Florida legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Florida H1487: Surrogacy and Assisted Reproduction
Status: Failed, March 13, 2026
Provides & revises requirements for preplanned adoption agreements, surrogacy contracts, & informed consent; requires security background investigations of specified parties; requires donor banks, fertility clinics, & surrogacy agencies to be licensed or certified; requires certain entities & persons to develop best practice policies & submit such policies to specified entity; requires specified material be labeled & records maintained for specified timeframe; requires AHCA & DCF to conduct annual inspections; provides for administrative penalties & corrective action plans; requires certain parties undergo mental & medical evaluations; requires surrogacy agencies maintain escrow accounts & provides requirements for such accounts & escrow agents; requires DCF maintain list of certified surrogacy agencies; authorizes certain parties to petition court to validate surrogacy contract & for expedited affirmation of parental status; authorizes deletion of certain names from certain court documents; requires certain notice; provides requirements if court denies affirmation of parentage; requires AHCA, DOH, & DCF to adopt rules.
What the bill says
An act relating to surrogacy and assisted reproduction; amending s. 63.213, F.S.; providing that a preplanned adoption arrangement may not authorize certain actions under certain circumstances; revising required and prohibited preplanned adoption agreement terms; requiring certain parties to have independent legal representation by an attorney who meets certain requirements; requiring a clerk of the court to request and obtain certain background investigations of specified parties under certain circumstances…
From the introduced text, January 9, 2026:
An act relating to surrogacy and assisted reproduction; amending s. 63.213, F.S.; providing that a preplanned adoption arrangement may not authorize certain actions under certain circumstances; revising required and prohibited preplanned adoption agreement terms; requiring certain parties to have independent legal representation by an attorney who meets certain requirements; requiring a clerk of the court to request and obtain certain background investigations of specified parties under certain circumstances; prohibiting the court from approving a proposed adoption of a child under certain circumstances; providing that the biological mother of a child retains all parental rights to the child under certain circumstances; defining the term "disqualified person"; revising and deleting definitions; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; creating s. 383.61, F.S.; defining terms; requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration, in consultation with the Department of Health, to adopt certain rules for donor banks and fertility clinics by a specified date; prohibiting a donor bank or fertility clinic from operating without a license; providing an exception; providing that licenses are valid for a specified HB 1487 2026 CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. hb1487-00 Page 2 of FLORIDAHOUSEOFREPRESENTATIVES timeframe unless suspended or revoked for cause; requiring donor banks, fertility clinics, and certain health care practitioners to develop certain written best practice policies by a specified date; requiring …
Sponsors
- Miller, Monique (R, HD-033) · primary sponsor
- Miller (R, 33) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Died in Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
- : Now in Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
- : Referred to Health & Human Services Committee
- : Referred to Health Care Budget Subcommittee
- : Referred to Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
- : 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- : Filed
Common questions
- What is H1487?
- H1487 is a bill in the Florida Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Surrogacy and Assisted Reproduction.
- What does H1487 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to surrogacy and assisted reproduction; amending s. 63.213, F.S.; providing that a preplanned adoption arrangement may not authorize certain actions under certain circumstances; revising required and prohibited preplanned adoption agreement terms; requiring certain parties to have independent legal representation by an attorney who meets certain requirements; requiring a clerk of the court to request and obtain certain background investigations of specified parties under certain circumstances…
- What is the status of H1487?
- Failed as of March 13, 2026. Latest action: Died in Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee (March 13, 2026).
- Who sponsored H1487?
- Miller, Monique (R, HD-033), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for H1487?
- On the Florida Legislature website: https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1487
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