Bill Summary

SB 7012 Child Welfare (2025 Session)
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Sponsors
by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs  CS Sponsors: Fiscal Policy
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Summary
Child Welfare; Requiring the Department of Children and Families to maintain copies of certain assessments and tools used to assess children for certain placement; removing authority for the department to grant exemptions from working with children or the developmentally disabled; subject to an appropriation, requiring the department to develop a child protective investigator and case manager recruitment program for a specified purpose; subject to an appropriation and beginning on a specified date, requiring the department to develop a 4-year pilot program for treatment foster care; specifying that incentives provided to state employees for participating in research or evaluation with the Florida Institute for Child Welfare do not violate certain laws or require certain reporting, etc. Effective Date: Except as otherwise expressly provided in this act and except for this section, which shall take effect upon this act becoming a law, this act shall take effect July 1, 2025
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committees of reference
   S Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
   S Fiscal Policy
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Actions
02/27/25
SENATE
Filed
02/27/25
SENATE
On Committee agenda - Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 03/04/25, 4:00 pm, 301 S
03/04/25
SENATE
Submitted as Committee Bill and Reported Favorably by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; 7 Yeas, 0 Nays
03/05/25
SENATE
Committee Bill Text Filed
03/06/25
SENATE
Referred to Fiscal Policy
03/10/25
SENATE
On Committee agenda - Fiscal Policy, 03/13/25, 8:30 am, 412 K
03/13/25
SENATE
Favorable with CS by Fiscal Policy; 18 Yeas, 0 Nays
03/13/25
SENATE
Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed
03/14/25
SENATE
Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
03/17/25
SENATE
Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/19/25
03/19/25
SENATE
Read Second Time; Read Third Time; Passed (Vote: 39 Yeas / 0 Nays); Immediately certified
03/19/25
HOUSE 
In Messages
04/29/25
HOUSE 
Received; Referred to House Calendar
04/29/25
HOUSE 
Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/30/25
04/30/25
HOUSE 
Read Second Time; Amendment Adopted (646549); Read Third Time; Passed (Vote: 113 Yeas / 0 Nays)
04/30/25
SENATE
In returning messages
05/01/25
SENATE
Placed on House Message List 2
05/01/25
SENATE
Received from Messages; Amendment Adopted (451310); Concurred with Amendment as amended (646549); Passed (Vote: 37 Yeas / 0 Nays)
05/01/25
HOUSE 
In returning messages
05/02/25
HOUSE 
Placed on Senate Returning Message List 4
05/02/25
HOUSE 
Received from Messages; Concurred with Amendment (451310); Passed (Vote: 98 Yeas / 0 Nays)
05/02/25
SENATE
Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
05/05/25
SENATE
Engrossed Text (E1) Filed
05/05/25
SENATE
Enrolled Text (ER) Filed
06/18/25
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Signed by Officers and presented to Governor (Governor must act on this bill by 07/03/25)
06/25/25
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Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 2025-186
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bill text & filed amendments
7012PB
Filed on 02/27/25
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No amendments to this bill text filed.
7012
Filed on 03/05/25
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Amendment 119236
Grall
Filed on 03/11/25
Replaced by CS
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Amendment 912172
Grall
Filed on 03/11/25
Replaced by CS
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7012C1
Filed on 03/13/25
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Amendment 374723
Weinberger
Filed on 04/28/25
Withdrawn
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Amendment 646549 DE
Tomkow
Filed on 04/30/25
Concurred as Amended
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Amendment 451310 AA
Grall
Filed on 05/01/25
Concurred
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7012E1
Filed on 05/05/25
PDF
No amendments to this bill text filed.
7012ER
Filed on 05/05/25
PDF
No amendments to this bill text filed.
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Statute Citations
39.524
39.905
402.305
402.30501
402.402
409.175
409.987
409.993
409.996
1002.57
1002.59
1004.615
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