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type: "Bill"
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title: "Agency for Persons with Disabilities"
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
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legislature: "Florida Legislature"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 565"
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citation: "Florida HB 565 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2026-129"
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primary_sponsors: ["Tant", "Weinberger"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 45
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2025-12-01"
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last_action: "2026-06-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3f1a92fa-a30e-4d0b-a275-0f274a6f9ca9"
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source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/565/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "2ba97ad9334ee03cc5d58755919c2cf88a3d3ec8c4e95cf740a0b0eb5c0b3ef9"
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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 565 (2026) — Agency for Persons with Disabilities
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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.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-129.
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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 565 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/565/BillText/Filed/PDF)
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2. **H 565 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/565/BillText/c1/PDF)
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3. **H 565 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/565/BillText/c2/PDF)
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4. **H 565 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/565/BillText/er/PDF)
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## Votes
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- Favorable (Health Care Budget Subcommittee) — **13–0** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable With Amendment(s) (Health & Human Services Committee) — **23–0** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable (Human Services Subcommittee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage, Third Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Health & Human Services Committee — primary (organization)
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- Human Services Subcommittee — primary (organization)
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- Tant — primary (person)
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- Weinberger — primary (person)
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- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
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- Cobb — cosponsor (person)
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- Gossett-Seidman — cosponsor (person)
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- Hunschofsky — cosponsor (person)
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- López, J. — cosponsor (person)
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- Maggard — cosponsor (person)
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- Mooney — cosponsor (person)
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- Trabulsy — cosponsor (person)
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- Tramont — cosponsor (person)
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- Woodson — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-12-01** Filed `filing`
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- **2025-12-12** Referred to Human Services Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-12-12** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-12-12** Now in Human Services Subcommittee
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- **2026-01-13** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
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- **2026-02-02** PCS added to Human Services Subcommittee agenda
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- **2026-02-04** Favorable with CS by Human Services Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-04** Reported out of Human Services Subcommittee
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- **2026-02-04** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
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- **2026-02-04** CS Filed `filing`
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- **2026-02-04** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-06** Referred to Health Care Budget Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-06** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-06** Now in Health Care Budget Subcommittee
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- **2026-02-12** Added to Health Care Budget Subcommittee agenda
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- **2026-02-16** Favorable by Health Care Budget Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-16** Reported out of Health Care Budget Subcommittee
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- **2026-02-16** Now in Health & Human Services Committee
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- **2026-02-20** PCS added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda
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- **2026-02-24** Favorable with CS by Health & Human Services Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-25** Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee
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- **2026-02-25** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
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- **2026-02-25** CS Filed `filing`
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- **2026-02-25** Bill referred to House Calendar
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- **2026-02-25** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-26** Added to Second Reading Calendar
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- **2026-02-26** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/3/2026)
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- **2026-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-03** Added to Third Reading Calendar
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- **2026-03-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-03** CS passed; YEAS 110, NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2026-03-03** In Messages
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- **2026-03-03** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-03** Received `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-09** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
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- **2026-03-09** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2026-03-09** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 794
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- **2026-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-09** CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2026-03-09** In Messages
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- **2026-03-09** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-06-09** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-06-11** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2026-06-12** Chapter No. 2026-129
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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/3f1a92fa-a30e-4d0b-a275-0f274a6f9ca9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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