The Florida Senate

SB 1570: Statewide Project for Missing Persons with Special Needs

GENERAL BILL by Gaetz ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Berman

Statewide Project for Missing Persons with Special Needs; Amending a provision relating to the missing persons with special needs statewide project; providing that the project is created through the centers for autism and related disabilities; requiring that participants for the project be selected based on certain criteria, etc. APPROPRIATION: $1,000,000

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  1/9/2026	Senate	• Filed
  1/16/2026	Senate	• Referred to Education Postsecondary; Appropriations Committee on Higher Education; Fiscal Policy
  1/22/2026	Senate	• Introduced
  1/23/2026	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Education Postsecondary, 01/28/26, 10:30 am, 301 Senate Building
  1/28/2026	Senate	• Favorable by Education Postsecondary; YEAS 5 NAYS 0 • Now in Appropriations Committee on Higher Education
  2/20/2026	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Higher Education, 02/25/26, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
  2/25/2026	Senate	• Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Higher Education; YEAS 5 NAYS 0
  2/26/2026	Senate	• Now in Fiscal Policy • On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 03/02/26, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building

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• SB 1570, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 1/9/2026 at 10:16 AM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	Education Postsecondary (Pre-Meeting) 1/27/2026 (pdf) Education Postsecondary (Post-Meeting) 1/28/2026 (pdf) Appropriations Committee on Higher Education (Pre-Meeting) 2/24/2026 (pdf) Appropriations Committee on Higher Education (Post-Meeting) 2/26/2026 (pdf) Fiscal Policy (Pre-Meeting) 2/27/2026 (pdf)

  Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
  H 1405	Statewide Project for Missing Persons with Special Needs	Duggan	Identical	Last Action: 2/26/2026 H Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/3/2026)

  Committee Votes (2)

  Date	Committee	Result
  1/28/2026 10:30 AM	Education Postsecondary	5 Yeas - 0 Nays
  2/25/2026 1:30 PM	Appropriations Committee on Higher Education	5 Yeas - 0 Nays

  Citations - Statutes (1)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  937.041		Page 1 (pdf)

  Citations - Chapter Law (1)

  Chapter Law	Section Amended	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  2020-3	Section 13

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