HB 569 Florida House · 2026 Regular Session

Forensic Client Services

Summary

Forensic Client Services; Revising the definition of "forensic client" to include a defendant committed to involuntary residential services in a secure facility of the Agency for Persons with Disabilities; republishing s. 916.303, F.S., relating to determination of incompetency, etc.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Dec 2025

Committee Review

Feb 2026

House Passage

Feb 2026

Senate Passage

Mar 2026

Signed into Law

Mar 2026

Introduced Dec 1, 2025 Signed Mar 27, 2026

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What changed between versions

H 569 Filed → H 569 er · 1 edit

MINOR

The bill has been formally enrolled and approved for publication, transitioning from a filed draft to an official enrolled version. The text content of the legislation remains unchanged; the only modifications are technical updates to the document headers and footers to reflect its final status.

TECHNICAL

Updated the document title from 'HB 569 Filed' to 'ENROLLED HB 569' and changed the footer identifier from 'hb569-00' to 'hb569 -00-er' to signify the bill is in its final enrolled form.

Floor votes · Senate Mar 4, 2026 · House Feb 17, 2026

How they voted

37–0

Passed · 3 other

Total votes 40

Mar 4, 2026

D Democratic11

10 Yea 1

90% Yea

I Independent1

1 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican28

26 Yea 2

92% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Mar 27, 2026

Signed into law

Approved by Governor

legislature

Mar 4, 2026

Upper · Passed

Passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0

upper

Feb 18, 2026

Committee

Referred to Appropriations

upper

Feb 17, 2026

Lower · Passed

Passed; YEAS 109, NAYS 0

lower

Feb 3, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee

lower

Feb 3, 2026

Lower · Passed

Favorable by Health & Human Services Committee

lower

Jan 30, 2026

Lower · Passed

Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda

lower

Jan 20, 2026

Lower · Passed

Now in Health & Human Services Committee

lower

Jan 20, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported out of Health Care Budget Subcommittee

lower

Jan 20, 2026

Lower · Passed

Favorable by Health Care Budget Subcommittee

lower

Jan 15, 2026

Lower · Passed

Added to Health Care Budget Subcommittee agenda

lower

Jan 14, 2026

Lower · Passed

Now in Health Care Budget Subcommittee

lower

Jan 14, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported out of Human Services Subcommittee

lower

Jan 13, 2026

Lower · Passed

Favorable by Human Services Subcommittee

lower

Jan 9, 2026

Lower · Passed

Added to Human Services Subcommittee agenda

lower

Dec 12, 2025

Lower · Passed

Now in Human Services Subcommittee

lower

Dec 12, 2025

Committee

Referred to Health & Human Services Committee

lower

Dec 12, 2025

Committee

Referred to Health Care Budget Subcommittee

lower

Dec 12, 2025

Committee

Referred to Human Services Subcommittee

lower

2 primary · 1 co-sponsor