Florida SB 1010: Enforcement of Protections for Minors

Bill Text

1010 
Enforcement of Protections for Minors 
2026-01-21T03:28:13Z 
Providing criminal penalties for health care practitioners who willfully or actively aid or abet another in a violation of specified provisions; clarifying that a private cause of action exists to recover damages for personal injury or death resulting from a violation of a specified provision; providing that an individual may recover all economic and noneconomic damages for injuries sustained before or after turning 18 years of age which result from such violation; creating a private cause of action to recover damages against certain public employees and health care practitioners for violations of specified provisions, etc. 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 CS for SB 1010 

 By the Committee on Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; and 
 Senator Yarborough 

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 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to enforcement of protections for 
 3 minors; amending s. 456.52, F.S.; providing criminal 
 4 penalties for health care practitioners who willfully 
 5 or actively aid or abet another in a violation of 
 6 specified provisions; amending s. 766.318, F.S.; 
 7 clarifying that a private cause of action exists to 
 8 recover damages for personal injury or death resulting 
 9 from a violation of a specified provision; providing 
 10 that an individual may recover all economic and 
 11 noneconomic damages for injuries sustained before or 
 12 after turning 18 years of age which result from such 
 13 violation; authorizing the Attorney General to conduct 
 14 investigations of alleged violations of a specified 
 15 provision and commence a separate civil action for 
 16 damages, injunctive relief, and civil penalties upon 
 17 determining a violation has occurred; providing that 
 18 damages recovered pursuant to such civil actions 
 19 accrue to the benefit of the injured individual; 
 20 creating s. 1014.07, F.S.; creating a private cause of 
 21 action to recover damages against certain public 
 22 employees and health care practitioners for violations 
 23 of specified provisions; providing that an individual 
 24 may recover all economic and noneconomic damages that 
 25 result from such violations; providing that damages 
 26 recovered pursuant to such civil actions accrue to the 
 27 benefit of the affected minor; authorizing the 
 28 Attorney General to conduct investigations of alleged 
 29 violations of specified provisions and commence a 
 30 civil action for damages, injunctive relief, and civil 
 31 penalties upon determining a violation has occurred; 
 32 providing that damages recovered pursuant to such 
 33 civil actions accrue to the benefit of the affected 
 34 minor; providing that certain limitations on punitive 
 35 damages do not apply to such actions; specifying the 
 36 timeframe within which such actions may be commenced; 
 37 providing construction; reenacting s. 456.074(5)(c), 
 38 F.S., relating to the immediate suspension of license 
 39 of certain health care practitioners, to incorporate 
 40 the amendment made to s. 456.52, F.S., in a reference 
 41 thereto; providing an effective date. 
 42 
 43 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 44 
 45 Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (5) of section 
 46 456.52, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 
 47 456.52 Sex-reassignment prescriptions and procedures; 
 48 prohibitions; informed consent.— 
 49 (5) 
 50 (b) Any health care practitioner who willfully or actively 
 51 participates, or aids or abets another, in a violation of 
 52 subsection (1) commits a felony of the third degree, punishable 
 53 as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. 
 54 Section 2. Section 766.318, Florida Statutes, is amended to 
 55 read: 
 56 766.318 Civil liability for provision of sex-reassignment 
 57 prescriptions or procedures to minors.— 
 58 (1) A private cause of action exists to recover damages for 
 59 personal injury or death resulting from the provision of sex 
 60 reassignment prescriptions or procedures, as defined in s. 
 61 456.001, to a person younger than 18 years of age which are 
 62 prohibited by s. 456.52(1). An individual may recover all 
 63 economic and noneconomic damages for injuries he or she 
 64 sustained before or after turning 18 years of age which are the 
 65 result of sex-reassignment prescriptions or procedures provided 
 66 in violation of s. 456.52(1). 
 67 (2) The Attorney General may conduct investigations of 
 68 alleged violations of s. 456.52(1) and, if the Attorney General 
 69 determines that such a violation has occurred, may commence a 
 70 civil action under this subsection for damages, injunctive 
 71 relief, and civil penalties of up to $100,000 for each 
 72 violation. Any damages recovered pursuant to a civil action 
 73 brought under this subsection accrue to the benefit of the 
 74 individual injured as the result