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SB 1010FLORIDA · STATEWIDESession 2026Died in Health Policy
High Impact

Proposed Legal Penalties and Liability for Healthcare Providers and Public Employees

Original title: Enforcement of Protections for Minors

December 23, 2025

healthcarelegal liabilityminorsparental rightscivil litigationcriminal law

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Where This Stands

Currently Died in Health Policy. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Introduced.

Procedural history

8 actions
  1. Jan 22, 2026Senate
    CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs read 1st time
  2. Jan 22, 2026Senate
    Now in Health Policy
  3. Jan 21, 2026Senate
    Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
  4. Jan 20, 2026Senate
    CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 5 NAYS 1
  5. Jan 15, 2026Senate
    On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 01/20/26, 9:30 am, 301 Senate Building
  6. Jan 13, 2026SenateIntroduced
    Introduced
Show 2 earlier actions
  1. Jan 7, 2026SenateCommittee
    Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Health Policy; Rules
  2. Dec 23, 2025SenateIntroduced
    Filed

Version history

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The Frame

What this does

The bill would have significantly expanded the legal exposure of healthcare practitioners and government employees by allowing for unlimited and extended timeframes for lawsuits regarding minor healthcare and parental rights.

Who is mentioned in the record

Potentially affected actors named in the source documents. Mention is not a position.

Healthcare practitioners

They would have faced new criminal penalties, civil liability, and mandatory license suspension for specific actions related to minor healthcare.

Public employees

They would have been subject to new private causes of action for alleged violations of parental rights.

Minors

They would have been the beneficiaries of damages recovered in civil actions brought under these provisions.

What changed

Last recorded activity December 23, 2025.

What's next

Introduced.

Background

  • The Attorney General is the chief legal officer of the State of Florida, responsible for representing the state in legal matters and enforcing state laws. context

Summary

This bill would have established criminal penalties for healthcare providers who assist in prohibited sex-reassignment procedures for minors and created new pathways for civil lawsuits against providers and public employees. It also would have authorized the Attorney General to investigate these violations and seek civil penalties of up to $100,000 per incident.

Key Facts

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Frequently Asked Questions

What would have happened to a doctor who violated these rules?
They could have faced third-degree felony charges and civil lawsuits with potential penalties of up to $100,000 per violation, plus the immediate suspension of their medical license.
How long would a person have to file a lawsuit under this bill?
For sex-reassignment procedure violations, a person would have had 20 years from the completion of the procedure. For parental rights or unauthorized care violations, the limit would have been 2 years.
Who would have received the money from civil penalties?
Damages recovered in these civil actions would have accrued to the benefit of the injured individual or the affected minor.

Why It Matters

The bill would have significantly expanded the legal exposure of healthcare practitioners and government employees by allowing for unlimited and extended timeframes for lawsuits regarding minor healthcare and parental rights.

News Coverage

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Voting Record

Motion succeededsenate1/20/2026legiscanOfficial roll call ↗

Favorable with Committee Substitute

Total

6

Yes

5

No

1

Present

0

Not Voting

0

Abstain

0

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Discoveries

Patterns POLISCOPE noticed across the record. These are observations to investigate, not conclusions.

policy shift100% confidence

Expansion of Liability

The bill proposed a significant departure from standard punitive damage limitations, specifically removing them for these new causes of action.

Attorney General

Connected Entities

dollar_amount301“Senate Building number”Map →
organizationHealth Policy“Committee reviewing the bill”Map →
locationSenate Building“Location of a committee meeting”Map →
organizationChildren, Families, and Elder Affairs“Committee reviewing the bill”Map →
otherRule 4.7(2)“Committee rule governing review process”Map →

Sources

Open source document

openstates.org

Analysis Score

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  • Significance85
    How much this matters to a regular citizen
  • Controversy95
    Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
  • Entertainment20
    Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
  • Buzz40
    Current news / social attention level

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