Florida · 2025 Regular Session · Bill
SB 304: Specific Medical Diagnoses in Child Protective Investigations
Did not advance Official data
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed one chamber
- Passed both chambers
- Enacted
- Did not advance
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Plain-language summary
SB 304 is a bill introduced in the Florida Senate on January 17, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Specific Medical Diagnoses in Child Protective Investigations. Primary sponsor: Barbara Sharief (Democratic), Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, Judiciary. It lists 7 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 16, 2025): Died in Messages.
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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 Child Protection Teams to consult with a licensed physician or advanced practice registered nurse when evaluating certain reports; authorizing, under a certain circumstance, a parent or legal custodian from whom a child was removed to request specified examinations of the child, etc.
Sponsors
Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 4 · Republican 2
| Name | Role | Party | Chamber | District |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barbara Sharief | Primary sponsor | Democratic | Senate | 35 |
| Children, Families, and Elder Affairs | Primary sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Judiciary | Primary sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Mack Bernard | Co-sponsor | Democratic | Senate | 24 |
| Collins | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Tracie Davis | Co-sponsor | Democratic | Senate | 5 |
| Don Gaetz | Co-sponsor | Republican | Senate | 1 |
| Ileana Garcia | Co-sponsor | Republican | Senate | 36 |
| Darryl Rouson | Co-sponsor | Democratic | Senate | 16 |
| Smith | Co-sponsor | Not 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
- Died in Messages
- Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
- In Messages
- Immediately certified
- CS passed as amended; YEAS 37 NAYS 0
- Read 3rd time
- Amendment(s) adopted (118860)
- Read 2nd time
- Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/09/25
- Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 25 NAYS 0
- On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/01/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
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