• Introduced
    Sep 08, 2025
  • Passed Senate
  • Passed House
  • Became Law
SB 42
Florida Senate Bill
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Specific Medical Diagnoses in Child Protective Investigations; Providing an exception to the requirement that the Department of Children and Families immediately forward certain allegations to a law enforcement agency; requiring a child protective investigator to inform the subject of an investigation of a certain duty; requiring Child Protection Teams to consult with a licensed physician or advanced practice registered nurse with specified pediatric experience when evaluating certain reports; authorizing a parent or legal custodian of a child who is the subject of certain orders to request specified medical examinations of the child within a specified timeframe, etc.
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Senate • Feb 25, 2026: On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 03/02/26, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
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Bill up for consideration Senate Fiscal Policy
Mar 02, 2026 12:00pm
Pat Thomas Committee Room, 412 Knott Building

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  • Feb 25, 2026 | Senate
    • On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 03/02/26, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
  • Feb 24, 2026 | Senate
    • CS by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services read 1st time
  • Feb 23, 2026 | Senate
    • Now in Fiscal Policy
  • Feb 20, 2026 | Senate
    • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
  • Feb 18, 2026 | Senate
    • CS by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
  • Feb 13, 2026 | Senate
    • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, 02/18/26, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
  • Jan 13, 2026 | Senate
    • Now in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
    • Introduced
  • Jan 12, 2026 | Senate
    • Favorable by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 6 NAYS 0
  • Jan 05, 2026 | Senate
    • On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 01/12/26, 4:00 pm, 301 Senate Building
  • Oct 06, 2025 | Senate
    • Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Fiscal Policy
  • Sep 08, 2025 | Senate
    • Filed