---
type: "Bill"
title: "Permanency for Children"
description: "Permanency for Children; Revises & creates provisions relating to dependent children, including criminal history records checks, removing children from court-ordered placement, evidence required to amend case plans, Guardianship Assistance Program, notice requirements, review of DCF denial of application to adopt, home studies, adoption assistance services, adoption fees & court orders, required reports, advertising adoption services, & photo listing component of statewide adoption exchange."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1083"
citation: "Florida HB 1083 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["social welfare"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2024-177"
primary_sponsors: ["Abbott", "Trabulsy"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 53
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-02"
last_action: "2024-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d902f56b-ff4e-4b27-8e07-d444769767dd"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1083/ByCategory"
source_hash: "f7de571633406570d71e4a8105053302e41a339825fe27e730ab5220084227b2"
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 1083 (2024) — Permanency for Children

Permanency for Children; Revises & creates provisions relating to dependent children, including criminal history records checks, removing children from court-ordered placement, evidence required to amend case plans, Guardianship Assistance Program, notice requirements, review of DCF denial of application to adopt, home studies, adoption assistance services, adoption fees & court orders, required reports, advertising adoption services, & photo listing component of statewide adoption exchange.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-177.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1083 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1083/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1083 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1083/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1083 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1083/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 1083 c3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1083/BillText/c3/PDF)
5. **H 1083 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1083/BillText/e1/PDF)
6. **H 1083 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1083/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Abbott — primary (person)
- Appropriations Committee — primary (organization)
- Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Health & Human Services Committee — primary (organization)
- Trabulsy — primary (person)
- Basabe — cosponsor (person)
- Canady — cosponsor (person)
- Chaney — cosponsor (person)
- López, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Mooney — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-02** Filed `filing`
- **2024-01-09** Referred to Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-09** Referred to Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-09** Referred to Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-09** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-09** Now in Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee
- **2024-01-09** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2024-01-22** PCS added to Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee agenda
- **2024-01-24** Favorable with CS by Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-24** Reported out of Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee
- **2024-01-25** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2024-01-25** CS Filed `filing`
- **2024-01-25** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2024-01-26** Original reference removed: Civil Justice Subcommittee
- **2024-01-26** Referred to Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-26** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-26** Now in Appropriations Committee
- **2024-02-12** Added to Appropriations Committee agenda
- **2024-02-14** Favorable with CS by Appropriations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-15** Reported out of Appropriations Committee
- **2024-02-15** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2024-02-15** CS Filed `filing`
- **2024-02-15** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
- **2024-02-16** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-16** Now in Health & Human Services Committee
- **2024-02-20** Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda
- **2024-02-22** Favorable with CS by Health & Human Services Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-26** Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee
- **2024-02-26** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2024-02-26** CS Filed `filing`
- **2024-02-26** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2024-02-26** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/29/2024)
- **2024-02-26** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 3) `reading-1`
- **2024-02-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-29** Amendment 256807 adopted
- **2024-02-29** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2024-03-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-01** CS passed as amended; YEAS 110, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-01** In Messages
- **2024-03-01** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01** Received `enrolled`
- **2024-03-05** Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy `withdrawal`
- **2024-03-05** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2024-03-05** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1486
- **2024-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-05** CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-05** In Messages
- **2024-03-05** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-04-25** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-10** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-13** Chapter No. 2024-177; companion bill(s) passed, see SB 958 (Ch. 2024-90)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d902f56b-ff4e-4b27-8e07-d444769767dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).