Florida Senate Bill 562

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Failed on March 13 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-03-13 - Died in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Providing that individuals with a disability have the right to communicate in their preferred manner; prohibiting state agencies, schools, and health care providers from restricting or denying such individuals access to their preferred alternative communication method; specifying rights that individuals with disabilities have with respect to their communication needs; establishing the Communication Rights Advisory Board within the Agency for Persons with Disabilities for a specified purpose, etc.

Communication Rights of Individuals with Disabilities

Sen. Ileana Garcia [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-03-13	Senate	Died in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
2026-01-13	Senate	Introduced
2025-12-09	Senate	Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Fiscal Policy
2025-11-18	Senate	Filed

H533 (Same As) 2026-03-13 - Died in Human Services Subcommittee

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
393	0665		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/562
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/562/BillText/Filed/HTML