Senate Bill 938 (2023) - The Florida Senate

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SB 938: Operation and Administration of the Baker Act

GENERAL BILL by Davis

Operation and Administration of the Baker Act; Requiring the Department of Children and Families to provide specified information to certain individuals and organizations; requiring the department to maintain an information handbook and repository of answers to frequently asked questions, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2023
Last Action: 4/18/2023 Senate - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 829 (Ch. 2023-198) -SJ 422
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF

Senate Committee References:

Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (CF)
Judiciary (JU)
Rules (RC)

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Bill History

Date	Chamber	Action
2/17/2023	Senate	• Filed
2/28/2023	Senate	• Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Judiciary; Rules
3/7/2023	Senate	• Introduced
3/9/2023	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 03/14/23, 8:30 am, 37 Senate Building
3/14/2023	Senate	• Favorable by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 • Now in Judiciary
3/24/2023	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 03/29/23, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
3/29/2023	Senate	• Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 11 NAYS 0
3/30/2023	Senate	• Now in Rules
4/6/2023	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/11/23, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
4/11/2023	Senate	• Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 19 NAYS 0 • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
4/13/2023	Senate	• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/18/23
4/18/2023	Senate	• Read 2nd time -SJ 421 • Substituted HB 829 -SJ 422 • Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 829 (Ch. 2023-198) -SJ 422

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SB 938, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/17/2023 at 4:18 PM

Bill Text:	Web Page \| PDF

Analyses:	Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (Pre-Meeting) 3/13/2023 (pdf) Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (Post-Meeting) 3/14/2023 (pdf) Judiciary (Pre-Meeting) 3/28/2023 (pdf) Judiciary (Post-Meeting) 3/29/2023 (pdf) Rules (Pre-Meeting) 4/10/2023 (pdf) Rules (Post-Meeting) 4/11/2023 (pdf)

Related Bills (1)

Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
H 829 (er)	Operation and Administration of the Baker Act	Silvers	Identical	Last Action: 6/6/2023 Chapter No. 2023-198

Committee Votes (3)

Date	Committee	Result
3/14/2023 8:30 AM	Children, Families, and Elder Affairs	7 Yeas - 0 Nays
3/29/2023 12:00 PM	Judiciary	11 Yeas - 0 Nays
4/11/2023 8:30 AM	Rules	19 Yeas - 0 Nays

Citations - Statutes (1)

Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
394.457	Operation and administration.	Page 1 (pdf)

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