FL H1487 | 2026 | Regular Session

Status

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

Summary

Provides & revises requirements for preplanned adoption agreements, surrogacy contracts, & informed consent; requires security background investigations of specified parties; requires donor banks, fertility clinics, & surrogacy agencies to be licensed or certified; requires certain entities & persons to develop best practice policies & submit such policies to specified entity; requires specified material be labeled & records maintained for specified timeframe; requires AHCA & DCF to conduct annual inspections; provides for administrative penalties & corrective action plans; requires certain parties undergo mental & medical evaluations; requires surrogacy agencies maintain escrow accounts & provides requirements for such accounts & escrow agents; requires DCF maintain list of certified surrogacy agencies; authorizes certain parties to petition court to validate surrogacy contract & for expedited affirmation of parental status; authorizes deletion of certain names from certain court documents; requires certain notice; provides requirements if court denies affirmation of parentage; requires AHCA, DOH, & DCF to adopt rules.

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Title

Surrogacy and Assisted Reproduction

Sponsors


History

DateChamberAction
2026-03-13HouseDied in Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
2026-01-15HouseNow in Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
2026-01-15HouseReferred to Health & Human Services Committee
2026-01-15HouseReferred to Health Care Budget Subcommittee
2026-01-15HouseReferred to Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
2026-01-13House1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
2026-01-09HouseFiled

Same As/Similar To

S1680 (Same As) 2026-03-13 - Died in Health Policy

Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
38361Amended CodeSee Bill Text
40289Amended CodeSee Bill Text
63213Amended CodeSee Bill Text
74213Amended CodeSee Bill Text
74215Amended CodeSee Bill Text
742155Amended CodeSee Bill Text
74216Amended CodeSee Bill Text

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