HB 565 Florida House · 2026 Regular Session

Agency for Persons with Disabilities

Summary

Agency for Persons with Disabilities ; Revises definition of term "developmental disability"; defines "Tatton-Brown-Rahman syndrome"; requires level 2 employment screening for all employees of residential facilities & adult day training programs; requires agency to contract with state university to develop & administer certain surveys; provides requirements for such surveys; requires state university to submit certain report to agency by specified date; requires agency to conduct public hearings on specified information; conduct or contract for gap analysis for specified purposes; identify core competencies & performance metrics & make recommendations for standardizing assessments; & submit certain report to Governor & Legislature by specified date.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Dec 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2026

House Passage

Mar 2026

Senate Passage

Mar 2026

Signed into Law

Jun 2026

Introduced Dec 1, 2025 Signed Jun 11, 2026

Maddy AI version diff · 3 comparisons

What changed between versions

H 565 c2 → H 565 er · 2 edits

MINOR

The bill has been updated from a committee version (c2) to the enrolled final version (er), indicating it has passed all legislative stages and is ready for the Governor's signature. The substantive text of the bill regarding the Agency for Persons with Disabilities and the definition of developmental disability remains unchanged, as the differences are purely administrative formatting updates.

TECHNICAL

Header text was updated to reflect the bill's status as 'ENROLLED' and added the specific legislative session identifier '2026 Legislature'.

The footer identifier was changed from 'hb565-02-c2' to 'hb565 -02-er' to denote the final enrolled version.

Floor votes · Senate Mar 9, 2026 · House Mar 3, 2026

How they voted

38–0

Passed · 2 other

Total votes 40

Mar 9, 2026

D Democratic11

11 Yea

100% Yea

I Independent1

1 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican28

26 Yea 2

92% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Jun 11, 2026

Signed into law

Approved by Governor

legislature

Mar 9, 2026

Upper · Passed

CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0

upper

Mar 3, 2026

Committee

Referred to Rules

upper

Mar 3, 2026

Lower · Passed

CS passed; YEAS 110, NAYS 0

lower

Feb 25, 2026

Committee

Bill referred to House Calendar

lower

Feb 25, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee

lower

Feb 24, 2026

Lower · Passed

Favorable with CS by Health & Human Services Committee

lower

Feb 20, 2026

Lower · Passed

PCS added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda

lower

Feb 16, 2026

Lower · Passed

Now in Health & Human Services Committee

lower

Feb 16, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported out of Health Care Budget Subcommittee

lower

Feb 16, 2026

Lower · Passed

Favorable by Health Care Budget Subcommittee

lower

Feb 12, 2026

Lower · Passed

Added to Health Care Budget Subcommittee agenda

lower

Feb 6, 2026

Lower · Passed

Now in Health Care Budget Subcommittee

lower

Feb 6, 2026

Committee

Referred to Health & Human Services Committee

lower

Feb 6, 2026

Committee

Referred to Health Care Budget Subcommittee

lower

Feb 4, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported out of Human Services Subcommittee

lower

Feb 4, 2026

Lower · Passed

Favorable with CS by Human Services Subcommittee

lower

Feb 2, 2026

Lower · Passed

PCS added to Human Services Subcommittee agenda

lower

Dec 12, 2025

Lower · Passed

Now in Human Services Subcommittee

lower

Dec 12, 2025

Committee

Referred to Health & Human Services Committee

lower

Dec 12, 2025

Committee

Referred to Human Services Subcommittee

lower

2 primary · 10 co-sponsors