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Florida · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 819: Relative Caregiver Program Payments

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 819 is a bill introduced in the Florida House on February 20, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relative Caregiver Program Payments. Primary sponsor: Dotie Joseph (Democratic), Ashley Gantt (Democratic). 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.

Relative Caregiver Program Payments; Provides that relatives & nonrelatives who have child placed with them in out-of-home care under Relative Caregiver Program may start receiving monthly payment at time child is placed in such out-of-home care, instead of starting when child is found to be dependent; provides that certain relatives & nonrelatives who have child placed with them may start receiving monthly payments after specified time period.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Dotie JosephPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse108
Ashley GanttPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse109

“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 Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration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. 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
  4. Now in Human Services Subcommittee
  5. Referred to Health & Human Services Committee
  6. Referred to Health Care Budget Subcommittee
  7. Referred to Human Services Subcommittee
  8. Filed

Sources

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