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SB 438

Florida Senate bill in Session 2026.

Status: failed. Latest action: March 13, 2026.

Child Welfare.

Bill ID FL-2026-SB-438
Session 2026
Status failed
Committee Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Fiscal Policy
Senate failed 2026-03-13
Family / Children
Summary

Child Welfare; Providing a rebuttable presumption of detriment to a child under certain circumstances; requiring that certain visitation or contact be supervised by a person who has received certain training; requiring that a shelter hearing take place within a specified period under certain circumstances; requiring that certain children placed in a shelter be referred to a provider of trauma-informed therapeutic services, etc.

Sponsor
Leek
Official Source Back to Bills
Actions Timeline
Date Event Detail
2026-01-13 Introduced Bill introduced
2026-03-13 Status failed
2026-03-13 Latest Action Senate - Died in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
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