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IntroducedSep 26, 2025
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Passed HouseMar 03, 2026
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Passed SenateMar 05, 2026
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Became Law
Florida House 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 such allegations to be immediately forwarded to a law enforcement agency upon completion of the department's investigation; 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 certain experience when evaluating certain reports; requiring the physician or advanced practice registered nurse who performed certain medical examinations to submit a written report to the department and certain persons within a specified timeframe, etc.
Last Action See all actions
House • Mar 05, 2026: Ordered enrolled
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on HB 47
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Health & Human Services Committeeprimary
- Human Services Subcommitteeprimary

- Maneyprimary
- Buchanancosponsor
- Campbellcosponsor
- Danielscosponsor
- Eskamanicosponsor
- Hunschofskycosponsor
- López, J.cosponsor
- Mooneycosponsor
- Partingtoncosponsor
- Tantcosponsor
- Tendrichcosponsor
- Trabulsycosponsor
- Woodsoncosponsor
Votes
YES: 109
- Abbott
- Eskamani
- Oliver
- Albert
- Esposito
- Overdorf
- Alvarez, D.
- Fabricio
- Owen
- Alvarez, J.
- Franklin
- Partington
- Anderson
- Gantt
- Perez
- Andrade
- Garrison
- Persons-Mulicka
- Antone
- Gentry
- Plakon
- Aristide
- Gerwig
- Plasencia
- Baker
- Giallombardo
- Porras
- Bankson
- Gonzalez Pittman
- Rayner
- Barnaby
- Gossett-Seidman
- Redondo
- Bartleman
- Gottlieb
- Rizo
- Basabe
- Greco
- Robinson, F.
- Benarroch
- Griffitts
- Robinson, W.
- Berfield
- Grow
- Rosenwald
- Black
- Harris
- Blanco
- Hart-Lowman
- Sapp
- Booth
- Hinson
- Shoaf
- Borrero
- Hodgers
- Sirois
- Botana
- Skidmore
- Boyles
- Hunschofsky
- Smith
- Brackett
- Jacques
- Snyder
- Brannan
- Johnson
- Spencer
- Buchanan
- Busatta
- Kendall
- Steele
- Kincart Jonsson
- Tant
- Canady
- Koster
- Tendrich
- Cassel
- LaMarca
- Tomkow
- Chamberlin
- Long
- Trabulsy
- Chambliss
- López, J.
- Tramont
- Chaney
- Maggard
- Tuck
- Cobb
- Maney
- Valdés
- Conerly
- McClure
- Weinberger
- Cross
- McFarland
- Woodson
- Daley
- Melo
- Yarkosky
- Daniels
- Driskell
- Miller
- Young
- Duggan
- Mooney
- Dunkley
- Nix
- Nixon
NO: 0
Actions
- Mar 05, 2026 | House
- In Messages
- Ordered enrolled
- Mar 05, 2026 | Senate
- Withdrawn from Rules
- Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- Substituted for CS/CS/SB 42
- Read 2nd time
- Read 3rd time
- CS passed; YEAS 34 NAYS 0
- Mar 03, 2026 | Senate
- In Messages
- Referred to Rules
- Received
- Mar 03, 2026 | House
- Read 2nd time
- Amendment 691295 adopted
- Added to Third Reading Calendar
- Read 3rd time
- CS passed as amended; YEAS 109, NAYS 0
- Feb 26, 2026 | House
- Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/3/2026)
- Feb 12, 2026 | House
- Bill referred to House Calendar
- Added to Second Reading Calendar
- Feb 11, 2026 | House
- Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee
- Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- CS Filed
- 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
- Feb 10, 2026 | House
- Favorable with CS by Health & Human Services Committee
- Feb 06, 2026 | House
- Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda
- Feb 03, 2026 | House
- Favorable by Judiciary Committee
- Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- Now in Health & Human Services Committee
- Jan 30, 2026 | House
- Referred to Judiciary Committee
- Referred to Health & Human Services Committee
- Now in Judiciary Committee
- Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- Jan 29, 2026 | House
- Reported out of Human Services Subcommittee
- Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- CS Filed
- Jan 28, 2026 | House
- Favorable with CS by Human Services Subcommittee
- Jan 26, 2026 | House
- Added to Human Services Subcommittee agenda
- Jan 13, 2026 | House
- 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- Oct 07, 2025 | House
- Referred to Human Services Subcommittee
- Referred to Judiciary Committee
- Referred to Health & Human Services Committee
- Now in Human Services Subcommittee
- Sep 26, 2025 | House
- Filed
Bill Texts
- H 47 FiledPDF
- H 47 c1PDF
- H 47 c2PDF
- H 47 e1PDF
- H 47 erPDF
- Committee Strike All Amendment 257053 (Adopted without Objection 1/28/2026) -- BartlemanPDF
- Committee Strike All Amendment 785203 (Withdrawn Prior to Consideration 2/9/2026) -- BartlemanPDF
- Committee Strike All Amendment 129413 (Adopted without Objection 2/10/2026) -- BartlemanPDF
- Floor Amendment 691295 (House: Adopted 3/3/2026) -- BartlemanPDF
