Legislation: Florida — 2,186 enacted records (OpenStates 2026-07-01)

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Licensure of Family Foster Homes"
+description: "Licensure of Family Foster Homes ; Requires DCF to adopt rules to streamline licensure application process for licensed foster parents who relocate within this state; requires such rules to include priority review of applications, expedited home studies & background checks, & recognition of prior foster parent training coursework."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
+legislature: "Florida Legislature"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 989"
+citation: "Florida HB 989 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+chapter_law: "2025-63"
+primary_sponsors: ["Franklin"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 41
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-02-24"
+last_action: "2025-05-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4e50c76-f6d9-4591-bfb9-aebc4676b8ce"
+source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/989/ByCategory"
+source_hash: "78501394561616bf41ef3833cc7c195d49ce35e69068773abf16736c8c4abb05"
+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 HB 989 (2025) — Licensure of Family Foster Homes
+
+Licensure of Family Foster Homes ; Requires DCF to adopt rules to streamline licensure application process for licensed foster parents who relocate within this state; requires such rules to include priority review of applications, expedited home studies & background checks, & recognition of prior foster parent training coursework.
+
+**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2025-63.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **H 989 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/989/BillText/Filed/PDF)
+2. **H 989 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/989/BillText/c1/PDF)
+3. **H 989 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/989/BillText/c2/PDF)
+4. **H 989 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/989/BillText/er/PDF)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage, Third Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower
+- Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Franklin — primary (person)
+- Health & Human Services Committee — primary (organization)
+- Human Services Subcommittee — primary (organization)
+- Eskamani — cosponsor (person)
+- Hunschofsky — cosponsor (person)
+- Mooney — cosponsor (person)
+- Rosenwald — cosponsor (person)
+- Salzman — cosponsor (person)
+- Tant — cosponsor (person)
+- Trabulsy — cosponsor (person)
+- Valdés — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-24** Filed `filing`
+- **2025-03-02** Referred to Human Services Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-02** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-02** Now in Human Services Subcommittee
+- **2025-03-04** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
+- **2025-03-14** Added to Human Services Subcommittee agenda
+- **2025-03-18** Favorable with CS by Human Services Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-18** Reported out of Human Services Subcommittee
+- **2025-03-18** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
+- **2025-03-18** CS Filed `filing`
+- **2025-03-19** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-19** Now in Health & Human Services Committee
+- **2025-03-19** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
+- **2025-03-27** Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda
+- **2025-03-31** Favorable with CS by Health & Human Services Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-01** Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee
+- **2025-04-01** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
+- **2025-04-01** CS Filed `filing`
+- **2025-04-02** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
+- **2025-04-02** Bill referred to House Calendar
+- **2025-04-02** Added to Second Reading Calendar
+- **2025-04-03** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/9/2025)
+- **2025-04-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-09** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-09** Added to Third Reading Calendar
+- **2025-04-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-09** CS passed; YEAS 111, NAYS 0 `passage`
+- **2025-04-10** In Messages
+- **2025-04-10** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-14** Received `enrolled`
+- **2025-04-24** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
+- **2025-04-24** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
+- **2025-04-24** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1174
+- **2025-04-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-24** CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 `passage`
+- **2025-04-24** In Messages
+- **2025-04-24** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2025-05-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-21** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-22** Chapter No. 2025-63
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b4e50c76-f6d9-4591-bfb9-aebc4676b8ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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