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type: "Bill"
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title: "Children and Young Adults in Out-of-home Care"
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description: "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."
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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 272"
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citation: "Florida SB 272 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["(adopted)", "judicial branch"]
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2023-248"
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primary_sponsors: ["Children, Families, and Elder Affairs", "Garcia"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 33
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2023-01-18"
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last_action: "2023-06-16"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68454449-9181-4e14-9133-96c1250d24fa"
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source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/272/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "f88d16700d8c4a51b4c28e527e262c04e487a086f4375bf9af8dd3e3d29a5a87"
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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 272 (2023) — Children and Young Adults in Out-of-home Care
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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.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-248.
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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 272 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/272/BillText/Filed/HTML)
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2. **S 272 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/272/BillText/c1/HTML)
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3. **S 272 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/272/BillText/c2/HTML)
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4. **S 272 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/272/BillText/er/HTML)
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## Votes
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- Favorable — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage, Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **8–0** (pass) · upper
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- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **16–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services — primary (organization)
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- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs — primary (person)
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- Garcia — primary (person)
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- Berman — cosponsor (person)
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- Book — cosponsor (person)
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- Osgood — cosponsor (person)
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- Perry — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-18** Filed `filing`
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- **2023-01-26** Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-07** Introduced `introduction`
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- **2023-03-30** On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 04/04/23, 11:00 am, 37 Senate Building
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- **2023-04-04** CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
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- **2023-04-06** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
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- **2023-04-06** Now in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
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- **2023-04-11** CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs read 1st time
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- **2023-04-13** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, 04/18/23, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
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- **2023-04-18** CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 16 NAYS 0
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- **2023-04-20** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
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- **2023-04-20** Now in Fiscal Policy
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- **2023-04-20** On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 04/25/23, 10:00 am, 412 Knott Building
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- **2023-04-25** Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 20 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-25** CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services read 1st time
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- **2023-04-26** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2023-04-26** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/27/23
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- **2023-04-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-04-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-04-27** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2023-04-27** In Messages
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- **2023-04-28** Bill referred to House Calendar
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- **2023-04-28** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (5/1/2023)
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- **2023-04-28** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
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- **2023-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-05-01** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
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- **2023-05-01** Added to Third Reading Calendar
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- **2023-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-05-02** CS passed; YEAS 116, NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2023-05-02** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2023-06-12** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-06-16** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-06-16** Chapter No. 2023-248
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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/68454449-9181-4e14-9133-96c1250d24fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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