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IntroducedSep 08, 2025
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Passed Senate
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Passed House
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Became Law
Florida Senate Bill
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.
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Feb 25, 2026: On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 03/02/26, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Mar 02, 2026 12:00pm
Pat Thomas Committee Room, 412 Knott Building
Summary
Comments on SB 42
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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
Documents
- Bill Analysis -- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (Pre-Meeting) (1/9/2026 4:00 PM)
- Bill Analysis -- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (Post-Meeting) (1/13/2026 8:48 AM)
- Bill Analysis -- Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services (Pre-Meeting) (2/17/2026 10:22 AM)
- Bill Analysis -- Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services (Post-Meeting) (2/20/2026 4:38 PM)


