FL SB 7018
deadChild Welfare
Florida · 2026 Regular Session · upper
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Quick answers
Did FL SB 7018 pass?
No. FL SB 7018 did not pass — it was defeated or died in the legislative process. Latest recorded action (2026-03-13): Died in Messages
What is FL SB 7018 about?
Child Welfare; Renaming the Step into Success Workforce Education and Internship Pilot Program as the Step into Success Workforce Education and Internship Program; requiring the department’s Office of Continuing Care to develop certain cohorts within specified regions, collaborate with certain organizations and recruit mentors and organizations, and provide eligible former foster youth with internship placement opportunities; requiring the Office of Continuing Care to develop trauma-informed training for mentors of certain former foster youth which meets certain requirements, etc.
Who sponsors FL SB 7018?
Children, Families, and Elder Affairs is the primary sponsor of FL SB 7018.
Description
Child Welfare; Renaming the Step into Success Workforce Education and Internship Pilot Program as the Step into Success Workforce Education and Internship Program; requiring the department’s Office of Continuing Care to develop certain cohorts within specified regions, collaborate with certain organizations and recruit mentors and organizations, and provide eligible former foster youth with internship placement opportunities; requiring the Office of Continuing Care to develop trauma-informed training for mentors of certain former foster youth which meets certain requirements, etc.
- Introduced
- 2026-01-14
- Latest action
- 2026-03-13 — Died in Messages
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Subjects
Sponsors
- Children, Families, and Elder Affairsprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-03-13
Died in Messages
failure
2026-02-26
In Messages
2026-02-26
Immediately certified
2026-02-26
Passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0
passage
2026-02-26
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2026-02-26
Read 2nd time
reading-2
2026-02-23
Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/26/26
2026-02-13
Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
2026-02-12
Favorable by- Appropriations; YEAS 18 NAYS 0
committee-passage-favorable
2026-02-09
On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 02/12/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
2026-02-04
Now in Appropriations
2026-02-04
Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
committee-passage-favorable
2026-01-30
On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, 02/04/26, 1:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
2026-01-14
Introduced
introduction
2026-01-14
Referred to Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations
referral-committee
2026-01-13
Filed
filing
2026-01-12
Submitted as Committee Bill and Reported Favorably by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 6 NAYS 0
2026-01-05
On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 01/12/26, 4:00 pm, 301 Senate Building
2026-01-05
Submitted for consideration by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
Versions
Documents
Votes
Submitted and Reported Favorably as Committee
2026-01-12 · pass · 6-0
Member-level votes (6)
- Harrell: yes
- Rouson: yes
- Sharief: yes
- Simon: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Grall: yes
Favorable
2026-02-04 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (9)
- Brodeur: yes
- Burton: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Harrell: yes
- Rodriguez: yes
- Sharief: yes
- Trumbull: yes
- Rouson: other
- Davis: other
Favorable
2026-02-12 · pass · 18-0
Member-level votes (18)
- Berman: yes
- Brodeur: yes
- Burgess: yes
- DiCeglie: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Grall: yes
- Harrell: yes
- Martin: yes
- Massullo: yes
- McClain: yes
- Pizzo: yes
- Polsky: yes
- Sharief: yes
- Smith: yes
- Trumbull: yes
- Wright: yes
- Rouson: yes
- Hooper: yes
Third Reading
2026-02-26 · pass · 37-0
Member-level votes (39)
- Arrington: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Polsky: yes
- Avila: yes
- Grall: yes
- Rodriguez: yes
- Berman: yes
- Gruters: excused
- Rouson: yes
- Bernard: yes
- Harrell: yes
- Sharief: excused
- Boyd: yes
- Hooper: yes
- Simon: yes
- Bracy Davis: yes
- Jones: yes
- Smith: yes
- Bradley: yes
- Leek: yes
- Truenow: yes
- Brodeur: yes
- Martin: yes
- Trumbull: yes
- Burgess: yes
- Massullo: yes
- Wright: yes
- Burton: yes
- Mayfield: yes
- Yarborough: yes
- Calatayud: yes
- McClain: yes
- Albritton: yes
- Davis: yes
- Osgood: yes
- DiCeglie: yes
- Passidomo: yes
- Gaetz: yes
- Pizzo: yes
Related bills
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