Florida House Bill 499

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Failed on March 13 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-03-13 - Died in Human Services Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Provides additional situations in which rebuttable presumption of detriment is created; requires certain guardians ad litem & attorneys ad litem to have special training in parricide; requires certain persons to provide to court & certain agencies & persons access to certain records of child; requires visitation or other contact to be supervised by person who has special training in parricide; requires court to refer certain children to specified trauma-informed therapeutic services; provides additional reasons law enforcement officer or authorized agent of DCF can take child into custody; requires hearing before placing certain children in shelter.

Dependent Children

Rep. Jose Alvarez [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-03-13	House	Died in Human Services Subcommittee
2026-01-13	House	1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
2025-11-24	House	Now in Human Services Subcommittee
2025-11-24	House	Referred to Health & Human Services Committee
2025-11-24	House	Referred to Justice Budget Subcommittee
2025-11-24	House	Referred to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
2025-11-24	House	Referred to Human Services Subcommittee
2025-11-19	House	Filed

S438 (Similar To) 2026-03-13 - Died in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
39	01		Amended Code	See Bill Text
39	0139		Amended Code	See Bill Text
39	302		Amended Code	See Bill Text
39	401		Amended Code	See Bill Text
39	402		Amended Code	See Bill Text
394	495		Amended Code	See Bill Text
934	255		Amended Code	See Bill Text
960	065		Amended Code	See Bill Text
984	03		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/499
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/499/BillText/Filed/PDF