---
type: "Bill"
title: "Statute of Limitations Period for Violations Involving Required Reports Concerning Children"
description: "Statute of Limitations Period for Violations Involving Required Reports Concerning Children; Providing that the period of limitation for offenses related to specified required reports concerning children does not begin to run until a law enforcement agency is made aware of the violation, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 590"
citation: "Florida SB 590 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2026-95"
primary_sponsors: ["Bradley"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-11-19"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/61901ca6-661f-4e52-80cc-ac76b3281a4a"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/590/ByCategory"
source_hash: "46e12eb4d0c6a0b9fe785a013f1184c0ab695a2790f2fbfcbb1e150a9029114f"
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 SB 590 (2026) — Statute of Limitations Period for Violations Involving Required Reports Concerning Children

Statute of Limitations Period for Violations Involving Required Reports Concerning Children; Providing that the period of limitation for offenses related to specified required reports concerning children does not begin to run until a law enforcement agency is made aware of the violation, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-95.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 590 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/590/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 590 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/590/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 590 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/590/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bradley — primary (person)
- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-11-19** Filed `filing`
- **2025-12-09** Referred to Criminal Justice; Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-05** On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 01/12/26, 1:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
- **2026-01-12** Favorable by Criminal Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-12** Now in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
- **2026-01-13** Introduced `introduction`
- **2026-01-15** On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 01/20/26, 9:30 am, 301 Senate Building
- **2026-01-20** CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 6 NAYS 0
- **2026-01-21** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2026-01-22** Now in Rules
- **2026-01-22** CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs read 1st time
- **2026-01-29** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/03/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2026-02-03** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 23 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-03** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2026-02-09** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/11/26
- **2026-02-11** Retained on Special Order Calendar
- **2026-02-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-19** CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-02-19** Immediately certified
- **2026-02-19** In Messages
- **2026-03-09** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2026-03-09** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/10/2026)
- **2026-03-09** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2026-03-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-10** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-10** CS passed; YEAS 111, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-17** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-05-21** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-22** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-26** Chapter No. 2026-95

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/61901ca6-661f-4e52-80cc-ac76b3281a4a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).