---
type: "Bill"
title: "Agency for Persons with Disabilities"
description: "Agency for Persons with Disabilities ; Revises definition of term \"developmental disability\"; defines \"Tatton-Brown-Rahman syndrome\"; requires level 2 employment screening for all employees of residential facilities & adult day training programs; requires agency to contract with state university to develop & administer certain surveys; provides requirements for such surveys; requires state university to submit certain report to agency by specified date; requires agency to conduct public hearings on specified information; conduct or contract for gap analysis for specified purposes; identify core competencies & performance metrics & make recommendations for standardizing assessments; & submit certain report to Governor & Legislature by specified date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 565"
citation: "Florida HB 565 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2026-129"
primary_sponsors: ["Tant", "Weinberger"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 45
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-12-01"
last_action: "2026-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3f1a92fa-a30e-4d0b-a275-0f274a6f9ca9"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/565/ByCategory"
source_hash: "2ba97ad9334ee03cc5d58755919c2cf88a3d3ec8c4e95cf740a0b0eb5c0b3ef9"
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 565 (2026) — Agency for Persons with Disabilities

Agency for Persons with Disabilities ; Revises definition of term "developmental disability"; defines "Tatton-Brown-Rahman syndrome"; requires level 2 employment screening for all employees of residential facilities & adult day training programs; requires agency to contract with state university to develop & administer certain surveys; provides requirements for such surveys; requires state university to submit certain report to agency by specified date; requires agency to conduct public hearings on specified information; conduct or contract for gap analysis for specified purposes; identify core competencies & performance metrics & make recommendations for standardizing assessments; & submit certain report to Governor & Legislature by specified date.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-129.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 565 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/565/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 565 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/565/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 565 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/565/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 565 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/565/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Health Care Budget Subcommittee) — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Amendment(s) (Health & Human Services Committee) — **23–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Human Services Subcommittee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Health & Human Services Committee — primary (organization)
- Human Services Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Tant — primary (person)
- Weinberger — primary (person)
- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
- Cobb — cosponsor (person)
- Gossett-Seidman — cosponsor (person)
- Hunschofsky — cosponsor (person)
- López, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Maggard — cosponsor (person)
- Mooney — cosponsor (person)
- Trabulsy — cosponsor (person)
- Tramont — cosponsor (person)
- Woodson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-01** Filed `filing`
- **2025-12-12** Referred to Human Services Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-12-12** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-12-12** Now in Human Services Subcommittee
- **2026-01-13** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2026-02-02** PCS added to Human Services Subcommittee agenda
- **2026-02-04** Favorable with CS by Human Services Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-04** Reported out of Human Services Subcommittee
- **2026-02-04** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2026-02-04** CS Filed `filing`
- **2026-02-04** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2026-02-06** Referred to Health Care Budget Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-06** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-06** Now in Health Care Budget Subcommittee
- **2026-02-12** Added to Health Care Budget Subcommittee agenda
- **2026-02-16** Favorable by Health Care Budget Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-16** Reported out of Health Care Budget Subcommittee
- **2026-02-16** Now in Health & Human Services Committee
- **2026-02-20** PCS added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda
- **2026-02-24** Favorable with CS by Health & Human Services Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-25** Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee
- **2026-02-25** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2026-02-25** CS Filed `filing`
- **2026-02-25** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2026-02-25** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
- **2026-02-26** 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** CS passed; YEAS 110, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-03** In Messages
- **2026-03-03** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-03** Received `enrolled`
- **2026-03-09** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2026-03-09** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2026-03-09** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 794
- **2026-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-09** CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-09** In Messages
- **2026-03-09** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-06-09** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-11** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-12** Chapter No. 2026-129

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3f1a92fa-a30e-4d0b-a275-0f274a6f9ca9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).