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Florida · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 1690: Surrendered Infants

In committee 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

SB 1690 is a bill introduced in the Florida Senate on February 28, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Surrendered Infants. Primary sponsor: Stan McClain (Republican). Most recent recorded action (April 16, 2025): Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 791 (Ch. 2025-17).

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.

Surrendered Infants; Revising the definition of the term “infant”; defining the term “infant safety device”; authorizing certain hospitals, emergency medical services stations, and fire stations to use infant safety devices to accept surrendered infants if the device meets specified criteria; requiring such hospitals, emergency medical services stations, and fire stations to monitor the inside of the device 24 hours per day and physically check and test the devices at specified intervals, etc.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Stan McClainPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate9

“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. Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 791 (Ch. 2025-17)
  2. Substituted CS/CS/HB 791
  3. Read 2nd time
  4. Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/16/25
  5. Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
  6. Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 22 NAYS 2
  7. On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/08/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
  8. Now in Rules
  9. Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 8 NAYS 3
  10. On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 04/01/25, 4:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
  11. Now in Judiciary
  12. Favorable by Health Policy; YEAS 6 NAYS 1

Showing 12 most recent of 16 actions. Full history

Sources

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