CS/CS/CS/SB 1626: Child Welfare

GENERAL BILL by Fiscal Policy, Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, Grall

Child Welfare; Requiring the Department of Children and Families to enter into agreements with certain military installations for child protective investigations involving military families; authorizing a law enforcement officer or an authorized agent of the department to take a child into custody who is the subject of a specified court order; requiring the department to establish a methodology to determine daily room and board rates for certain children by a date certain, which may include different rates based on a child’s acuity level or the geographic location of the residential child-caring agency, etc.

Current Bill Version Posted: 4/3/2025 03:06 PM

• Senate Committee References (3)

  1. Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (CF)
  2. Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services (AHS)
  3. Fiscal Policy (FP)

• Related Bills (6)

  Bill Number Subject Filed By Last Action and Location	Relationship Learn more about bill relationships
  H 415 by Chamberlin Community-based Care Lead Agency and Subcontractor Liability Last Action: 5/3/2025 H Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration	Compare
  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
  H 1255 (er) by Student Academic Success Subcommittee Education Last Action: 5/2/2025 H Ordered enrolled	Compare
  H 1301 by Yarkosky Child Welfare Last Action: 5/3/2025 H Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration	Compare
  S 618 by McClain Community-based Care Lead Agency and Subcontractor Liability Last Action: 5/3/2025 S Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration	Compare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

• Floor Votes (1)

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  Date	Chamber	Result
  4/9/2025 5:06 PM	Senate	36 Yeas - 0 Nays

• Citations - Statute (16)

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  39.3011		Page 3 [pdf]
  39.401	Taking a child alleged to be dependent into custody; law enforcement officers and authorized agents of the department.	Page 3 [pdf]
  39.407	Medical, psychiatric, and psychological examination and treatment of child; physical, mental, or substance abuse examination of person with or requesting child custody.	Page 4 [pdf]
  39.905	Domestic violence centers.	Page 5 [pdf]
  125.901	Children’s services; independent special district; council; powers, duties, and functions; public records exemption.	Page 6 [pdf]
  402.305	Licensing standards; child care facilities.	Page 10 [pdf]
  402.30501	Modification of introductory child care course for community college credit authorized.	Page 21 [pdf]
  409.145	Care of children; “reasonable and prudent parent” standard.	Page 14 [pdf]
  409.175	Licensure of family foster homes, residential child-caring agencies, and child-placing agencies; public records exemption.	Page 15 [pdf]
  409.993	Lead agencies and subcontractor liability.	Page 18 [pdf]
  553.73	Florida Building Code.	Page 20 [pdf]
  633.208	Minimum firesafety standards.	Page 20 [pdf]
  937.0201	Definitions.	Page 20 [pdf]
  937.021	Missing child and missing adult reports.	Page 21 [pdf]
  1002.57	Prekindergarten director credential.	Page 22 [pdf]
  1002.59	Emergent literacy and performance standards training courses.	Page 22 [pdf]

• Bill History

  S = Senate, H = House

  2/27/2025	S	• Filed
  3/6/2025	S	• Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Fiscal Policy
  3/7/2025	S	• On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 03/12/25, 8:30 am, 301 Senate Building
  3/10/2025	S	• Introduced
  3/12/2025	S	• CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
  3/14/2025	S	• Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) • Now in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
  3/18/2025	S	• CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs read 1st time
  3/21/2025	S	• On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, 03/26/25, 1:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
  3/26/2025	S	• CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 10 NAYS 0
  3/28/2025	S	• Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) • Now in Fiscal Policy • On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 04/02/25, 9:00 am, 110 Senate Building
  4/2/2025	S	• CS/CS/CS by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 16 NAYS 1 • CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services read 1st time
  4/3/2025	S	• Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/09/25
  4/8/2025	S	• CS/CS/CS by Fiscal Policy read 1st time
  4/9/2025	S	• Read 2nd time -SJ 391 • Read 3rd time -SJ 391 • CS passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0 -SJ 391 • Immediately certified -SJ 392
  4/9/2025	H	• In Messages
  5/3/2025	H	• Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration