---
type: "Bill"
title: "Forensic Client Services"
description: "Forensic Client Services; Revising the definition of \"forensic client\" to include a defendant committed to involuntary residential services in a secure facility of the Agency for Persons with Disabilities; republishing s. 916.303, F.S., relating to determination of incompetency, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 569"
citation: "Florida HB 569 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["(vetoed)"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2026-8"
primary_sponsors: ["Chaney", "Maney"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 38
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-12-01"
last_action: "2026-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ec17850-fe27-42f4-8867-ef56e555d577"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/569/ByCategory"
source_hash: "2f83070296f775f1aa60ce147e800f87545301928c7d5002a20f6e3867bb8123"
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 569 (2026) — Forensic Client Services

Forensic Client Services; Revising the definition of "forensic client" to include a defendant committed to involuntary residential services in a secure facility of the Agency for Persons with Disabilities; republishing s. 916.303, F.S., relating to determination of incompetency, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-8.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 569 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/569/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 569 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/569/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Human Services Subcommittee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Health & Human Services Committee) — **24–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **109–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Health Care Budget Subcommittee) — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chaney — primary (person)
- Maney — primary (person)
- Salzman — 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 Care Budget Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-12-12** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-12-12** Now in Human Services Subcommittee
- **2026-01-09** Added to Human Services Subcommittee agenda
- **2026-01-13** Favorable by Human Services Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-13** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2026-01-14** Reported out of Human Services Subcommittee
- **2026-01-14** Now in Health Care Budget Subcommittee
- **2026-01-15** Added to Health Care Budget Subcommittee agenda
- **2026-01-20** Favorable by Health Care Budget Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-20** Reported out of Health Care Budget Subcommittee
- **2026-01-20** Now in Health & Human Services Committee
- **2026-01-30** Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda
- **2026-02-03** Favorable by Health & Human Services Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-03** Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee
- **2026-02-03** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2026-02-03** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-10** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/17/2026)
- **2026-02-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-17** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-17** Passed; YEAS 109, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-02-17** In Messages
- **2026-02-18** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-18** Received `enrolled`
- **2026-03-04** Withdrawn from Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2026-03-04** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2026-03-04** Substituted for SB 778
- **2026-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-04** Passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-04** In Messages
- **2026-03-04** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-18** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-27** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-30** Chapter No. 2026-8

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6ec17850-fe27-42f4-8867-ef56e555d577`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).