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type: "Bill"
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title: "Child Care Facilities"
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description: "Child Care Facilities; Citing this act as the \"Child Safety Alarm Act\"; requiring certain vehicles, by a specified date, to be equipped with a reliable alarm system that meets specified criteria; requiring the Department of Children and Families to adopt by rule minimum safety standards for such systems and to maintain a list of approved alarm manufacturers and alarm systems, 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 252"
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citation: "Florida SB 252 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2021-120"
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primary_sponsors: ["Stewart"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 31
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2020-12-11"
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last_action: "2021-06-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/55886bdb-66b9-4290-a6fa-800235ff5036"
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source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/252/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "a6f1d7c06416da79897179eb47a0b435914b545a858c9f11a883f5a2c2db8309"
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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 252 (2021) — Child Care Facilities
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Child Care Facilities; Citing this act as the "Child Safety Alarm Act"; requiring certain vehicles, by a specified date, to be equipped with a reliable alarm system that meets specified criteria; requiring the Department of Children and Families to adopt by rule minimum safety standards for such systems and to maintain a list of approved alarm manufacturers and alarm systems, etc.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-120.
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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 252 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/252/BillText/Filed/HTML)
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2. **S 252 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/252/BillText/er/HTML)
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## Votes
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- Third Reading — **39–1** (pass) · upper
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- Favorable — **14–1** (pass) · upper
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- Passage, Third Reading — **115–1** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Favorable — **8–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Stewart — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-12-11** Filed `filing`
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- **2020-12-21** Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Transportation; Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-25** On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 02/03/21, 9:00 am, 37 Senate Building
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- **2021-02-03** Favorable by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-02-04** Now in Transportation
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- **2021-02-26** On Committee agenda-- Transportation, 03/03/21, 9:30 am, 110 Senate Building
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- **2021-03-02** Introduced `introduction`
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- **2021-03-03** Favorable by Transportation; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-04** Now in Rules
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- **2021-03-26** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 03/31/21, 11:00 am, 412 Knott Building
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- **2021-03-31** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 14 NAYS 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-31** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2021-04-01** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/07/21
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- **2021-04-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2021-04-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-04-07** Passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 1 `passage`
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- **2021-04-07** Immediately certified
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- **2021-04-07** 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** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
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- **2021-04-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2021-04-27** Placed on 3rd reading
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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** Passed; YEAS 115, NAYS 1 `passage`
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- **2021-04-28** Message sent to senate
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- **2021-04-28** Ordered enrolled
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- **2021-06-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
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- **2021-06-21** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-06-23** Chapter No. 2021-120
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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/55886bdb-66b9-4290-a6fa-800235ff5036`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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