---
type: "Bill"
title: "Statewide Project for Missing Persons with Special Needs"
description: "Statewide Project for Missing Persons with Special Needs; Revives, readopts, & amends provisions relating to missing persons with special needs statewide project; provides that project is created through centers for autism & related disabilities; provides that participants for project shall be selected based on certain criteria; provides appropriations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1405"
citation: "Florida HB 1405 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["(vetoed)"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2026-172"
primary_sponsors: ["Duggan"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 38
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-01-09"
last_action: "2026-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7858be94-1346-4100-9a9b-4b7896a441bf"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1405/ByCategory"
source_hash: "c2fe850299f0513506220f1818c3942905cd4128cd935fbdb3207ba4cea0ef14"
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 1405 (2026) — Statewide Project for Missing Persons with Special Needs

Statewide Project for Missing Persons with Special Needs; Revives, readopts, & amends provisions relating to missing persons with special needs statewide project; provides that project is created through centers for autism & related disabilities; provides that participants for project shall be selected based on certain criteria; provides appropriations.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-172.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1405 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1405/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1405 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1405/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Budget Committee) — **25–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Government Operations Subcommittee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **109–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (State Affairs Committee) — **26–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Duggan — primary (person)
- Buchanan — cosponsor (person)
- Daniels — cosponsor (person)
- Eskamani — cosponsor (person)
- López, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Maggard — cosponsor (person)
- Partington — cosponsor (person)
- Plasencia — cosponsor (person)
- Trabulsy — cosponsor (person)
- Valdés — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-09** Filed `filing`
- **2026-01-13** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2026-01-15** Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-15** Referred to Budget Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-15** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-15** Now in Government Operations Subcommittee
- **2026-02-09** Added to Government Operations Subcommittee agenda
- **2026-02-11** Favorable by Government Operations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-11** Reported out of Government Operations Subcommittee
- **2026-02-11** Now in Budget Committee
- **2026-02-12** Added to Budget Committee agenda
- **2026-02-16** Favorable by Budget Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-17** Reported out of Budget Committee
- **2026-02-17** Now in State Affairs Committee
- **2026-02-20** Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
- **2026-02-24** Favorable by State Affairs Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-24** Reported out of State Affairs Committee
- **2026-02-24** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2026-02-24** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-26** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/3/2026)
- **2026-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-03** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-03** Passed; YEAS 109, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-03** In Messages
- **2026-03-03** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-03** Received `enrolled`
- **2026-03-10** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2026-03-10** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2026-03-10** Substituted for SB 1570
- **2026-03-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-10** Passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-10** In Messages
- **2026-03-10** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-06-12** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-25** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-26** Chapter No. 2026-172

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7858be94-1346-4100-9a9b-4b7896a441bf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).