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Florida · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 565: Agency for Persons with Disabilities

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 565 is a bill introduced in the Florida House on December 1, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Agency for Persons with Disabilities. Primary sponsor: Meg Weinberger (Republican), Allison Tant (Democratic), Human Services Subcommittee, Health & Human Services Committee. It lists 10 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 12, 2026): Chapter No. 2026-129.

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.

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.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 5 · Republican 7

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Meg WeinbergerPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse94
Allison TantPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse9
Human Services SubcommitteePrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Health & Human Services CommitteePrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Daryl CampbellCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse99
Nan CobbCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse26
Peggy Gossett-SeidmanCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse91
Christine HunschofskyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse95
Johanna LópezCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse43
Randy MaggardCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse54
Jim MooneyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse120
Dana TrabulsyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse84
Chase TramontCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse30
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. 2026-129
  2. Approved by Governor
  3. Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
  4. Ordered enrolled
  5. In Messages
  6. CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0
  7. Read 3rd time
  8. Read 2nd time
  9. Substituted for CS/CS/SB 794
  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