# Florida SB 42: Specific Medical Diagnoses in Child Protective Investigations

Florida SB 42, Specific Medical Diagnoses in Child Protective Investigations, is a 2026 Senate bill sponsored by Barbara Sharief (Democratic); status failed, last action 2026-03-05 (Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 47 (Ch. 2026-165) -SJ 583); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB42-2026
- As of: 2026-11-01
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Florida SB 42
- State: Florida
- Session: 2026
- Title: Specific Medical Diagnoses in Child Protective Investigations
- Status: failed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-09-08
- Last action: 2026-03-05, Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 47 (Ch. 2026-165) -SJ 583
- Sponsor: Barbara Sharief (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Subjects: Appropriation, Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, Fiscal Policy
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 3 (33 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Barbara Sharief (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
- Cosponsor: Fiscal Policy

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-03-02 | Senate | Fiscal Policy Vote | pass | 18 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-18 | Senate | Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services Vote | pass | 9 | 0 |   |
| 2026-01-12 | Senate | Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Vote | pass | 6 | 0 |   |

## Actions (20)

- 2026-03-05: Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 47 (Ch. 2026-165) -SJ 583 (Senate)
- 2026-03-05: Substituted CS/CS/HB 47 -SJ 583 (Senate)
- 2026-03-05: Read 2nd time -SJ 583 (Senate)
- 2026-03-04: Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/05/26 (Senate)
- 2026-03-04: Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading (Senate)
- 2026-03-03: CS/CS by Fiscal Policy read 1st time (Senate)
- 2026-03-03: Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) (Senate)
- 2026-03-02: CS/CS by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 18 NAYS 0 (Senate)
- 2026-02-25: On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 03/02/26, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building (Senate)
- 2026-02-24: CS by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services read 1st time (Senate)
- 2026-02-23: Now in Fiscal Policy (Senate)
- 2026-02-20: Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) (Senate)
- 2026-02-18: CS by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 (Senate)
- 2026-02-13: On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, 02/18/26, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building (Senate)
- 2026-01-13: Introduced (Senate)
- 2026-01-13: Now in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services (Senate)
- 2026-01-12: Favorable by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 6 NAYS 0 (Senate)
- 2026-01-05: On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 01/12/26, 4:00 pm, 301 Senate Building (Senate)
- 2025-10-06: Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Fiscal Policy (Senate)
- 2025-09-08: Filed (Senate)

## Bill text

- c2, 2026-07-01: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/42/BillText/c2/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/42/BillText/c2/PDF)
- c1, 2026-02-20: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/42/BillText/c1/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/42/BillText/c1/PDF)
- Filed, 2025-09-08: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/42/BillText/Filed/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/42/BillText/Filed/PDF)

## Related bills

- SB 688: Naturopathic Medicine (vetoed)
- HB 145: Claims Against the Government (vetoed)
- HB 325: Education and Workforce Development for Inmates (vetoed)
- SB 14: Relief of Jose Correa by Miami-Dade County (signed)
- HB 6515: Relief/Lourdes Latour and Edward Latour/Miami-Dade County (signed)
- HB 6507: Relief/L.E./Department of Children and Families (signed)

## Sources
- [c2 (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/42/BillText/c2/HTML)
- [c2 (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/42/BillText/c2/PDF)
- [c1 (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/42/BillText/c1/HTML)
- [c1 (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/42/BillText/c1/PDF)
- [Filed (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/42/BillText/Filed/HTML)
- [Filed (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/42/BillText/Filed/PDF)

## Related
- [SB 688: Naturopathic Medicine](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB688-2026)
- [HB 145: Claims Against the Government](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB145-2026)
- [HB 325: Education and Workforce Development for Inmates](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB325-2026)
- [SB 14: Relief of Jose Correa by Miami-Dade County](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB14-2026)
- [HB 6515: Relief/Lourdes Latour and Edward Latour/Miami-Dade County](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB6515-2026)
- [HB 6507: Relief/L.E./Department of Children and Families](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB6507-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB42-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).