HB 1105 Florida House · 2020 Regular Session

Child Welfare

Summary
Child Welfare; Requires certain training for judges; authorizes & provides requirements for early childhood court programs; authorizes DCF to file petitions; requires court to consider specified factors when determining change of legal custody or placement; revises & provides requirements for case plans; provides requirements for court jurisdiction, information disclosure, & caregiver recommendations; provides timeframes for certain studies & licensing; provides requirements & processes for adoption of certain children; provides responsibilities for foster parents, birth or legal parents, DCF, & community-based care lead agency; requires employees of residential group homes to meet specified requirements; authorizes community-based care lead agency to provide more than 35 percent of all child welfare services under certain conditions.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Mar 2020
House Passage
Mar 2020
Senate Passage
Mar 2020
Signed into Law
Jun 2020
Introduced Jan 14, 2020 Signed Jun 29, 2020
Floor votes · House Mar 9, 2020

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
36
Key actions
12
Committee
10
Jun 29, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor
legislature
Mar 12, 2020
Upper · Passed
CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0
upper
Mar 10, 2020
Committee
Referred to Appropriations
upper
Mar 9, 2020
Lower · Passed
CS passed as amended; YEAS 118 NAYS 0
lower
Mar 9, 2020
Lower · Passed
Amendment(s) adopted (957847)
lower
Feb 18, 2020
Lower · Passed
CS/CS by- Health and Human Services Committee; YEAS 16 NAYS 0
lower
Feb 14, 2020
Lower · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Health and Human Services Committee, 02/18/20, 3:00 pm, Morris Hall
lower
Feb 5, 2020
Lower · Passed
Now in Health and Human Services Committee
lower
Feb 5, 2020
Lower · Passed
Favorable by Appropriations Committee; YEAS 26 NAYS 0
lower
Feb 3, 2020
Lower · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee, 02/05/20, 10:00 am, Webster Hall
lower
Jan 27, 2020
Lower · Passed
Now in Appropriations Committee
lower
Jan 22, 2020
Lower · Passed
CS by Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee; YEAS 15 NAYS 0
lower
Jan 17, 2020
Lower · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee, 01/22/20, 9:30 am, 12 HOB
lower
Jan 14, 2020
Introduced
Introduced
lower
Jan 13, 2020
Committee
Referred to Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee; Appropriations Committee; Health and Human Services Committee
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Josie Tomkow
Josie Tomkow
RRepublican
FL
51