Florida · House Bill 819 · 2025 Regular Session

Relative Caregiver Program Payments

HB 819 Sponsored by Ashley Viola Gantt and Dotie Joseph Died in committee

  1. Introduced Feb 20, 2025
  2. In committee Feb 26, 2025
  3. Passed the House  
  4. Passed the Senate  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law Jul 1, 2025

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

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.

Every action

8 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. HouseFiled
  2. CommitteeReferred to Human Services Subcommittee · House Human Services Subcommittee
  3. CommitteeReferred to Health Care Budget Subcommittee · House Health Care Budget Subcommittee
  4. CommitteeReferred to Health & Human Services Committee · House Health & Human Services Committee
  5. CommitteeNow in Human Services Subcommittee · House Human Services Subcommittee
  6. House1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
  7. HouseIndefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
  8. CommitteeDied in Human Services Subcommittee · House Human Services Subcommittee

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The 2 members who introduced it.

From Florida's official records (flsenate.gov), checked Nov 14, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.