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| Bill | Agency for Persons with Disabilities | Agency for Persons with Disabilities ; Revises definition of term "developmental disability"; defines "Tatton-Brown-Rahman syndrome"; requires level 2 employment screening for all employees of residential facilities & adult day training programs; requires agency to contract with state university to develop & administer certain surveys; provides requirements for such surveys; requires state university to submit certain report to agency by specified date; requires agency to conduct public hearings on specified information; conduct or contract for gap analysis for specified purposes; identify core competencies & performance metrics & make recommendations for standardizing assessments; & submit certain report to Governor & Legislature by specified date. | us/states/fl | Florida Legislature | 2026 | HB 565 | Florida HB 565 (2026) |
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enacted | 2026-129 |
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4 | 45 | 5 | 2025-12-01 | 2026-06-12 | openstates | ocd-bill/3f1a92fa-a30e-4d0b-a275-0f274a6f9ca9 | https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/565/ByCategory | 2ba97ad9334ee03cc5d58755919c2cf88a3d3ec8c4e95cf740a0b0eb5c0b3ef9 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Florida HB 565 (2026) — Agency for Persons with Disabilities
Agency for Persons with Disabilities ; Revises definition of term "developmental disability"; defines "Tatton-Brown-Rahman syndrome"; requires level 2 employment screening for all employees of residential facilities & adult day training programs; requires agency to contract with state university to develop & administer certain surveys; provides requirements for such surveys; requires state university to submit certain report to agency by specified date; requires agency to conduct public hearings on specified information; conduct or contract for gap analysis for specified purposes; identify core competencies & performance metrics & make recommendations for standardizing assessments; & submit certain report to Governor & Legislature by specified date.
Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-129.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- H 565 Filed (filed) — source
- H 565 c1 (committee substitute) — source
- H 565 c2 (committee substitute) — source
- H 565 er (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Favorable (Health Care Budget Subcommittee) — 13–0 (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Amendment(s) (Health & Human Services Committee) — 23–0 (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Human Services Subcommittee) — 17–0 (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — 37–0 (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — 110–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Health & Human Services Committee — primary (organization)
- Human Services Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Tant — primary (person)
- Weinberger — primary (person)
- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
- Cobb — cosponsor (person)
- Gossett-Seidman — cosponsor (person)
- Hunschofsky — cosponsor (person)
- López, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Maggard — cosponsor (person)
- Mooney — cosponsor (person)
- Trabulsy — cosponsor (person)
- Tramont — cosponsor (person)
- Woodson — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-12-01 Filed
filing - 2025-12-12 Referred to Human Services Subcommittee
referral-committee - 2025-12-12 Referred to Health & Human Services Committee
referral-committee - 2025-12-12 Now in Human Services Subcommittee
- 2026-01-13 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
filing, reading-1 - 2026-02-02 PCS added to Human Services Subcommittee agenda
- 2026-02-04 Favorable with CS by Human Services Subcommittee
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-02-04 Reported out of Human Services Subcommittee
- 2026-02-04 Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
deferral - 2026-02-04 CS Filed
filing - 2026-02-04 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
reading-1 - 2026-02-06 Referred to Health Care Budget Subcommittee
referral-committee - 2026-02-06 Referred to Health & Human Services Committee
referral-committee - 2026-02-06 Now in Health Care Budget Subcommittee
- 2026-02-12 Added to Health Care Budget Subcommittee agenda
- 2026-02-16 Favorable by Health Care Budget Subcommittee
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-02-16 Reported out of Health Care Budget Subcommittee
- 2026-02-16 Now in Health & Human Services Committee
- 2026-02-20 PCS added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda
- 2026-02-24 Favorable with CS by Health & Human Services Committee
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-02-25 Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee
- 2026-02-25 Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
deferral - 2026-02-25 CS Filed
filing - 2026-02-25 Bill referred to House Calendar
- 2026-02-25 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
reading-1 - 2026-02-26 Added to Second Reading Calendar
- 2026-02-26 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/3/2026)
- 2026-03-03 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2026-03-03 Added to Third Reading Calendar
- 2026-03-03 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2026-03-03 CS passed; YEAS 110, NAYS 0
passage - 2026-03-03 In Messages
- 2026-03-03 Referred to Rules
referral-committee - 2026-03-03 Received
enrolled - 2026-03-09 Withdrawn from Rules
withdrawal - 2026-03-09 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- 2026-03-09 Substituted for CS/CS/SB 794
- 2026-03-09 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2026-03-09 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2026-03-09 CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0
passage - 2026-03-09 In Messages
- 2026-03-09 Ordered enrolled
enrolled - 2026-06-09 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
executive-receipt - 2026-06-11 Approved by Governor
executive-signature - 2026-06-12 Chapter No. 2026-129
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3f1a92fa-a30e-4d0b-a275-0f274a6f9ca9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).