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type: "Bill"
title: "Direct-support Organizations"
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 departments 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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1278"
citation: "Florida SB 1278 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-310"
primary_sponsors: ["Children, Families, and Elder Affairs", "Simon"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 35
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-28"
last_action: "2023-07-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/87ad5282-1189-45d2-a069-aa6fd6c1d515"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1278/ByCategory"
source_hash: "d2b3b226d99b08da7313f188328be56b5b263506867f9dc737d2cf67793530a6"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
---
# Florida SB 1278 (2023) — Direct-support Organizations
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 departments 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.
**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-310.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **S 1278 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1278/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 1278 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1278/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 1278 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1278/BillText/e1/HTML)
4. **S 1278 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1278/BillText/er/HTML)
## Votes
- Favorable — **180** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **70** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **80** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **1160** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **380** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs — primary (person)
- Simon — primary (person)
- Rouson — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-02-28** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-06** Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-03-15** On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 03/20/23, 12:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
- **2023-03-20** CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
- **2023-03-22** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2023-03-22** Now in Governmental Oversight and Accountability
- **2023-03-22** CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs read 1st time
- **2023-03-31** On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 04/05/23, 8:30 am, 37 Senate Building
- **2023-04-05** Favorable by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Now in Rules
- **2023-04-06** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/11/23, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2023-04-11** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 18 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-12** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-04-13** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/18/23
- **2023-04-18** Retained on Special Order Calendar
- **2023-04-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-19** Amendment(s) adopted (538840)
- **2023-04-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-19** CS passed as amended; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-19** Immediately certified
- **2023-04-19** In Messages
- **2023-04-24** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2023-04-24** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/25/2023)
- **2023-04-24** 1st Reading (Engrossed 1) `reading-1`
- **2023-04-25** Substituted for CS/HB 925
- **2023-04-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-25** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-25** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-26** CS passed; YEAS 116, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-26** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-06-26** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-29** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-07-05** Chapter No. 2023-310
## Source
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).