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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Adoption Benefits"
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description: "Adoption Benefits; Provides eligibility to certain veterans & servicemembers for specified adoption benefits."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
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legislature: "Florida Legislature"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "HB 61"
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citation: "Florida HB 61 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["social welfare"]
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2020-22"
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primary_sponsors: ["Children", "Families and Seniors Subcommittee"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 34
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2019-08-15"
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last_action: "2020-06-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f914fd50-6a28-452a-bd5d-018f5bb9ad59"
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source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/61/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "bb6810b0940274112126408f00c9ee5f2ef3005a9a34f9edd14f1f08a2cc619d"
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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 HB 61 (2020) — Adoption Benefits
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Adoption Benefits; Provides eligibility to certain veterans & servicemembers for specified adoption benefits.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2020-22.
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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. **H 61 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/61/BillText/Filed/PDF)
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2. **H 61 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/61/BillText/c1/PDF)
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3. **H 61 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/61/BillText/c2/PDF)
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4. **H 61 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/61/BillText/er/PDF)
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## Votes
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- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee) — **14–0** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage, Third Reading — **118–0** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable (Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee) — **11–0** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Health & Human Services Committee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Children — primary (person)
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- Families and Seniors Subcommittee — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-08-15** Filed `filing`
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- **2019-09-23** Referred to Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee; Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2019-10-17** On Committee agenda-- Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee, 10/24/19, 9:30 am, 12 HOB
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- **2019-10-24** CS by Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee; YEAS 14 NAYS 0
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- **2019-10-24** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
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- **2019-10-28** Now in Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee
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- **2019-10-30** On Committee agenda-- Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee, 11/06/19, 1:00 pm, Sumner Hall
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- **2019-11-06** Favorable by Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-11-07** Now in Health and Human Services Committee
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- **2020-01-14** On Committee agenda-- Health and Human Services Committee, 01/16/20, 12:30 pm, Morris Hall
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- **2020-01-14** Introduced `introduction`
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- **2020-01-14** CS by Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee read 1st time
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- **2020-01-16** CS/CS by- Health and Human Services Committee; YEAS 17 NAYS 0
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- **2020-01-16** Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
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- **2020-01-16** Placed on Calendar
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- **2020-01-16** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 01/22/20
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- **2020-01-16** CS/CS by Health and Human Services Committee read 1st time
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- **2020-01-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2020-01-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2020-01-22** CS passed; YEAS 118 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2020-01-29** In Messages
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- **2020-02-05** Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-06** Received
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- **2020-02-19** Withdrawn from Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations `withdrawal`
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- **2020-02-19** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2020-02-19** Substituted for CS/SB 136
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- **2020-02-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-19** Placed on 3rd reading
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- **2020-02-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-26** CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2020-03-03** Ordered enrolled
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- **2020-05-26** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
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- **2020-06-09** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2020-06-10** Chapter No. 2020-22
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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/f914fd50-6a28-452a-bd5d-018f5bb9ad59`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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