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type: "Bill"
title: "Provisional Child Care Licensing"
description: "Provisional Child Care Licensing; Requiring a local licensing agency or the Department of Children and Families, as applicable, to issue a provisional license or registration for a family day care home under certain circumstances, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 538"
citation: "Florida SB 538 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-249"
primary_sponsors: ["Children, Families, and Elder Affairs", "Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security", "Trumbull"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 37
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/23159ab6-9de9-4f7b-b099-9500db16470a"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/538/ByCategory"
source_hash: "1bd20fdacbf1be3eea14ba3533a020d27192d7ea40c754ad424a97ef01299c68"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
---
# Florida SB 538 (2023) — Provisional Child Care Licensing
Provisional Child Care Licensing; Requiring a local licensing agency or the Department of Children and Families, as applicable, to issue a provisional license or registration for a family day care home under certain circumstances, etc.
**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-249.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **S 538 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/538/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 538 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/538/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 538 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/538/BillText/c2/HTML)
4. **S 538 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/538/BillText/e1/HTML)
5. **S 538 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/538/BillText/er/HTML)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **118–0** (pass) · lower
- Returning Messages — **38–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs — primary (person)
- Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security — primary (person)
- Trumbull — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-02-06** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-16** Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-27** On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 03/06/23, 1:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
- **2023-03-06** CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
- **2023-03-07** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-03-07** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2023-03-07** CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs read 1st time
- **2023-03-08** Now in Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security
- **2023-03-16** On Committee agenda-- Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security, 03/21/23, 2:30 pm, 301 Senate Building
- **2023-03-21** CS/CS by Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security; YEAS 6 NAYS 0
- **2023-03-22** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2023-03-22** CS/CS by Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security read 1st time
- **2023-03-23** Now in Rules
- **2023-04-06** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/11/23, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2023-04-11** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 19 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-11** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-04-13** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/18/23
- **2023-04-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-18** CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-19** In Messages
- **2023-04-28** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2023-04-28** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (5/1/2023)
- **2023-04-28** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
- **2023-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-01** Amendment 644029 adopted
- **2023-05-01** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-05-01** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-02** CS passed as amended; YEAS 118, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-05-02** In returning messages
- **2023-05-03** Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (644029)
- **2023-05-03** CS passed as amended; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-05-03** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-06-12** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-16** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-16** Chapter No. 2023-249
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/23159ab6-9de9-4f7b-b099-9500db16470a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).