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type: "Bill"
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title: "Department of Elderly Affairs"
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description: "Department of Elderly Affairs; Revising the list of individuals who may not be appointed as ombudsmen under the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program; deleting an exemption from level 2 background screening requirements for certain individuals; requiring the office to notify complainants within a specified timeframe after determining that a complaint against a professional guardian is not legally sufficient; requiring the office to provide a certain written statement to the complainant and the professional guardian within a specified timeframe after completing an investigation; requiring clerks of the court to report to the office within a specified timeframe after the court imposes any sanctions on a professional guardian, 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 1396"
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citation: "Florida SB 1396 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["(passed)", "domestic relations"]
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2023-259"
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primary_sponsors: ["Garcia"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 27
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2023-03-01"
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last_action: "2023-06-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/84027bc7-d8a4-4b3d-9703-b7745ab75259"
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source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1396/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "8b91bce0199bd9315c8f94d9e5e1628d01b492bcd4d7d166981c10f32adbfa9b"
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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 1396 (2023) — Department of Elderly Affairs
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Department of Elderly Affairs; Revising the list of individuals who may not be appointed as ombudsmen under the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program; deleting an exemption from level 2 background screening requirements for certain individuals; requiring the office to notify complainants within a specified timeframe after determining that a complaint against a professional guardian is not legally sufficient; requiring the office to provide a certain written statement to the complainant and the professional guardian within a specified timeframe after completing an investigation; requiring clerks of the court to report to the office within a specified timeframe after the court imposes any sanctions on a professional guardian, etc.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-259.
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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 1396 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1396/BillText/Filed/HTML)
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2. **S 1396 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1396/BillText/er/HTML)
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## Votes
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- Favorable — **17–0** (pass) · upper
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- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Favorable — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage, Third Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Garcia — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-03-01** Filed `filing`
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- **2023-03-09** Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-14** 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** Favorable by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-20** Now in Rules
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- **2023-03-31** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/05/23, 11:00 am, 412 Knott Building
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- **2023-04-05** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 17 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-05** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2023-04-05** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/12/23
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- **2023-04-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-04-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-04-12** Passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2023-04-12** Immediately certified
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- **2023-04-12** In Messages
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- **2023-04-25** Bill referred to House Calendar
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- **2023-04-25** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/28/2023)
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- **2023-04-25** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
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- **2023-04-28** Substituted for CS/HB 1411
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- **2023-04-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-04-28** Added to Third Reading Calendar
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- **2023-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-04-28** Passed; YEAS 110, NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2023-04-28** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2023-06-12** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-06-19** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-06-20** Chapter No. 2023-259
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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/84027bc7-d8a4-4b3d-9703-b7745ab75259`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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