Florida · Senate Bill 794 · 2026 Regular Session

Agency for Persons with Disabilities

SB 794 Sponsored by Shevrin D. "Shev" Jones Died in committee

  1. Introduced Dec 8, 2025
  2. In committee Dec 16, 2025
  3. Died  
  4. Passed the House  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law  

What it does

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

Agency for Persons with Disabilities; Requiring level 2 employment screening for all employees of residential facilities and adult day training programs; providing background screening requirements for such employees; requiring the agency to solicit input and conduct publicly noticed hearings for a specified purpose in each service region; requiring the agency to use certain information to identify certain core competencies and performance metrics and make recommendations for standardizing assessments, etc.

Every action

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

Show the 12 earlier steps
  1. SenateFiled
  2. CommitteeReferred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Fiscal Policy · Senate Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
  3. SenateIntroduced
  4. CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 02/10/26, 12:00 pm, 301 Senate Building · Senate Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
  5. CommitteeCS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 6 NAYS 0 · Senate Children, Families, and Elder Affairs6–0 vote
  6. SenatePending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
  7. CommitteeCS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs read 1st time · Senate Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
  8. CommitteeNow in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services · Senate Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
  9. CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, 02/25/26, 10:00 am, 412 Knott Building · Senate Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
  10. CommitteeCS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 · Senate Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services8–0 vote
  11. SenatePending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
  12. CommitteeNow in Fiscal Policy · Senate Fiscal Policy
  1. CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 03/02/26, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building · Senate Fiscal Policy
  2. CommitteeCS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services read 1st time · Senate Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
  3. CommitteeFavorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 18 NAYS 0 · Senate Fiscal Policy18–0 vote
  4. SenatePlaced on Calendar, on 2nd reading
  5. SenatePlaced on Special Order Calendar, 03/09/26
  6. SenateRead 2nd time -SJ 690
  7. SenateSubstituted CS/CS/HB 565 -SJ 690
  8. SenateLaid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 565 (Ch. 2026-129 ) -SJ 690

Roll calls

3 recorded votes: 0 on the floor, 3 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

Committee votes

DateWhereQuestionResult
Feb 10, 2026 Senate Children, Families, and Elder Affairs CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 6 NAYS 0 6–0
Feb 25, 2026 Senate Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 8–0
Mar 2, 2026 Senate Fiscal Policy Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 18 NAYS 0 18–0

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 1 cosponsor: 1 Republican.

  • Shevrin D. "Shev" JonesD Primary sponsor · District 34
  • AC Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services Sponsoring committee
  • CF Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Sponsoring committee
All 1 cosponsor

From Florida's official records (flsenate.gov), checked Nov 2, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.