---
type: "Bill"
title: "Caregivers for Children in Out-of-Home Care"
description: "Caregivers for Children in Out-of-Home Care"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1209"
citation: "Florida HB 1209 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["judicial branch"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2019-156"
primary_sponsors: ["Buchanan"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-03-01"
last_action: "2019-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e4f77ad7-83b2-4b79-ad8c-29cfa4c43e1d"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/1209/ByCategory"
source_hash: "009653b740a09c22f8ea1f8d6603e765689adac60f7be38213c6f29ebc32f4c1"
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 1209 (2019) — Caregivers for Children in Out-of-Home Care

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2019-156.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **H 1209 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/1209/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1209 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/1209/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1209 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/1209/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Health & Human Services Committee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee) — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Buchanan — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-03-01** Filed -HJ
- **2019-03-05** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-03-08** Referred to Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee; Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-21** PCS on Committee agenda-- Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee, 03/25/19, 4:00 pm, 12 HOB
- **2019-03-25** CS by Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee; YEAS 15 NAYS 0
- **2019-03-28** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2019-03-28** CS by Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee read 1st time
- **2019-03-29** Original reference(s) removed: Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2019-03-29** CS referred to Health and Human Services Committee
- **2019-03-29** Now in Health and Human Services Committee
- **2019-04-05** On Committee agenda-- Health and Human Services Committee, 04/09/19, 2:00 pm, Morris Hall
- **2019-04-09** Favorable by- Health and Human Services Committee; YEAS 17 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-10** Placed on Calendar
- **2019-04-11** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/17/19
- **2019-04-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-17** CS passed; YEAS 114 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-23** In Messages
- **2019-04-24** Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24** Received
- **2019-04-29** Withdrawn from Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Rules `withdrawal`
- **2019-04-29** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2019-04-29** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1432
- **2019-04-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-29** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2019-04-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-30** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-30** Ordered enrolled
- **2019-06-26** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2019-06-26** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-27** Chapter No. 2019-156

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e4f77ad7-83b2-4b79-ad8c-29cfa4c43e1d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).