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FL HB 279

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Luggage for Children Placed in Out-of-home Care

Florida · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did FL HB 279 pass?

No. FL HB 279 did not pass — it was defeated or died in the legislative process. Latest recorded action (2026-03-13): Died in Human Services Subcommittee

What is FL HB 279 about?

Luggage for Children Placed in Out-of-home Care; Requires DCF to provide certain children with piece of luggage for certain purposes; provides department requirements; requires department to submit specified annual report to Legislature; provides sources of funding for distribution of pieces of luggage; requires department's direct-support organization to receive & use certain funding to administer law.

Who sponsors FL HB 279?

Cross, Bartleman are the primary sponsors of FL HB 279, joined by 4 cosponsors.

Description

Luggage for Children Placed in Out-of-home Care; Requires DCF to provide certain children with piece of luggage for certain purposes; provides department requirements; requires department to submit specified annual report to Legislature; provides sources of funding for distribution of pieces of luggage; requires department's direct-support organization to receive & use certain funding to administer law.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-03-13 — Died in Human Services Subcommittee
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Crossprimary
  • Bartlemanprimary
  • Rosenwaldcosponsor
  • Eskamanicosponsor
  • Driskellcosponsor
  • Campbellcosponsor

Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-03-13

    Died in Human Services Subcommittee

    failure

  2. 2026-01-13

    1st Reading (Original Filed Version)

    filing,reading-1

  3. 2025-11-04

    Now in Human Services Subcommittee

  4. 2025-11-04

    Referred to Health & Human Services Committee

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-11-04

    Referred to Health Care Budget Subcommittee

    referral-committee

  6. 2025-11-04

    Referred to Human Services Subcommittee

    referral-committee

  7. 2025-10-28

    Filed

    filing

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Votes

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Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/279/ByCategory

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