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Florida 2026

SB 1002

Child Welfare

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Source: Open States / PluralUpdated 2026-09-18 15:11:01 UTC.

Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
Florida
Session
2026
Chamber
upper
Classification
bill
Subjects
civil practice and procedure, criminal procedure and corrections, domestic relations, judicial branch, k, public health
Introduced / first action
2025-12-23 00:00:00

Source-supplied abstracts

Child Welfare; Revising the definition of the term “harm” to provide that exposure of a child to a controlled substance may be established by evidence of acute or chronic use of a controlled substance by a parent to a specified extent; revising the definition of the term “neglect” to provide that neglect occurs when there is evidence of acute or chronic use of a controlled substance by a parent to a specified extent, etc.

Sponsors

  • Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (primary), primary
  • Gaetz (primary), primary

Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. Died in Messages

    failure

  2. In Messages

  3. CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0

    passage

  4. Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  5. Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  6. Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/05/26

  7. Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading

  8. Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 22 NAYS 1

    committee-passage-favorable

  9. On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/24/26, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building

  10. Now in Rules

  11. Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 9 NAYS 0

    committee-passage-favorable

  12. On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, 02/12/26, 2:30 pm, 412 Knott Building

  13. CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs read 1st time

  14. Now in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services

  15. Remaining references corrected to Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Rules

  16. Original reference(s) removed: Judiciary

  17. Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)

  18. CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 5 NAYS 0

  19. On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 01/27/26, 1:00 pm, 301 Senate Building

  20. Introduced

    introduction

  21. Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Judiciary; Rules

    referral-committee

  22. Filed

    filing

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