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Read. Follow. Verify.Florida Senate requires level 2 background screening for disability facility employees and revises developmental disability definitions
Last action · March 9, 2026: Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 565 (Ch. 2026-129) -SJ 690Sponsors: Shev Jones and 1 other
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What This Bill Proposed
The Florida Senate requires for all residential facility and adult day training program employees, s, and volunteers who access client living areas or property. The bill also mandates university-administered surveys and a on support coordination services, and adds Tatton-Brown-Rahman syndrome to the legal definition of a developmental disability.
Direct service providers and staff at residential and adult day facilities must undergo level 2 background screenings, and individuals with Tatton-Brown-Rahman syndrome are newly included under state developmental disability definitions, expanding eligibility for state-supported services.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Residential facilities and adult day training programs
All employees and associated staff must undergo level 2 background screenings and local criminal records checks.
Waiver support coordinators
iBudget clients and their families
Individuals with Tatton-Brown-Rahman syndrome
Individuals diagnosed with the syndrome are newly included under the state's legal definition of developmental disability.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
Who is required to undergo level 2 employment screening under this bill?
Are family members who provide care subject to the screening requirements?
What new medical condition is added to the definition of a developmental disability?
What studies or reports are required by the legislation?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Tabled in the Senate.
Procedural history
20 actions- Mar 9, 2026SenateLaid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 565 (Ch. 2026-129) -SJ 690
- Mar 9, 2026SenateSubstituted CS/CS/HB 565 -SJ 690
- Mar 9, 2026SenateFloorRead 2nd time -SJ 690
- Mar 4, 2026SenatePlaced on Special Order Calendar, 03/09/26
- Mar 3, 2026SenatePlaced on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- Mar 2, 2026SenateCommitteeFavorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 18 NAYS 0
Show 14 earlier actions
- Feb 26, 2026SenateIntroducedCS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services read 1st time
- Feb 26, 2026SenateOn Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 03/02/26, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
- Feb 26, 2026SenateCommitteeNow in Fiscal Policy
- Feb 26, 2026SenatePending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- Feb 25, 2026SenateCommitteeCS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
- Feb 20, 2026SenateOn Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, 02/25/26, 10:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- Feb 12, 2026SenateCommitteeNow in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
- Feb 11, 2026SenateIntroducedCS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs read 1st time
- Feb 11, 2026SenatePending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- Feb 10, 2026SenateCommitteeCS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 6 NAYS 0
- Feb 5, 2026SenateOn Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 02/10/26, 12:00 pm, 301 Senate Building
- Jan 13, 2026SenateIntroducedIntroduced
- Dec 16, 2025SenateCommitteeReferred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Fiscal Policy
- Dec 8, 2025SenateIntroducedFiled
Version history & redline
12 versions on fileOfficial version history is partial: 3 linked texts are unavailable or incomplete. Source links remain available below.
Voting Record
Fiscal Policy: Favorable on S 794 c2
Total
19
- Yes
- 18
- No
- 0
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 1
- Abstain
- 0
How they voted (17)
Show 2 earlier roll calls
Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services: Favorable with Committee Substitute on S 794 c1
Total
9
- Yes
- 8
- No
- 0
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 1
- Abstain
- 0
Children, Families, and Elder Affairs: Favorable with Committee Substitute on S 794 Filed
Total
6
- Yes
- 6
- No
- 0
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 0
- Abstain
- 0
Finance Connection
| Candidate | Donor | Amount | Industry | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ileana Garcia | FLORIDA REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE INC | $50,000 | PARTY COMMITTEE | Nov 2025 |
| Ileana Garcia | FLORIDA REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE INC | $3,730 | AFFILIATED PARTY COMMITTEE | Sep 2025 |
| Ileana Garcia | FLORIDA REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE INC | $3,583 | PARTY COMMITTEE | May 2026 |
| Ileana Garcia | FLORIDA REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE INC | $3,532 | PARTY COMMITTEE | Apr 2026 |
| Ileana Garcia | FLORIDA REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE INC | $3,516 | PARTY COMMITTEE | Jan 2026 |
| Ileana Garcia | FLORIDA REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE INC | $3,516 | PARTY COMMITTEE | Dec 2025 |
| Ileana Garcia | FLORIDA REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE INC | $3,513 | PARTY COMMITTEE | Mar 2026 |
| Ileana Garcia | FLORIDA REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE INC | $3,490 | PARTY COMMITTEE | Mar 2026 |
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| Ileana Garcia | FLORIDA REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE INC | $3,369 | PARTY COMMITTEE | Dec 2025 |
| Ileana Garcia | FLORIDA REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE INC | $2,137 | PARTY COMMITTEE | Oct 2025 |
| Ileana Garcia | CYBER CITIZENS FOR JUSTICE INC | $1,000 | ADVOCACY GROUP | Mar 2025 |
| Ileana Garcia | CUSCO ENRIQUE | $1,000 | CEO/OLE MEDIA SERVICES | Apr 2026 |
| Ileana Garcia | COALITION OF ATTAINABLE HOUSING PROVIDERS PC | $1,000 | POLITICAL COMMITTEE | Dec 2025 |
| Ileana Garcia | DADE COUNTY POLICE BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION P.A.C. | $1,000 | POLITICAL COMMITTEE | Jan 2026 |
| Ileana Garcia | A STRONGER FLORIDA | $1,000 | POLITICAL COMMITTEE | Jan 2026 |
| Ileana Garcia | CLOSTER FARMS INC | $1,000 | AGRICULTURE | Mar 2025 |
| Ileana Garcia | FERNANDEZ RUDY | $1,000 | EXEC VP/UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI | Mar 2026 |
| Ileana Garcia | CHEVRON USA INC | $1,000 | ENERGY CORPORATION | Jan 2026 |
| Ileana Garcia | ARMAG III LLC | $1,000 | REAL ESTATE | May 2026 |
| Ileana Garcia | CHAMIZO IVETTE | $1,000 | REAL ESTATE BROKER | Jan 2026 |
Reported financial relationships and timing signals. This does not prove motive or influence. Readers draw their own conclusions.
Lobbying Activity
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Discoveries
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Expansion of Background Screening Mandates
The legislation shifts screening oversight from individual managers and supervisors to all employees and support coordinators within residential and adult day training facilities.
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Sources
www.flsenate.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 75)
- Controversy15Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz30Current news / social attention level
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