--- type: "Bill" title: "Specific Medical Diagnoses in Child Protective Investigations" description: "Specific Medical Diagnoses in Child Protective Investigations ; Providing an exception to the requirement that the Department of Children and Families immediately forward certain allegations to a law enforcement agency; requiring such allegations to be immediately forwarded to a law enforcement agency upon completion of the department's investigation; requiring a child protective investigator to inform the subject of an investigation of a certain duty; requiring Child Protection Teams to consult with a licensed physician or advanced practice registered nurse with certain experience when evaluating certain reports; requiring the physician or advanced practice registered nurse who performed certain medical examinations to submit a written report to the department and certain persons within a specified timeframe, etc." jurisdiction: "us/states/fl" legislature: "Florida Legislature" session: "2026" identifier: "HB 47" citation: "Florida HB 47 (2026)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: [] status: "enacted" chapter_law: "2026-165" primary_sponsors: ["Bartleman", "Maney"] version_count: 5 action_count: 47 vote_count: 2 first_action: "2025-09-26" last_action: "2026-06-26" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a431cdde-b2d4-4e04-8f6b-77aff946c6f3" source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/47/ByCategory" source_hash: "b698568f2280332703975cd4f7d31b841b2b93d120330cdceba02089c2a2cc97" 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 47 (2026) — Specific Medical Diagnoses in Child Protective Investigations Specific Medical Diagnoses in Child Protective Investigations ; Providing an exception to the requirement that the Department of Children and Families immediately forward certain allegations to a law enforcement agency; requiring such allegations to be immediately forwarded to a law enforcement agency upon completion of the department's investigation; requiring a child protective investigator to inform the subject of an investigation of a certain duty; requiring Child Protection Teams to consult with a licensed physician or advanced practice registered nurse with certain experience when evaluating certain reports; requiring the physician or advanced practice registered nurse who performed certain medical examinations to submit a written report to the department and certain persons within a specified timeframe, etc. **Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-165. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **H 47 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/47/BillText/Filed/PDF) 2. **H 47 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/47/BillText/c1/PDF) 3. **H 47 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/47/BillText/c2/PDF) 4. **H 47 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/47/BillText/e1/PDF) 5. **H 47 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/47/BillText/er/PDF) ## Votes - Passage, Third Reading — **109–0** (pass) · lower - Third Reading — **34–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Bartleman — primary (person) - Health & Human Services Committee — primary (organization) - Human Services Subcommittee — primary (organization) - Maney — primary (person) - Buchanan — cosponsor (person) - Campbell — cosponsor (person) - Daniels — cosponsor (person) - Eskamani — cosponsor (person) - Gerwig — cosponsor (person) - Hunschofsky — cosponsor (person) - López, J. — cosponsor (person) - Mooney — cosponsor (person) - Partington — cosponsor (person) - Tant — cosponsor (person) - Tendrich — cosponsor (person) - Trabulsy — cosponsor (person) - Woodson — cosponsor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2025-09-26** Filed `filing` - **2025-10-07** Referred to Human Services Subcommittee `referral-committee` - **2025-10-07** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee` - **2025-10-07** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee` - **2025-10-07** Now in Human Services Subcommittee - **2026-01-13** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1` - **2026-01-26** Added to Human Services Subcommittee agenda - **2026-01-28** Favorable with CS by Human Services Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2026-01-29** Reported out of Human Services Subcommittee - **2026-01-29** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral` - **2026-01-29** CS Filed `filing` - **2026-01-30** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee` - **2026-01-30** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee` - **2026-01-30** Now in Judiciary Committee - **2026-01-30** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda - **2026-01-30** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1` - **2026-02-03** Favorable by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2026-02-03** Reported out of Judiciary Committee - **2026-02-03** Now in Health & Human Services Committee - **2026-02-06** Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda - **2026-02-10** Favorable with CS by Health & Human Services Committee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2026-02-11** Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee - **2026-02-11** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral` - **2026-02-11** CS Filed `filing` - **2026-02-11** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1` - **2026-02-12** Bill referred to House Calendar - **2026-02-12** 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** Amendment 691295 adopted - **2026-03-03** Added to Third Reading Calendar - **2026-03-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2026-03-03** CS passed as amended; YEAS 109, NAYS 0 `passage` - **2026-03-03** In Messages - **2026-03-03** Referred to Rules `referral-committee` - **2026-03-03** Received `enrolled` - **2026-03-05** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal` - **2026-03-05** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading - **2026-03-05** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 42 - **2026-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2026-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2026-03-05** CS passed; YEAS 34 NAYS 0 `passage` - **2026-03-05** In Messages - **2026-03-05** 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. 2026-165 ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a431cdde-b2d4-4e04-8f6b-77aff946c6f3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).