CS/SB 7012: Child Welfare
GENERAL BILL by Fiscal Policy ; Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
Child Welfare; Requiring the Department of Children and Families to maintain copies of certain assessments and tools used to assess children for certain placement; removing authority for the department to grant exemptions from working with children or the developmentally disabled; subject to an appropriation, requiring the department to develop a child protective investigator and case manager recruitment program for a specified purpose; subject to an appropriation and beginning on a specified date, requiring the department to develop a 4-year pilot program for treatment foster care; specifying that incentives provided to state employees for participating in research or evaluation with the Florida Institute for Child Welfare do not violate certain laws or require certain reporting, etc.
Last Action: 5/2/2025 Senate - Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
- Fiscal Policy (FP)
Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2/27/2025 | Senate |
• Submitted for consideration by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs • On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 03/04/25, 4:00 pm, 301 Senate Building |
| 3/4/2025 | Senate |
• Submitted as Committee Bill and Reported Favorably by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 |
| 3/5/2025 | Senate |
• Filed |
| 3/6/2025 | Senate |
• Referred to Fiscal Policy |
| 3/10/2025 | Senate |
• On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 03/13/25, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building • Introduced |
| 3/13/2025 | Senate |
• CS by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 18 NAYS 0 • Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) |
| 3/14/2025 | Senate |
• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading |
| 3/17/2025 | Senate |
• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/19/25 |
| 3/18/2025 | Senate |
• CS by Fiscal Policy read 1st time |
| 3/19/2025 | Senate |
• Read 2nd time -SJ 236 • Read 3rd time -SJ 236 • CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 -SJ 236 • Immediately certified -SJ 242 |
| 3/19/2025 | House |
• In Messages |
| 4/29/2025 | House |
• Bill referred to House Calendar • Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/30/2025) • 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) |
| 4/30/2025 | House |
• Read 2nd time • Amendment 646549 adopted • Placed on 3rd reading • Added to Third Reading Calendar • Read 3rd time • CS passed as amended; YEAS 113, NAYS 0 |
| 4/30/2025 | Senate |
• In returning messages |
| 5/1/2025 | Senate |
• Amendment(s) to House amendment(s) adopted (451310) -SJ 1088 • Concurred in House amendment(s) as amended (646549) -SJ 1092 • CS passed as amended; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 -SJ 1092 |
| 5/1/2025 | House |
• In Messages |
| 5/2/2025 | House |
• Senate Message List • Amendment 451310 Concur • CS passed as amended; YEAS 98, NAYS 0 |
| 5/2/2025 | Senate |
• Ordered engrossed, then enrolled |
451310 - S Amend. to H Amend. (646549)