# Florida SB 7018: Child Welfare

Florida SB 7018, Child Welfare, is a 2026 Senate bill sponsored by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; status failed, last action 2026-03-13 (Died in Messages); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-19).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB7018-2026
- As of: 2026-10-19
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Florida SB 7018
- State: Florida
- Session: 2026
- Title: Child Welfare
- Status: failed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-01-05
- Last action: 2026-03-13, Died in Messages
- Sponsor: Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Appropriation, Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, Appropriations
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 4 (68 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

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-02-26 | Senate | Senate Floor Vote | pass | 37 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-12 | Senate | Appropriations Vote | pass | 18 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-04 | Senate | Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services Vote | pass | 7 | 0 |   |
| 2026-01-12 | Senate | Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Vote | pass | 6 | 0 |   |

## Actions (19)

- 2026-03-13: Died in Messages (House)
- 2026-02-26: In Messages (House)
- 2026-02-26: Immediately certified -SJ 463 (Senate)
- 2026-02-26: Passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 -SJ 454 (Senate)
- 2026-02-26: Read 3rd time -SJ 454 (Senate)
- 2026-02-26: Read 2nd time -SJ 454 (Senate)
- 2026-02-23: Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/26/26 (Senate)
- 2026-02-13: Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading (Senate)
- 2026-02-12: Favorable by- Appropriations; YEAS 18 NAYS 0 (Senate)
- 2026-02-09: On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 02/12/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building (Senate)
- 2026-02-04: Now in Appropriations (Senate)
- 2026-02-04: Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 (Senate)
- 2026-01-30: On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, 02/04/26, 1:00 pm, 412 Knott Building (Senate)
- 2026-01-14: Introduced (Senate)
- 2026-01-14: Referred to Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations (Senate)
- 2026-01-13: Filed (Senate)
- 2026-01-12: Submitted as Committee Bill and Reported Favorably 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)
- 2026-01-05: Submitted for consideration by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (Senate)

## Bill text

- Filed, 2026-07-01: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/7018/BillText/Filed/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/7018/BillText/Filed/PDF)
- pb, 2026-01-09: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/7018/BillText/pb/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/7018/BillText/pb/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 6507: Relief/L.E./Department of Children and Families (signed)
- HB 6515: Relief/Lourdes Latour and Edward Latour/Miami-Dade County (signed)

## Sources
- [Filed (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/7018/BillText/Filed/HTML)
- [Filed (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/7018/BillText/Filed/PDF)
- [pb (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/7018/BillText/pb/HTML)
- [pb (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/7018/BillText/pb/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 6507: Relief/L.E./Department of Children and Families](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB6507-2026)
- [HB 6515: Relief/Lourdes Latour and Edward Latour/Miami-Dade County](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB6515-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB7018-2026 (as of 2026-10-19).