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Florida · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 279: Luggage for Children Placed in Out-of-home Care

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 279 is a bill introduced in the Florida House on October 28, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Luggage for Children Placed in Out-of-home Care. Primary sponsor: Lindsay Cross (Democratic), Robin Bartleman (Democratic). It lists 4 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 13, 2026): 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.

Luggage for Children Placed in Out-of-home Care; Requires DCF to provide certain children with piece of luggage for certain purposes; provides department requirements; requires department to submit specified annual report to Legislature; provides sources of funding for distribution of pieces of luggage; requires department's direct-support organization to receive & use certain funding to administer law.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 6

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Lindsay CrossPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse60
Robin BartlemanPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse103
Daryl CampbellCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse99
Fentrice DriskellCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse67
Anna EskamaniCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse42
Mitch RosenwaldCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse98

“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. 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
  3. Now in Human Services Subcommittee
  4. Referred to Health & Human Services Committee
  5. Referred to Health Care Budget Subcommittee
  6. Referred to Human Services Subcommittee
  7. Filed

Sources

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