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type: "Bill"
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title: "Licensure of Family Foster Homes"
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description: "Licensure of Family Foster Homes ; Requires DCF to adopt rules to streamline licensure application process for licensed foster parents who relocate within this state; requires such rules to include priority review of applications, expedited home studies & background checks, & recognition of prior foster parent training coursework."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
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legislature: "Florida Legislature"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 989"
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citation: "Florida HB 989 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2025-63"
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primary_sponsors: ["Franklin"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 41
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-02-24"
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last_action: "2025-05-22"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4e50c76-f6d9-4591-bfb9-aebc4676b8ce"
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source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/989/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "78501394561616bf41ef3833cc7c195d49ce35e69068773abf16736c8c4abb05"
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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 HB 989 (2025) — Licensure of Family Foster Homes
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Licensure of Family Foster Homes ; Requires DCF to adopt rules to streamline licensure application process for licensed foster parents who relocate within this state; requires such rules to include priority review of applications, expedited home studies & background checks, & recognition of prior foster parent training coursework.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2025-63.
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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. **H 989 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/989/BillText/Filed/PDF)
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2. **H 989 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/989/BillText/c1/PDF)
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3. **H 989 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/989/BillText/c2/PDF)
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4. **H 989 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/989/BillText/er/PDF)
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## Votes
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- Passage, Third Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Franklin — primary (person)
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- Health & Human Services Committee — primary (organization)
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- Human Services Subcommittee — primary (organization)
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- Eskamani — cosponsor (person)
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- Hunschofsky — cosponsor (person)
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- Mooney — cosponsor (person)
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- Rosenwald — cosponsor (person)
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- Salzman — cosponsor (person)
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- Tant — cosponsor (person)
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- Trabulsy — cosponsor (person)
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- Valdés — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-24** Filed `filing`
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- **2025-03-02** Referred to Human Services Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-02** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-02** Now in Human Services Subcommittee
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- **2025-03-04** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
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- **2025-03-14** Added to Human Services Subcommittee agenda
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- **2025-03-18** Favorable with CS by Human Services Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-18** Reported out of Human Services Subcommittee
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- **2025-03-18** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
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- **2025-03-18** CS Filed `filing`
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- **2025-03-19** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-19** Now in Health & Human Services Committee
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- **2025-03-19** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-27** Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda
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- **2025-03-31** Favorable with CS by Health & Human Services Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-01** Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee
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- **2025-04-01** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
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- **2025-04-01** CS Filed `filing`
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- **2025-04-02** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
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- **2025-04-02** Bill referred to House Calendar
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- **2025-04-02** Added to Second Reading Calendar
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- **2025-04-03** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/9/2025)
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- **2025-04-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-09** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-09** Added to Third Reading Calendar
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- **2025-04-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-09** CS passed; YEAS 111, NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2025-04-10** In Messages
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- **2025-04-10** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-14** Received `enrolled`
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- **2025-04-24** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
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- **2025-04-24** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2025-04-24** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1174
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- **2025-04-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-24** CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2025-04-24** In Messages
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- **2025-04-24** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-05-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-21** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-22** Chapter No. 2025-63
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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/b4e50c76-f6d9-4591-bfb9-aebc4676b8ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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