---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child Welfare"
description: "Child Welfare"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 7099"
citation: "Florida HB 7099 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["social welfare", "public health"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2019-142"
primary_sponsors: ["Children", "Families and Seniors Subcommittee"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 34
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-03-22"
last_action: "2019-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e9bb926-e15e-4d44-805f-1fa32299f916"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/7099/ByCategory"
source_hash: "b44ddd27f4e44f21c6959a040dddb5f549e9261a90a498a5aedc04c5012eed96"
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 7099 (2019) — Child Welfare

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2019-142.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 7099 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/7099/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 7099 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/7099/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 7099 e1** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/7099/BillText/e1/PDF)
4. **H 7099 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/7099/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Amendment(s) (Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee) — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Health & Human Services Committee) — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee) — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Message, Passage — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Children — primary (person)
- Families and Seniors Subcommittee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-22** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-25** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-03-25** Referred to Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-29** On Committee agenda-- Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee, 04/02/19, 1:00 pm, Sumner Hall
- **2019-04-02** Favorable by Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-02** 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** CS by- Health and Human Services Committee; YEAS 16 NAYS 0
- **2019-04-11** Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2019-04-12** CS by Health and Human Services Committee read 1st time
- **2019-04-12** Placed on Calendar
- **2019-04-18** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/24/19
- **2019-04-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-24** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2019-04-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-25** CS passed; YEAS 110 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-25** In Messages
- **2019-04-25** Referred to Health Policy; Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-25** Received
- **2019-04-29** Withdrawn from Health Policy; Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2019-04-29** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2019-04-29** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1650
- **2019-04-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-29** Amendment(s) adopted (765116, 796068)
- **2019-04-29** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2019-04-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-30** CS passed as amended; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-30** In returning messages
- **2019-05-01** Concurred in 2 amendment(s) (765116, 796068) -HJ 1123, 1124
- **2019-05-01** CS passed as amended; YEAS 114 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2019-05-01** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
- **2019-06-25** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2019-06-25** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-26** Chapter No. 2019-142, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 2502 (Ch. 2019-116)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2e9bb926-e15e-4d44-805f-1fa32299f916`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).