# Florida SB 560: Child Welfare

Florida SB 560, Child Welfare, is a 2026 Senate bill sponsored by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, Ileana Garcia (Republican); status failed, last action 2026-03-13 (Died in Messages) (as of 2026-11-01).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB560-2026
- 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 560
- State: Florida
- Session: 2026
- Title: Child Welfare
- Status: failed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-11-18
- Last action: 2026-03-13, Died in Messages
- Sponsors: Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, Ileana Garcia (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Subjects: Appropriation, Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, Rules
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 4 (75 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: Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
- Sponsor: Ileana Garcia (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
- Cosponsor: Rules

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-03-04 | Senate | Senate Floor Vote | pass | 37 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-24 | Senate | Rules Vote | pass | 23 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-12 | Senate | Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services Vote | pass | 9 | 0 |   |
| 2026-01-20 | Senate | Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Vote | pass | 6 | 0 |   |

## Bill text

- c3, 2026-07-01: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/560/BillText/c3/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/560/BillText/c3/PDF)
- c2, 2026-02-16: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/560/BillText/c2/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/560/BillText/c2/PDF)
- c1, 2026-01-20: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/560/BillText/c1/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/560/BillText/c1/PDF)
- Filed, 2025-11-18: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/560/BillText/Filed/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/560/BillText/Filed/PDF)

## Related bills

- SB 688: Naturopathic Medicine (vetoed)
- HB 325: Education and Workforce Development for Inmates (vetoed)
- HB 145: Claims Against the Government (vetoed)
- SB 14: Relief of Jose Correa by Miami-Dade County (signed)
- HB 6509: Relief/Estate of Mark LaGatta/Department of Transportation (signed)
- HB 6507: Relief/L.E./Department of Children and Families (signed)

## Sources
- [c3 (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/560/BillText/c3/HTML)
- [c3 (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/560/BillText/c3/PDF)
- [c2 (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/560/BillText/c2/HTML)
- [c2 (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/560/BillText/c2/PDF)
- [c1 (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/560/BillText/c1/HTML)
- [c1 (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/560/BillText/c1/PDF)
- [Filed (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/560/BillText/Filed/HTML)
- [Filed (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/560/BillText/Filed/PDF)

## Related
- [SB 688: Naturopathic Medicine](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB688-2026)
- [HB 325: Education and Workforce Development for Inmates](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB325-2026)
- [HB 145: Claims Against the Government](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB145-2026)
- [SB 14: Relief of Jose Correa by Miami-Dade County](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB14-2026)
- [HB 6509: Relief/Estate of Mark LaGatta/Department of Transportation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB6509-2026)
- [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-SB560-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).