---
type: "Bill"
title: "Contracts Entered into by the Department of Children and Families"
description: "Contracts Entered into by the Department of Children and Families; Revising requirements for contracts between the department and lead agencies, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 664"
citation: "Florida SB 664 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["(adopted)"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-178"
primary_sponsors: ["Burgess", "Children, Families, and Elder Affairs"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-09"
last_action: "2023-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7af531b2-b37b-4a62-8dc5-acb1ce439d72"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/664/ByCategory"
source_hash: "aec3a9af986c9a47a3798cd250f74704eb3f301df2a7ec7fd4149ceb8e62e267"
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 664 (2023) — Contracts Entered into by the Department of Children and Families

Contracts Entered into by the Department of Children and Families; Revising requirements for contracts between the department and lead agencies, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-178.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 664 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/664/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 664 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/664/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 664 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/664/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Favorable — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Burgess — primary (person)
- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-09** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-16** Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; 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 Governmental Oversight and Accountability
- **2023-03-17** On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 03/22/23, 11:00 am, 37 Senate Building
- **2023-03-22** Favorable by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-22** Now in Rules
- **2023-03-27** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 03/30/23, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2023-03-30** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 20 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-04-05** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/11/23
- **2023-04-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-11** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-12** In Messages
- **2023-05-01** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2023-05-01** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (5/2/2023)
- **2023-05-01** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2023-05-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-02** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-05-02** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-03** CS passed; YEAS 116, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-05-03** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-23** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-02** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-02** Chapter No. 2023-178

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7af531b2-b37b-4a62-8dc5-acb1ce439d72`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).