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Florida · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 1462: Temporary Cash Assistance Eligibility

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

SB 1462 is a bill introduced in the Florida Senate on January 8, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Temporary Cash Assistance Eligibility. Primary sponsor: LaVon Bracy Davis (Democratic), Children, Families, and Elder Affairs. Most recent recorded action (March 13, 2026): Died in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services.

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.

Temporary Cash Assistance Eligibility; Providing that benefits may not be denied to certain persons solely on the basis of a drug trafficking conviction under certain circumstances, etc.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
LaVon Bracy DavisPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate15
Children, Families, and Elder AffairsPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——

“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 Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
  2. Now in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
  3. CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs read 1st time
  4. Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
  5. CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 4 NAYS 0
  6. On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 02/03/26, 1:00 pm, 301 Senate Building
  7. Introduced
  8. Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Fiscal Policy
  9. Filed

Sources

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