Florida · House Bill 717 · 2026 Regular Session
Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Introduced Dec 10, 2025
- In committee Dec 16, 2025
- Passed the House
- Passed the Senate
- To the governor
- Became law Jul 1, 2026
What it does
The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.
Autism Spectrum Disorder; Revises definition of term "autism"; requires, rather than authorizing, State Board of Education to adopt certain rules; requires that such rules include requirement related to autism spectrum disorder for certain K-12 teachers.
Every action
7 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.
- HouseFiled
- CommitteeReferred to Human Services Subcommittee · House Human Services Subcommittee
- CommitteeReferred to Education & Employment Committee · House Education & Employment Committee
- CommitteeReferred to Health Care Budget Subcommittee · House Health Care Budget Subcommittee
- CommitteeReferred to Health & Human Services Committee · House Health & Human Services Committee
- CommitteeNow in Human Services Subcommittee · House Human Services Subcommittee
- HouseWithdrawn prior to introduction
Roll calls
No recorded votes on this bill yet.
Sponsors
The member who introduced it.
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Randall Scott "Randy" MaggardR Primary sponsor · District 54
From Florida's official records (flsenate.gov), checked Nov 14, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.