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IntroducedDec 22, 2025
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Passed Senate
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Florida Senate Bill
Dependent Children; Requiring the Department of Children and Families and each community-based care lead agency to coordinate with certain organizations and meet at least quarterly for a specified purpose; requiring the department and each community-based care lead agency to make certain information available on their respective websites; requiring a caregiver to provide a weekly cash allowance to each child in his or her care beginning when the child attains a certain age; prohibiting a caregiver from withholding a child’s allowance as punishment, etc.
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Senate • Feb 03, 2026: Now in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
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- Feb 03, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 4 NAYS 0
- Now in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
- Jan 29, 2026 | Senate
- On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 02/03/26, 1:00 pm, 301 Senate Building
- Jan 13, 2026 | Senate
- Introduced
- Jan 07, 2026 | Senate
- Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Fiscal Policy
- Dec 22, 2025 | Senate
- Filed
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