Florida Senate - 2026 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 1010
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
Comm: RCS .
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The Committee on Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
(Yarborough) recommended the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete lines 48 - 95
4 and insert:
5 (1) A private cause of action exists to recover damages for
6 personal injury or death resulting from the provision of sex
7 reassignment prescriptions or procedures, as defined in s.
8 456.001, to a person younger than 18 years of age which are
9 prohibited by s. 456.52(1). An individual may recover all
10 economic and non-economic damages for injuries he or she
11 sustained before or after age 18 that are the result of sex
12 reassignment prescriptions or procedures provided in violation
13 of s. 456.52(1).
14 (2) The Attorney General may conduct investigations of
15 alleged violations of s. 456.52(1) and, if the Attorney General
16 determines that such a violation has occurred, may commence a
17 civil action under this subsection for damages, injunctive
18 relief, and civil penalties of up to $100,000 for each
19 violation. Any damages recovered pursuant to a civil action
20 brought under this subsection must accrue to the benefit of the
21 individual injured as the result of sex-reassignment
22 prescriptions or procedures provided in violation of s.
23 456.52(1).
24 (3)(2) The limitations on punitive damages in s. 768.73(1)
25 do not apply to actions brought under this section.
26 (4)(3) An action brought under this section:
27 (a) May be commenced within 20 years after the cessation or
28 completion of the sex-reassignment prescription or procedure.
29 (b) Is in addition to any other remedy authorized by law.
30 (5)(4) The cause of action created by this section does not
31 apply to:
32 (a) Treatment with sex-reassignment prescriptions if such
33 treatment is consistent with s. 456.001(9)(a)1. or 2. and was
34 commenced on or before, and is still active on, May 17, 2023.
35 (b) Sex-reassignment prescriptions or procedures that were
36 ceased or completed on or before May 17, 2023.
37 Section 3. Section 1014.07, Florida Statutes, is created to
38 read:
39 1014.07 Civil liability.—
40 (1) A private cause of action exists against an employee of
41 the state, any of its political subdivisions, or any other
42 governmental entity who violates any of the parental rights
43 specified in s. 1014.04 or against a health care practitioner
44 who provides, solicits or arranges to provide, or aids or abets
45 another to provide, health care services or prescription of
46 medicinal drugs to a minor child without parental consent in
47 violation of s. 1014.06. An individual may recover all economic
48 and non-economic damages resulting from a violation of s.
49 1014.04 or s. 1014.06. All damages recovered pursuant to a civil
50 action brought under this subsection must accrue to the benefit
51 of the affected minor.
52 (2) The Attorney General may conduct investigations of
53 alleged violations of s. 1014.04 or s. 1014.06 and, if the
54 Attorney General determines that such a violation has occurred,
55 may commence a civil action under this subsection for damages,
56 injunctive relief, and civil penalties of up to $100,000 for
57 each violation. All damages recovered pursuant to a civil action
58 brought under this subsection must accrue to the benefit of the
59 affected minor.
60 (3) The limitations on punitive damages in s. 768.73(1) do
61 not apply to actions brought under this section.
62 (4) An action brought under this section:
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65 And the title is amended as follows:
66 Delete lines 7 - 23
67 and insert:
68 clarifying that a private cause of action exists to
69 recover damages for personal injury or death resulting
70 from a violation of a specified provision; providing
71 that an individual may recover economic and non
72 economic damages for injuries sustained before or
73 after age 18 that result from such violation;
74 authorizing the Attorney General to conduct
75 investigations of alleged violations of a specified
76 provision and commence a separate civil action for
77 damages, injunctive relief, and civil penalties upon
78 determining a violation has occurred; providing that
79 damages recovered pursuant to such civil actions
80 accrue to the benefit of the injured individual;
81 creating s. 1014.07, F.S.; creating a private cause of
82 action to recover damages against certain public
83 employees and health care practitioners for violations
84 of specified provisions; providing that an individual
85 may recover economic and non-economic damages that
86 result from such violations; providing that damages
87 recovered pursuant to such civil actions accrue to the
88 benefit of the affected minor; authorizing the
89 Attorney General to conduct investigations of alleged
90 violations of specified provisions and commence a
91 civil action for damages, injunctive relief, and civil
92 penalties upon determining a violation has occurred;
93 providing that damages recovered pursuant to such
94 civil actions accrue to the benefit of the affected
95 minor; providing