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| Bill | Children and Young Adults in Out-of-home Care | Children and Young Adults in Out-of-home Care; Citing this act as the “Nancy C. Detert Champion for Children Act”; requiring a case manager or other staff to provide a child with verbal and written information about certain topics; deleting limitations on the type of questions a child may ask; establishing the Office of the Children’s Ombudsman within the Department of Children and Families; requiring the department to consult with specified children and young adults when creating or revising certain print or digital written information, etc. | us/states/fl | Florida Legislature | 2023 | SB 272 | Florida SB 272 (2023) |
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enacted | 2023-248 |
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Florida SB 272 (2023) — Children and Young Adults in Out-of-home Care
Children and Young Adults in Out-of-home Care; Citing this act as the “Nancy C. Detert Champion for Children Act”; requiring a case manager or other staff to provide a child with verbal and written information about certain topics; deleting limitations on the type of questions a child may ask; establishing the Office of the Children’s Ombudsman within the Department of Children and Families; requiring the department to consult with specified children and young adults when creating or revising certain print or digital written information, etc.
Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-248.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- S 272 Filed (filed) — source
- S 272 c1 (committee substitute) — source
- S 272 c2 (committee substitute) — source
- S 272 er (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Favorable — 20–0 (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — 116–0 (pass) · lower
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — 8–0 (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — 16–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services — primary (organization)
- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs — primary (person)
- Garcia — primary (person)
- Berman — cosponsor (person)
- Book — cosponsor (person)
- Osgood — cosponsor (person)
- Perry — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2023-01-18 Filed
filing - 2023-01-26 Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Fiscal Policy
referral-committee - 2023-03-07 Introduced
introduction - 2023-03-30 On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 04/04/23, 11:00 am, 37 Senate Building
- 2023-04-04 CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
- 2023-04-06 Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- 2023-04-06 Now in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
- 2023-04-11 CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs read 1st time
- 2023-04-13 On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, 04/18/23, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
- 2023-04-18 CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 16 NAYS 0
- 2023-04-20 Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- 2023-04-20 Now in Fiscal Policy
- 2023-04-20 On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 04/25/23, 10:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- 2023-04-25 Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 20 NAYS 0
committee-passage-favorable - 2023-04-25 CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services read 1st time
- 2023-04-26 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- 2023-04-26 Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/27/23
- 2023-04-27 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2023-04-27 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2023-04-27 CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0
passage - 2023-04-27 In Messages
- 2023-04-28 Bill referred to House Calendar
- 2023-04-28 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (5/1/2023)
- 2023-04-28 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
reading-1 - 2023-05-01 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2023-05-01 Placed on 3rd reading
reading-3 - 2023-05-01 Added to Third Reading Calendar
- 2023-05-02 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2023-05-02 CS passed; YEAS 116, NAYS 0
passage - 2023-05-02 Ordered enrolled
enrolled - 2023-06-12 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
executive-receipt - 2023-06-16 Approved by Governor
executive-signature - 2023-06-16 Chapter No. 2023-248
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/68454449-9181-4e14-9133-96c1250d24fa. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).