Florida SB 1730: Land Conservation

Bill Text

1730 
Child Welfare 
2026-01-09T11:46:33Z 
Deleting a provision exempting a judge subject to discipline under the State Constitution from criminal prosecution under certain circumstances; authorizing interested parties to file motions requesting emergency hearings to resolve certain custody or visitation disputes; requiring a court to give all parties to an emergency hearing certain notice; revising the definition of the term “domestic violence”; prohibiting the infringement of the right of each parent or legal guardian to lawful custody or visitation without due process and a certain court order, etc. 
Original Filed Version 
2026 
S 
2026-07-01T00:00:00Z 
GB 
General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 1730 

 By Senator Rodriguez 

 40-00533-26 20261730__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to child welfare; amending s. 39.01, 
 3 F.S.; revising the definition of the term “abuse”; 
 4 amending s. 39.205, F.S.; deleting a provision 
 5 exempting a judge subject to discipline under the 
 6 State Constitution from criminal prosecution under 
 7 certain circumstances; amending s. 61.046, F.S.; 
 8 revising the definition of the term “parenting plan”; 
 9 creating s. 61.46, F.S.; defining the term “emergency 
 10 hearing”; authorizing interested parties to file 
 11 motions requesting emergency hearings to resolve 
 12 certain custody or visitation disputes; providing 
 13 requirements for the motion; requiring a court to 
 14 immediately review such motion; requiring a court to 
 15 hold an emergency hearing within a specified period 
 16 under certain circumstances; requiring a court to give 
 17 all parties to an emergency hearing certain notice; 
 18 authorizing a court to issue certain temporary orders 
 19 during an emergency hearing; requiring a court to hold 
 20 a full hearing on the merits within a specified period 
 21 after an emergency hearing; authorizing a court to 
 22 award sufficient makeup time to a custodial parent and 
 23 consider additional remedies and sanctions under 
 24 certain circumstances; amending s. 741.28, F.S.; 
 25 revising the definition of the term “domestic 
 26 violence”; amending s. 787.01, F.S.; revising the 
 27 definition of the term “kidnapping”; amending s. 
 28 787.03, F.S.; providing legislative intent; defining 
 29 the term “lawful custody or visitation”; prohibiting 
 30 the infringement of the right of each parent or legal 
 31 guardian to lawful custody or visitation without due 
 32 process and a certain court order; prohibiting an 
 33 individual from interfering with a parent’s or legal 
 34 guardian’s lawful custody or visitation by taking an 
 35 action that keeps a minor or vulnerable adult from the 
 36 parent or legal guardian; providing criminal 
 37 penalties; providing that certain court orders do not 
 38 legitimize certain acts; requiring law enforcement 
 39 officers to investigate certain reports; authorizing 
 40 law enforcement officers to locate minors and 
 41 vulnerable adults and assist parents and legal 
 42 guardians seeking to enforce certain rights; 
 43 prohibiting law enforcement officers from taking 
 44 certain actions; requiring a law enforcement officer 
 45 concluding an investigation to provide certain notice 
 46 to the initiating parent or legal guardian and an 
 47 affidavit that includes certain information to the 
 48 state attorney’s office and the officer’s supervisor; 
 49 requiring that certain documents be filed and 
 50 electronically maintained in a certain manner; 
 51 specifying that the venue for prosecution of certain 
 52 violations is in a certain county; authorizing law 
 53 enforcement officers to enter certain identifying 
 54 information into certain databases and seek warrants 
 55 for recovery of minors and vulnerable adults; 
 56 providing a specified defense to certain violations; 
 57 providing a certain presumption; requiring the 
 58 Department of Law Enforcement to create and distribute 
 59 a certain model protocol and training materials; 
 60 requiring law enforcement agencies to adopt written 
 61 policies for a certain purpose and conduct certain 
 62 annual training; amending s. 827.03, F.S.; revising 
 63 the definition of the term “child abuse”; amending s. 
 64 910.14, F.S.; providing that a person who violates 
 65 certain provisions may be tried in any county in which 
 66 the person’s victim has been taken or confined during 
 67 the course of the offense; amending s. 937.0201, F.S.; 
 68 revising the definition of the term “missing child”; 
 69 reenacting ss. 61.125(4)(b), 61.13(2)(c), 61.401, 
 70 61.402(3), 95.11(8), 390.01114(2)(b), 393.067(4)(g), 
 71 744.309(3), 984.03(2), 1001.42(8)(c), F.S., relating 
 72 to parenting coordination; support of children, 
 73 parenting and time-sharing, and powers of court; 
 74 appointment of guardian ad litem; qualifications of 
 75 guardians ad litem; limitations other than for the 
 76 recovery of real property; the Parental Notice