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type: "Bill"
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title: "Child Welfare"
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description: "Child Welfare; Transferring existing provisions relating to the central abuse hotline of the Department of Children and Families; providing criminal, civil, and administrative immunity to child protective investigators who report known or suspected animal cruelty; requiring the department to make available specified training for caregivers of children in out-of-home care; requiring the department to develop an alternative plan for providing community-based child welfare services under certain circumstances, etc."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
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legislature: "Florida Legislature"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "SB 96"
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citation: "Florida SB 96 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["crimes", "criminal procedure and corrections", "motor vehicles", "public officers", "employees", "and records"]
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2021-170"
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primary_sponsors: ["Book"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 48
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2021-02-23"
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last_action: "2021-07-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bfe97014-41bb-481d-9487-ce7c1ce4d37c"
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source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/96/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "a07f0883087e3492ff062ef66d6864d9945ec0c15f2793c8ad5374f6a1028103"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
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---
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# Florida SB 96 (2021) — Child Welfare
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Child Welfare; Transferring existing provisions relating to the central abuse hotline of the Department of Children and Families; providing criminal, civil, and administrative immunity to child protective investigators who report known or suspected animal cruelty; requiring the department to make available specified training for caregivers of children in out-of-home care; requiring the department to develop an alternative plan for providing community-based child welfare services under certain circumstances, etc.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-170.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **S 96 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/96/BillText/Filed/HTML)
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2. **S 96 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/96/BillText/c1/HTML)
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3. **S 96 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/96/BillText/c2/HTML)
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4. **S 96 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/96/BillText/e1/HTML)
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5. **S 96 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/96/BillText/er/HTML)
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## Votes
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- Returning Messages — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **8–0** (pass) · upper
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- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **16–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage, Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable — **18–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Book — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-23** Filed `filing`
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- **2021-02-24** Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations; Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-25** On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 03/02/21, 4:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
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- **2021-03-02** Introduced `introduction`
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- **2021-03-02** CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
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- **2021-03-03** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
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- **2021-03-05** Now in Appropriations
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- **2021-03-08** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 03/11/21, 11:30 am, 412 Knott Building
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- **2021-03-10** CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs read 1st time
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- **2021-03-11** Favorable by Appropriations; YEAS 18 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-12** Now in Rules
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- **2021-03-18** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 03/18/21, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building --Not Considered
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- **2021-03-22** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 03/25/21, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
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- **2021-03-25** CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 16 NAYS 0
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- **2021-03-29** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
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- **2021-03-29** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2021-03-29** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/01/21
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- **2021-03-30** CS/CS by Rules read 1st time
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- **2021-04-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2021-04-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-04-01** CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 -SJ 337, 338 `passage`
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- **2021-04-01** Immediately certified
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- **2021-04-01** In Messages
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- **2021-04-26** Bill referred to House Calendar
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- **2021-04-26** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/27/2021)
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- **2021-04-26** Amendment 836519 filed
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- **2021-04-26** Amendment 854919 filed
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- **2021-04-26** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
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- **2021-04-27** Amendment 620311 filed
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- **2021-04-27** Amendment 836519 withdrawn
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- **2021-04-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2021-04-27** Amendment 620311 adopted
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- **2021-04-27** Amendment 854919 adopted as amended
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- **2021-04-27** Placed on 3rd reading
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- **2021-04-27** Amendment 620311 replaced by engrossed amendment
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- **2021-04-27** Amendment 854919 replaced by engrossed amendment
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- **2021-04-27** Amendment 198175 engrossed amendment (replaces 854919, 620311)
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- **2021-04-27** Added to Third Reading Calendar
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- **2021-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-04-28** CS passed as amended; YEAS 116, NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2021-04-28** Message sent to senate
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- **2021-04-28** In returning messages
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- **2021-04-28** Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (198175)
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- **2021-04-28** CS passed as amended; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2021-04-28** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
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- **2021-06-28** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
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- **2021-06-29** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-07-06** Chapter No. 2021-170
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bfe97014-41bb-481d-9487-ce7c1ce4d37c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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