SB 1626: Child Welfare
GENERAL BILL by Grall
Child Welfare; Authorizing the Office of Statewide Prosecution in the Department of Legal Affairs to investigate and prosecute specified violations; revising the definition of the term “child who is found to be dependent”; defining the term “legal custodian”; authorizing a law enforcement officer or an authorized agent of the department to take a child into custody who is the subject of a specified court order; requiring a local government to exclude certain residential child-caring agencies from proximity limitations, etc.
Last Action: 2/27/2025 Senate - Filed
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
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| 2/27/2025 | Senate |
• Filed |
Related Bills
| Bill Number | Subject | Filed By | Relationship | Last Action and Location | Track Bills |
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| H 1301 | Child Welfare | Yarkosky | Identical | Last Action: 2/27/2025 H Filed |
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No Vote History AvailableCitations - Statutes (20)
| Citation | Catchline | Location in Bill Location In Bill Help |
|---|---|---|
| 16.56 | Office of Statewide Prosecution. | Page 4 (pdf) |
| 39.01 | Definitions. | Page 6 (pdf) |
| 39.206 | Administrative fines for false report of abuse, abandonment, or neglect of a child; civil damages. | Page 7 (pdf) |
| 39.3011 | Page 9 (pdf) | |
| 39.401 | Taking a child alleged to be dependent into custody; law enforcement officers and authorized agents of the department. | Page 9 (pdf) |
| 39.5075 | Citizenship or residency status for immigrant children who are dependents. | Page 10 (pdf) |
| 39.5077 | Page 11 (pdf) | |
| 39.905 | Domestic violence centers. | Page 14 (pdf) |
| 125.901 | Children’s services; independent special district; council; powers, duties, and functions; public records exemption. | Page 14 (pdf) |
| 402.305 | Licensing standards; child care facilities. | Page 18 (pdf) |
| 402.30501 | Modification of introductory child care course for community college credit authorized. | Page 30 (pdf) |
| 409.145 | Care of children; “reasonable and prudent parent” standard. | Page 22 (pdf) |
| 409.175 | Licensure of family foster homes, residential child-caring agencies, and child-placing agencies; public records exemption. | Page 23 (pdf) |
| 419.001 | Site selection of community residential homes. | Page 26 (pdf) |
| 553.73 | Florida Building Code. | Page 28 (pdf) |
| 633.208 | Minimum firesafety standards. | Page 29 (pdf) |
| 937.0201 | Definitions. | Page 29 (pdf) |
| 937.021 | Missing child and missing adult reports. | Page 30 (pdf) |
| 1002.57 | Prekindergarten director credential. | Page 31 (pdf) |
| 1002.59 | Emergent literacy and performance standards training courses. | Page 31 (pdf) |
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