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type: "Bill"
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title: "Direct-support Organizations"
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description: "Direct-support Organizations; Authorizing the Department of Children and Families to establish a direct-support organization for a specified purpose; requiring the Secretary of Children and Families to appoint a board of directors for the direct-support organization; authorizing the department to allow the direct-support organization to use, without charge, the department’s fixed property, facilities, and personnel services, subject to certain requirements; authorizing the direct-support organization to collect, expend, and provide funds for specified purposes, etc."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
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legislature: "Florida Legislature"
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session: "2023"
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identifier: "SB 1278"
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citation: "Florida SB 1278 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2023-310"
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primary_sponsors: ["Children, Families, and Elder Affairs", "Simon"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 35
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2023-02-28"
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last_action: "2023-07-05"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/87ad5282-1189-45d2-a069-aa6fd6c1d515"
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source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1278/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "d2b3b226d99b08da7313f188328be56b5b263506867f9dc737d2cf67793530a6"
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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 1278 (2023) — Direct-support Organizations
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Direct-support Organizations; Authorizing the Department of Children and Families to establish a direct-support organization for a specified purpose; requiring the Secretary of Children and Families to appoint a board of directors for the direct-support organization; authorizing the department to allow the direct-support organization to use, without charge, the department’s fixed property, facilities, and personnel services, subject to certain requirements; authorizing the direct-support organization to collect, expend, and provide funds for specified purposes, etc.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-310.
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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 1278 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1278/BillText/Filed/HTML)
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2. **S 1278 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1278/BillText/c1/HTML)
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3. **S 1278 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1278/BillText/e1/HTML)
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4. **S 1278 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1278/BillText/er/HTML)
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## Votes
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- Favorable — **18–0** (pass) · upper
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- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Favorable — **8–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage, Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs — primary (person)
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- Simon — primary (person)
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- Rouson — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-28** Filed `filing`
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- **2023-03-06** Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-07** Introduced `introduction`
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- **2023-03-15** On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 03/20/23, 12:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
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- **2023-03-20** CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
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- **2023-03-22** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
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- **2023-03-22** Now in Governmental Oversight and Accountability
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- **2023-03-22** CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs read 1st time
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- **2023-03-31** On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 04/05/23, 8:30 am, 37 Senate Building
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- **2023-04-05** Favorable by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-05** Now in Rules
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- **2023-04-06** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/11/23, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
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- **2023-04-11** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 18 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-12** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2023-04-13** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/18/23
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- **2023-04-18** Retained on Special Order Calendar
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- **2023-04-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-04-19** Amendment(s) adopted (538840)
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- **2023-04-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-04-19** CS passed as amended; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2023-04-19** Immediately certified
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- **2023-04-19** In Messages
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- **2023-04-24** Bill referred to House Calendar
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- **2023-04-24** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/25/2023)
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- **2023-04-24** 1st Reading (Engrossed 1) `reading-1`
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- **2023-04-25** Substituted for CS/HB 925
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- **2023-04-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-04-25** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
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- **2023-04-25** Added to Third Reading Calendar
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- **2023-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-04-26** CS passed; YEAS 116, NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2023-04-26** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2023-06-26** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-06-29** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-07-05** Chapter No. 2023-310
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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/87ad5282-1189-45d2-a069-aa6fd6c1d515`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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