---
type: "Bill"
title: "Palm Beach County"
description: "Palm Beach County; Revises definitions of terms \"family day care home\" & \"large family child care home\" to specify maximum number of children allowed to receive care in such homes in county."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 4033"
citation: "Florida HB 4033 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gerwig"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-12-04"
last_action: "2026-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e4fce55-137a-49e5-94b4-9611ccd0f6ce"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/4033/ByCategory"
source_hash: "cac6f893da58b2ae1deda345accda78517acd6641203b04fd83b8b2439137cc9"
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 4033 (2026) — Palm Beach County

Palm Beach County; Revises definitions of terms "family day care home" & "large family child care home" to specify maximum number of children allowed to receive care in such homes in county.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 4033 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/4033/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 4033 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/4033/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 4033 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/4033/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee) — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (State Affairs Committee) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Local Bills, Third Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gerwig — primary (person)
- State Affairs Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-04** Filed `filing`
- **2025-12-12** Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-12-12** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-12-12** Now in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
- **2026-01-12** Added to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee agenda
- **2026-01-13** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2026-01-14** Favorable by Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-14** Reported out of Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
- **2026-01-14** Now in State Affairs Committee
- **2026-01-20** Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
- **2026-01-22** Favorable with CS by State Affairs Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-23** Reported out of State Affairs Committee
- **2026-01-23** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2026-01-23** CS Filed `filing`
- **2026-01-23** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2026-01-26** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2026-01-26** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-05** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/11/2026)
- **2026-02-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-11** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-11** CS passed; YEAS 114, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-02-12** In Messages
- **2026-02-12** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-18** Received `enrolled`
- **2026-03-09** Placed on Local Calendar, 03/11/26
- **2026-03-11** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2026-03-11** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2026-03-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-11** CS passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-11** In Messages
- **2026-03-11** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-06-09** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-10** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1e4fce55-137a-49e5-94b4-9611ccd0f6ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).