HB 765 Florida 2026 session
Child Care and Early Learning Services
Child Care and Early Learning Services ; Revises minimum standards for child care facility licensing; removes provisions requiring family day care homes & large family child care homes to provide specified information to parents; prohibits residential property insurance policies from providing coverage for liability for claims arising out of, or in connection with, operations of large family child care homes; prohibits insurers from denying, cancelling, & refusing to renew policy for residential property insurance on basis that policyholders or applicants operate large family child care homes; revises requirements for certain prekindergarten curricula; establishes review & approval process for such curricula; creates Florida Child Care Fund; requires DOE direct-support organization to administer fund; requires that funds from state sources & interest earnings be accounted separately; provides for use of funds; provides for establishment & administration of Center for Early Childhood Professional Recognition under specified circumstance.
Status
- Introduced
- Committee
- Floor vote
- Passed
- Enacted
In committee — last recorded action March 11, 2026
Laid on Table; Companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/SB 1690 (Ch. 2026-140)
Recorded votes
Favorable With Committee Substitute (Health & Human Services Committee)
21 yes · 0 no · pass February 24, 2026
Favorable With Committee Substitute (Budget Committee)
28 yes · 0 no · pass February 16, 2026
Favorable With Committee Substitute (Student Academic Success Subcommittee)
13 yes · 1 no · pass February 5, 2026
Favorable With Committee Substitute (Human Services Subcommittee)
15 yes · 0 no · pass January 28, 2026
Passage likelihood
34% Comparable to other bills at this stage
This is an estimate, not a guarantee. It is computed from the signals listed below and nothing else. It does not account for leadership priorities, floor scheduling, or negotiations that are not in the public record.
What the estimate is based on
- Historical base rate About 20% of introduced state bills are enacted.
- Current stage Referred to committee.
- Cosponsors 11 cosponsors.
State-level impact
State-level impact data is not available for this bill. The source text does not contain a per-state funding formula or scored breakdown, so no figures are shown.
Official actions
- Laid on Table; Companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/SB 1690 (Ch. 2026-140)
- Added to Second Reading Calendar
- Temporarily postponed, on 2nd Reading
- Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/5/2026)
- Added to Second Reading Calendar
- 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 4)
- Bill referred to House Calendar
- CS Filed
- Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee
- Favorable with CS by Health & Human Services Committee
- Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda
- Now in Health & Human Services Committee
- Referred to Health & Human Services Committee
- 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 3)
- CS Filed
- Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- Reported out of Budget Committee
- Favorable with CS by Budget Committee
- Added to Budget Committee agenda
- Now in Budget Committee
- Referred to Health & Human Services Committee
- Referred to Budget Committee
- 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
- CS Filed
- Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- Reported out of Student Academic Success Subcommittee
- Favorable with CS by Student Academic Success Subcommittee
- Added to Student Academic Success Subcommittee agenda
- Now in Student Academic Success Subcommittee
- Referred to Health & Human Services Committee
- Referred to Budget Committee
- Referred to Student Academic Success Subcommittee
- 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- CS Filed
- Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- Reported out of Human Services Subcommittee
- Favorable with CS by Human Services Subcommittee
- Added to Human Services Subcommittee agenda
- 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)