SB 7018: Child Welfare
GENERAL BILL by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
Child Welfare; Renaming the Step into Success Workforce Education and Internship Pilot Program as the Step into Success Workforce Education and Internship Program; requiring the department’s Office of Continuing Care to develop certain cohorts within specified regions, collaborate with certain organizations and recruit mentors and organizations, and provide eligible former foster youth with internship placement opportunities; requiring the Office of Continuing Care to develop trauma-informed training for mentors of certain former foster youth which meets certain requirements, etc.
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 1/5/2026 Senate • Submitted for consideration by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
• On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 01/12/26, 4:00 pm, 301 Senate Building
1/12/2026 Senate • Submitted as Committee Bill and Reported Favorably by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 6 NAYS 0
1/13/2026 Senate • Filed
1/14/2026 Senate • Referred to Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations
• Introduced
1/30/2026 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, 02/04/26, 1:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
2/4/2026 Senate • Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
• Now in Appropriations
2/9/2026 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 02/12/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
2/12/2026 Senate • Favorable by- Appropriations; YEAS 18 NAYS 0
2/13/2026 Senate • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
2/23/2026 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/26/26
2/26/2026 Senate • Read 2nd time
• Read 3rd time
• Passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0
• Immediately certified
2/26/2026 House • In Messages
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SB 7018, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 1/13/2026 at 10:47 AM
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills S 2518 Health Appropriations Compare Last Action: 2/20/2026 H In Messages 
Committee Votes (2)
Date Committee Result 2/4/2026 1:00 PM Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services 7 Yeas - 0 Nays 2/12/2026 9:00 AM Appropriations 18 Yeas - 0 Nays Floor Votes (1)
Date Chamber Result 2/26/2026 12:49 PM Senate 37 Yeas - 0 Nays Citations - Statutes (3)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 39.01 Definitions. Page 2 (pdf) 409.1455 Step into Success Workforce Education and Internship Pilot Program for foster youth and former foster youth. Page 3 (pdf) 1004.615 Florida Institute for Child Welfare. Page 8 (pdf) -
SPB 7018, Proposed Bill Posted 1/9/2026 at 11:01 AM
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF Analyses: Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (Pre-Meeting) 1/9/2026 (pdf)
Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (Post-Meeting) 1/15/2026 (pdf)
Committee Votes (1)
Date Committee Result 1/12/2026 4:00 PM Children, Families, and Elder Affairs 6 Yeas - 0 Nays