Action: 4/30/2025 H Laid on Table, refer to CS/SB 7012	Compare
  S 1626 (c3) by Grall Child Welfare Last Action: 5/3/2025 H Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration	Compare
  S 7012 (er) by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Child Welfare Last Action: 5/2/2025 S Ordered engrossed, then enrolled	Compare

• Citations - Statute (20)

  The page numbers, when listed, for citations are constantly under review. The journals or printed bills of the respective chambers should be consulted as the official documents of the Legislature.
  
  The links for the page numbers are formatted to open the bill text PDF directly to the page containing the citation. However, if your browser is set to open PDFs in a new window, as is often the case with 64-bit browsers, the bill text will open to the first page.

  16.56	Office of Statewide Prosecution.	Page 4 [pdf]
  39.01	Definitions.	Page 7 [pdf]
  39.206	Administrative fines for false report of abuse, abandonment, or neglect of a child; civil damages.	Page 9 [pdf]
  39.3011		Page 10 [pdf]
  39.401	Taking a child alleged to be dependent into custody; law enforcement officers and authorized agents of the department.	Page 11 [pdf]
  39.5075	Citizenship or residency status for immigrant children who are dependents.	Page 11 [pdf]
  39.5077		Page 12 [pdf]
  39.905	Domestic violence centers.	Page 16 [pdf]
  125.901	Children’s services; independent special district; council; powers, duties, and functions; public records exemption.	Page 16 [pdf]
  402.305	Licensing standards; child care facilities.	Page 21 [pdf]
  402.30501	Modification of introductory child care course for community college credit authorized.	Page 35 [pdf]
  409.145	Care of children; “reasonable and prudent parent” standard.	Page 26 [pdf]
  409.175	Licensure of family foster homes, residential child-caring agencies, and child-placing agencies; public records exemption.	Page 27 [pdf]
  419.001	Site selection of community residential homes.	Page 30 [pdf]
  553.73	Florida Building Code.	Page 33 [pdf]
  633.208	Minimum firesafety standards.	Page 33 [pdf]
  937.0201	Definitions.	Page 34 [pdf]
  937.021	Missing child and missing adult reports.	Page 34 [pdf]
  1002.57	Prekindergarten director credential.	Page 35 [pdf]
  1002.59	Emergent literacy and performance standards training courses.	Page 36 [pdf]

• Bill History

  S = Senate, H = House

  2/27/2025	H	• Filed
  3/4/2025	H	• 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
  3/5/2025	H	• Referred to Human Services Subcommittee • Referred to Health Care Budget Subcommittee • Referred to Health & Human Services Committee • Now in Human Services Subcommittee
  5/3/2025	H	• Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration