---
type: "Bill"
title: "Harming or Neglecting Children"
description: "Harming or Neglecting Children; Revising the definition of the term “harm” as it relates to a child’s health or welfare; revising the definition of the term “neglect of a child”, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 1286"
citation: "Florida SB 1286 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["(vetoed)", "crimes", "judicial branch"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2025-167"
primary_sponsors: ["Grall"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 30
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-26"
last_action: "2025-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6cec5e05-4b03-4669-8806-1cd6ec8de48d"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1286/ByCategory"
source_hash: "5c07e2c277d9869fce738188886c822b3e1af5398a3a3f25cf5963e53e4b3109"
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 1286 (2025) — Harming or Neglecting Children

Harming or Neglecting Children; Revising the definition of the term “harm” as it relates to a child’s health or welfare; revising the definition of the term “neglect of a child”, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2025-167.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 1286 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1286/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 1286 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1286/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Favorable — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Grall — primary (person)
- Sharief — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-26** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-06** Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-10** Introduced `introduction`
- **2025-03-14** On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 03/19/25, 9:00 am, 301 Senate Building
- **2025-03-19** Favorable by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 6 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-19** Now in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
- **2025-03-19** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 03/24/25, 4:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
- **2025-03-24** Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-25** Now in Rules
- **2025-03-27** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/01/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2025-04-01** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 25 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-01** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2025-04-03** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/09/25
- **2025-04-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-09** Passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-09** Immediately certified
- **2025-04-09** In Messages
- **2025-04-28** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2025-04-28** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/29/2025)
- **2025-04-28** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2025-04-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-29** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-29** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2025-04-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-29** Passed; YEAS 116, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-29** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-06-18** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-23** Chapter No. 2025-167

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6cec5e05-4b03-4669-8806-1cd6ec8de48d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).