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Florida · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 1537: Contracts for Postadoption Contact

Did not advance Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Did not advance

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 1537 is a bill introduced in the Florida House on February 28, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Contracts for Postadoption Contact. Primary sponsor: Fiona McFarland (Republican). Most recent recorded action (June 16, 2025): Died in Human Services Subcommittee.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Contracts for Postadoption Contact; Defines "legal relative"; authorizes certain parties to enter into written contract for postadoption contact that permits contact between adopted child & his or her legal relatives; provides that certain contract provisions are unenforceable; requires that postadoption contract include certain statements; authorizes any party to such contract to file contract with court; requires court to make contract part of final adoption order; provides that continuing validity of adoption is not contingent upon compliance with terms of contract; authorizes & providing requirements for enforcement, modification, or termination of contract; prohibits enforcement of contract in certain circumstances; provides for automatic termination of contract in certain circumstances.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Fiona McFarlandPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse73

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Died in Human Services Subcommittee
  2. Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
  3. Now in Human Services Subcommittee
  4. Reported out of Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
  5. Favorable by Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
  6. Added to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee agenda
  7. Now in Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
  8. Referred to Judiciary Committee
  9. Referred to Human Services Subcommittee
  10. Referred to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
  11. 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
  12. Filed

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source