HB 1301: Child Welfare
GENERAL BILL by Yarkosky
Child Welfare; Authorizes Office of Statewide Prosecution to investigate & prosecute specified violations; revises provisions relating to false reports of abuse, abandonment, & neglect; requires DCF to enter into agreements with certain military installations for child protective investigations; authorizes law enforcement officer or authorized agent of department to take child into custody who is subject of specified court order; authorizes DCF or community-based care provider to petition court for specified order for immigrant children; provides requirements for natural persons, other entities, & the department relating to unaccompanied alien children; provides criminal penalties & civil fines; revises provisions relating to provisional certification for additional domestic violence centers; revises membership requirements for certain independent special districts; authorizes DCF to grant certain exemptions from disqualification for certain persons; requires DCF to establish fee schedule for daily room & board rates for certain children; authorizes DCF to extend certain license expiration date; provides that certain residential child-caring agencies are not subject to certain proximity requirements; provides that certain residential child-caring agencies are not required to install fire sprinklers or fire suppression system; specifies entity with jurisdiction for accepting missing child reports; authorizes law enforcement agencies to use reasonable force to take certain children into custody.
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 2/27/2025 House • Filed
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HB 1301, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/27/2025 at 10:59 AM
Bill Text: PDF Analyses: None Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills S 1626 Child Welfare Grall Identical Last Action: 2/27/2025 S Filed 
Citations - Statutes (20)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 16.56 Office of Statewide Prosecution. Page 4 (pdf) 39.01 Definitions. Page 7 (pdf) 39.206 Administrative fines for false report of abuse, abandonment, or neglect of a child; civil damages. Page 9 (pdf) 39.3011 Page 10 (pdf) 39.401 Taking a child alleged to be dependent into custody; law enforcement officers and authorized agents of the department. Page 11 (pdf) 39.5075 Citizenship or residency status for immigrant children who are dependents. Page 11 (pdf) 39.5077 Page 12 (pdf) 39.905 Domestic violence centers. Page 16 (pdf) 125.901 Children’s services; independent special district; council; powers, duties, and functions; public records exemption. Page 16 (pdf) 402.305 Licensing standards; child care facilities. Page 21 (pdf) 402.30501 Modification of introductory child care course for community college credit authorized. Page 35 (pdf) 409.145 Care of children; “reasonable and prudent parent” standard. Page 26 (pdf) 409.175 Licensure of family foster homes, residential child-caring agencies, and child-placing agencies; public records exemption. Page 27 (pdf) 419.001 Site selection of community residential homes. Page 30 (pdf) 553.73 Florida Building Code. Page 33 (pdf) 633.208 Minimum firesafety standards. Page 33 (pdf) 937.0201 Definitions. Page 34 (pdf) 937.021 Missing child and missing adult reports. Page 34 (pdf) 1002.57 Prekindergarten director credential. Page 35 (pdf) 1002.59 Emergent literacy and performance standards training courses. Page 36 (pdf)