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Bill 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. us/states/fl Florida Legislature 2026 HB 565 Florida HB 565 (2026)
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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
  2. H 565 c1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. H 565 c2 (committee substitute) — source
  4. H 565 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Favorable (Health Care Budget Subcommittee) — 130 (pass) · lower
  • Favorable With Amendment(s) (Health & Human Services Committee) — 230 (pass) · lower
  • Favorable (Human Services Subcommittee) — 170 (pass) · lower
  • Third Reading — 370 (pass) · upper
  • Passage, Third Reading — 1100 (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; origin ocd-bill/3f1a92fa-a30e-4d0b-a275-0f274a6f9ca9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).