---
type: "Bill"
title: "Licensure of Family Foster Homes"
description: "Licensure of Family Foster Homes ; Requires DCF to adopt rules to streamline licensure application process for licensed foster parents who relocate within this state; requires such rules to include priority review of applications, expedited home studies & background checks, & recognition of prior foster parent training coursework."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 989"
citation: "Florida HB 989 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2025-63"
primary_sponsors: ["Franklin"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 41
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-24"
last_action: "2025-05-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4e50c76-f6d9-4591-bfb9-aebc4676b8ce"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/989/ByCategory"
source_hash: "78501394561616bf41ef3833cc7c195d49ce35e69068773abf16736c8c4abb05"
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 989 (2025) — Licensure of Family Foster Homes

Licensure of Family Foster Homes ; Requires DCF to adopt rules to streamline licensure application process for licensed foster parents who relocate within this state; requires such rules to include priority review of applications, expedited home studies & background checks, & recognition of prior foster parent training coursework.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2025-63.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 989 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/989/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 989 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/989/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 989 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/989/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 989 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/989/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Franklin — primary (person)
- Health & Human Services Committee — primary (organization)
- Human Services Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Eskamani — cosponsor (person)
- Hunschofsky — cosponsor (person)
- Mooney — cosponsor (person)
- Rosenwald — cosponsor (person)
- Salzman — cosponsor (person)
- Tant — cosponsor (person)
- Trabulsy — cosponsor (person)
- Valdés — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-24** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-02** Referred to Human Services Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-02** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-02** Now in Human Services Subcommittee
- **2025-03-04** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2025-03-14** Added to Human Services Subcommittee agenda
- **2025-03-18** Favorable with CS by Human Services Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-18** Reported out of Human Services Subcommittee
- **2025-03-18** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2025-03-18** CS Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-19** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19** Now in Health & Human Services Committee
- **2025-03-19** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2025-03-27** Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda
- **2025-03-31** Favorable with CS by Health & Human Services Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-01** Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee
- **2025-04-01** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2025-04-01** CS Filed `filing`
- **2025-04-02** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
- **2025-04-02** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2025-04-02** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2025-04-03** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/9/2025)
- **2025-04-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-09** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-09** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2025-04-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-09** CS passed; YEAS 111, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-10** In Messages
- **2025-04-10** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-14** Received `enrolled`
- **2025-04-24** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2025-04-24** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2025-04-24** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1174
- **2025-04-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-24** CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-24** In Messages
- **2025-04-24** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-21** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-22** Chapter No. 2025-63

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b4e50c76-f6d9-4591-bfb9-aebc4676b8ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).