DeSantis signs bipartisan child protective probe measure

By: Jay Waagmeester

Outlets: Florida Phoenix

Published: June 29, 2026

Words: 639

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 1 day ago

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Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law a measure designed to provide time and opportunity for medical evaluations and second opinions when conditions such as Rickets, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, or Vitamin D deficiency could explain otherwise concerning signs of child abuse, before parents are arrested.

The bipartisan, unanimously approved, measure, HB 47, was sponsored by Reps. Robin Bartleman, a Democrat from Weston, and Patt Maney, a Republican from Shalimar.

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