SB 1010 Florida Senate · 2026 Regular Session

Enforcement of Protections for Minors

Summary

Enforcement of Protections for Minors; Providing criminal penalties for health care practitioners who willfully or actively aid or abet another in a violation of specified provisions; clarifying that a private cause of action exists to recover damages for personal injury or death resulting from a violation of a specified provision; providing that an individual may recover all economic and noneconomic damages for injuries sustained before or after turning 18 years of age which result from such violation; creating a private cause of action to recover damages against certain public employees and health care practitioners for violations of specified provisions, etc.

Issues: ✓ Healthcare

Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 13, 2026 Last action Mar 13, 2026

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S 1010 Filed → S 1010 c1 · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was converted from a formal legislative draft into a committee substitute version, which clarifies that private individuals (not just the state) can sue for damages and explicitly allows recovery of all economic and non-economic damages regardless of the victim's age. The text was also updated to use more accessible language and consistent formatting.

Scope change

The scope of liability was expanded to explicitly include private causes of action for individuals, whereas the original draft focused primarily on state enforcement and civil liability without explicitly defining the private right of action in the summary.

DEFINITION

The bill title and summary were updated to explicitly state that the law clarifies a private cause of action exists for individuals to recover damages.

ELIGIBILITY

New language was added allowing individuals to recover all economic and non-economic damages for injuries sustained before or after turning 18 years of age.

ENFORCEMENT

The text was revised to consistently refer to 'individuals' and 'affected minors' rather than just 'injured minors' to broaden the scope of who can benefit from recovered damages.

TECHNICAL

Formatting, line breaks, and section numbering were standardized to match the official committee substitute format, replacing the raw draft layout.

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Committee

Jan 21, 2026

Upper · Passed

Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)

upper

Jan 15, 2026

Upper · Passed

On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 01/20/26, 9:30 am, 301 Senate Building

upper

Jan 13, 2026

Introduced

upper

Jan 7, 2026

Committee

Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Health Policy; Rules

upper

1 primary · 1 co-sponsor