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Florida · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 47: Specific Medical Diagnoses in Child Protective Investigations

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 47 is a bill introduced in the Florida House on September 26, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Specific Medical Diagnoses in Child Protective Investigations. Primary sponsor: Patt Maney (Republican), Robin Bartleman (Democratic), Human Services Subcommittee, Health & Human Services Committee. It lists 13 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 26, 2026): Chapter No. 2026-165.

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.

Specific Medical Diagnoses in Child Protective Investigations ; Providing an exception to the requirement that the Department of Children and Families immediately forward certain allegations to a law enforcement agency; requiring such allegations to be immediately forwarded to a law enforcement agency upon completion of the department's investigation; requiring a child protective investigator to inform the subject of an investigation of a certain duty; requiring Child Protection Teams to consult with a licensed physician or advanced practice registered nurse with certain experience when evaluating certain reports; requiring the physician or advanced practice registered nurse who performed certain medical examinations to submit a written report to the department and certain persons within a specified timeframe, etc.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 9 · Republican 6

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Patt ManeyPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse4
Robin BartlemanPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse103
Human Services SubcommitteePrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Health & Human Services CommitteePrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
James BuchananCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse74
Daryl CampbellCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse99
Kim DanielsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse14
Anna EskamaniCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse42
Anne GerwigCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse93
Christine HunschofskyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse95
Johanna LópezCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse43
Jim MooneyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse120
Bill PartingtonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse28
Allison TantCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse9
Debra TendrichCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse89
Dana TrabulsyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse84
Marie WoodsonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse105

“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. Chapter No. 2026-165
  2. Approved by Governor
  3. Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
  4. Ordered enrolled
  5. In Messages
  6. CS passed; YEAS 34 NAYS 0
  7. Read 3rd time
  8. Read 2nd time
  9. Substituted for CS/CS/SB 42
  10. Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
  11. Withdrawn from Rules
  12. Received

Showing 12 most recent of 40 actions. Full history

Sources

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