---
type: "Bill"
title: "Children's Initiative Projects"
description: "Children's Initiative Projects; Revises objectives for specified working groups within Florida Children's Initiatives; provides that initiatives are administratively housed in DCF; exempts initiatives from control, supervision, or direction by DCF or any state department; requires initiatives to be managed by not-for-profit corporations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 625"
citation: "Florida HB 625 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["(adopted)"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-280"
primary_sponsors: ["Bracy Davis"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 40
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/61b892c2-f482-4de9-95f2-6286e868eba2"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/625/ByCategory"
source_hash: "0fa6f2d900f0b3d9e13e4fb4da92e2e37e8233cb23a3ac9d016887b84f0a1b72"
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 625 (2023) — Children's Initiative Projects

Children's Initiative Projects; Revises objectives for specified working groups within Florida Children's Initiatives; provides that initiatives are administratively housed in DCF; exempts initiatives from control, supervision, or direction by DCF or any state department; requires initiatives to be managed by not-for-profit corporations.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-280.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 625 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/625/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 625 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/625/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 625 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/625/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 625 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/625/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Health & Human Services Committee) — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee) — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bracy Davis — primary (person)
- Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Health & Human Services Committee — primary (organization)
- Basabe — cosponsor (person)
- Benjamin — cosponsor (person)
- Chaney — cosponsor (person)
- Eskamani — cosponsor (person)
- Gantt — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Hart — cosponsor (person)
- Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
- Hunschofsky — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph — cosponsor (person)
- López, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Nixon — cosponsor (person)
- Williams — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-06** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-14** Referred to Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Now in Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee
- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2023-03-23** Added to Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-27** Favorable with CS by Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29** Reported out of Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee
- **2023-03-29** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-03-29** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-29** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2023-03-30** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Now in Health & Human Services Committee
- **2023-04-06** Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda
- **2023-04-10** Favorable with CS by Health & Human Services Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-11** Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee
- **2023-04-12** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-04-12** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-04-12** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
- **2023-04-13** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2023-04-13** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-13** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/20/2023)
- **2023-04-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-20** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-20** CS passed; YEAS 115, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-20** In Messages
- **2023-04-21** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-25** Received `enrolled`
- **2023-05-02** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2023-05-02** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-05-02** Substituted for CS/SB 1578
- **2023-05-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-02** CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-05-02** In Messages
- **2023-05-02** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-06-12** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-22** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-22** Chapter No. 2023-280

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/61b892c2-f482-4de9-95f2-6286e868eba2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).