Fiscal Policy
Primary
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.
Chapter No. 2025-186
Approved by Governor
Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
Senate Message List
Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
CS passed as amended; YEAS 98, NAYS 0
Amendment 451310 Concur
Concurred in House amendment(s) as amended (646549)
In Messages
CS passed as amended; YEAS 37 NAYS 0
Amendment(s) to House amendment(s) adopted (451310)
Amendment 646549 adopted
In returning messages
CS passed as amended; YEAS 113, NAYS 0
Read 3rd time
Added to Third Reading Calendar
Placed on 3rd reading
Read 2nd time
1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
Bill referred to House Calendar
Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/30/2025)
In Messages
Immediately certified
CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0
Read 3rd time
Read 2nd time
CS by Fiscal Policy read 1st time
Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/19/25
Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
CS by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 18 NAYS 0
On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 03/13/25, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
Introduced
Referred to Fiscal Policy
Filed
Submitted as Committee Bill and Reported Favorably by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 03/04/25, 4:00 pm, 301 Senate Building
Submitted for consideration by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| S 7012 pb | PDF HTML |
| S 7012 Filed | PDF HTML |
| S 7012 c1 | PDF HTML |
| S 7012 e1 | PDF HTML |
| S 7012 er | PDF HTML |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 451310 - S Amend. to H Amend. (646549) to S 7012 c1 | PDF HTML |
| 646549 - Strike All Amendment to S 7012 c1 | |
| 374723 - Amendment to S 7012 c1 | |
| 119236 - Amendment to S 7012 Filed | PDF HTML |
| 912172 - Amendment to S 7012 Filed | PDF HTML |
| House Message Summary -- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (4/30/2025 8:01 PM) | |
| Bill Analysis -- Fiscal Policy (Post-Meeting) (3/13/2025 11:14 AM) | |
| Bill Analysis -- Fiscal Policy (Pre-Meeting) (3/12/2025 7:50 AM) | |
| Bill Analysis -- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (Post-Meeting) (3/5/2025 9:00 AM) | |
| Bill Analysis -- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (Pre-Meeting) (3/3/2025 3:28 PM) |
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