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Florida · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 996: Dependent Children

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 996 is a bill introduced in the Florida Senate on December 22, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Dependent Children. Primary sponsor: Ana Maria Rodriguez (Republican). 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.

Dependent Children; Requiring the Department of Children and Families and each community-based care lead agency to coordinate with certain organizations and meet at least quarterly for a specified purpose; requiring the department and each community-based care lead agency to make certain information available on their respective websites; requiring a caregiver to provide a weekly cash allowance to each child in his or her care beginning when the child attains a certain age; prohibiting a caregiver from withholding a child’s allowance as punishment, etc.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Ana Maria RodriguezPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate40

“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. Favorable by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 4 NAYS 0
  4. On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 02/03/26, 1:00 pm, 301 Senate Building
  5. Introduced
  6. Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Fiscal Policy
  7. Filed

Sources

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