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CS/SB 538: State Courts System

GENERAL BILL by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice ; Bradley

State Courts System; Revising the availability of judges to require at least one circuit judge in each circuit to be available for hearings with limited notice; revising the duty of the Florida Clerks of Court Operations Corporation to provide an annual budget request to be pursuant to specified provisions; deleting the per diem cap for arbitrators who participate in court-ordered, nonbinding arbitration; authorizing judges to authenticate a jurat, or certificate of proof or acknowledgment, by affixing their signature and printing their name, title, and court, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2025
 Last Action: 4/29/2025 Senate - Ordered enrolled
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Judiciary (JU)
  2. Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice (ACJ)
  3. Rules (RC)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    2/6/2025 Senate • Filed
    2/20/2025 Senate • Referred to Judiciary; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Rules
    2/27/2025 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 03/04/25, 4:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
    3/4/2025 Senate • Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 11 NAYS 0
    • Introduced
    3/5/2025 Senate • Now in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
    3/13/2025 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 03/18/25, 1:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
    3/18/2025 Senate • CS by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 5 NAYS 0
    3/20/2025 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    • Now in Rules
    3/21/2025 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Rules, 03/26/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
    3/26/2025 Senate • Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 24 NAYS 0
    • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
    • CS by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice read 1st time
    4/1/2025 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/03/25
    4/3/2025 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 317
    • Read 3rd time -SJ 317
    • CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 -SJ 318
    • Immediately certified -SJ 330
    4/3/2025 House • In Messages
    4/28/2025 House • Bill referred to House Calendar
    • Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/29/2025)
    • 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
    4/29/2025 House • Read 2nd time
    • Placed on 3rd reading
    • Added to Third Reading Calendar
    • Read 3rd time
    • CS passed; YEAS 115, NAYS 0
    4/29/2025 Senate • Ordered enrolled

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  • CS/SB 538, Enrolled (Current Bill Version) Posted 4/29/2025 at 3:09 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 813 (c1) Courts Judiciary Committee Similar Last Action: 4/29/2025 H Laid on Table, refer to CS/SB 538 Track This Bill

    Citations - Statutes (12)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    26.20 Availability of judge for hearings in chambers. Page 2 (pdf)
    28.2221 Electronic access to official records. Page 7 (pdf)
    28.35 Florida Clerks of Court Operations Corporation. Page 2 (pdf)
    44.103 Court-ordered, nonbinding arbitration. Page 3 (pdf)
    92.50 Oaths, affidavits, and acknowledgments; who may take or administer; requirements. Page 4 (pdf)
    92.525 Verification of documents; perjury by false written declaration, penalty. Page 9 (pdf)
    110.12301 Competitive procurement of postpayment claims review services and dependent eligibility verification services; public records exemption. Page 10 (pdf)
    112.181 Firefighters, paramedics, emergency medical technicians, law enforcement officers, correctional officers; special provisions relative to certain communicable diseases. Page 12 (pdf)
    741.30 Domestic violence; injunction; powers and duties of court and clerk; petition; notice and hearing; temporary injunction; issuance of injunction; statewide verification system; enforcement; public records exemption. Page 4 (pdf)
    784.046 Action by victim of repeat violence, sexual violence, or dating violence for protective injunction; dating violence investigations, notice to victims, and reporting; pretrial release violations; public records exemption. Page 5 (pdf)
    784.0485 Stalking; injunction; powers and duties of court and clerk; petition; notice and hearing; temporary injunction; issuance of injunction; statewide verification system; enforcement. Page 6 (pdf)
    825.1035 Injunction for protection against exploitation of a vulnerable adult. Page 6 (pdf)

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  • CS/SB 538, Committee Substitute 1 Posted 3/20/2025 at 4:26 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Rules (Pre-Meeting) 3/25/2025 (pdf)
    Rules (Post-Meeting) 3/26/2025 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 813 (c1) Courts Judiciary Committee Similar Last Action: 4/29/2025 H Laid on Table, refer to CS/SB 538 Track This Bill

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    3/26/2025 9:00 AM Rules 24 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Floor Votes (2)

    Date Chamber Result
    4/3/2025 9:25 AM Senate 37 Yeas - 0 Nays
    4/29/2025 1:11 PM House 115 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (12)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    26.20 Availability of judge for hearings in chambers. Page 2 (pdf)
    28.2221 Electronic access to official records. Page 7 (pdf)
    28.35 Florida Clerks of Court Operations Corporation. Page 2 (pdf)
    44.103 Court-ordered, nonbinding arbitration. Page 3 (pdf)
    92.50 Oaths, affidavits, and acknowledgments; who may take or administer; requirements. Page 4 (pdf)
    92.525 Verification of documents; perjury by false written declaration, penalty. Page 9 (pdf)
    110.12301 Competitive procurement of postpayment claims review services and dependent eligibility verification services; public records exemption. Page 10 (pdf)
    112.181 Firefighters, paramedics, emergency medical technicians, law enforcement officers, correctional officers; special provisions relative to certain communicable diseases. Page 12 (pdf)
    741.30 Domestic violence; injunction; powers and duties of court and clerk; petition; notice and hearing; temporary injunction; issuance of injunction; statewide verification system; enforcement; public records exemption. Page 4 (pdf)
    784.046 Action by victim of repeat violence, sexual violence, or dating violence for protective injunction; dating violence investigations, notice to victims, and reporting; pretrial release violations; public records exemption. Page 5 (pdf)
    784.0485 Stalking; injunction; powers and duties of court and clerk; petition; notice and hearing; temporary injunction; issuance of injunction; statewide verification system; enforcement. Page 6 (pdf)
    825.1035 Injunction for protection against exploitation of a vulnerable adult. Page 6 (pdf)

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  • SB 538, Original Filed Version Posted 2/6/2025 at 4:32 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Judiciary (Pre-Meeting) 3/3/2025 (pdf)
    Judiciary (Post-Meeting) 3/4/2025 (pdf)
    Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice (Pre-Meeting) 3/17/2025 (pdf)
    Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice (Post-Meeting) 3/20/2025 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 813 Courts Judiciary Committee Similar Last Action: 4/29/2025 H Laid on Table, refer to CS/SB 538 Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    408054 - Amendment
    Delete lines 38 - 82 and insert:     		Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
    (Bradley)     		3/17/2025
    12:37 PM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    3/19/2025     		Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (2)

    Date Committee Result
    3/4/2025 4:00 PM Judiciary 11 Yeas - 0 Nays
    3/18/2025 1:00 PM Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice 5 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (7)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    26.20 Availability of judge for hearings in chambers. Page 1 (pdf)
    28.2221 Electronic access to official records. Page 3 (pdf)
    44.103 Court-ordered, nonbinding arbitration. Page 2 (pdf)
    92.50 Oaths, affidavits, and acknowledgments; who may take or administer; requirements. Page 3 (pdf)
    92.525 Verification of documents; perjury by false written declaration, penalty. Page 5 (pdf)
    110.12301 Competitive procurement of postpayment claims review services and dependent eligibility verification services; public records exemption. Page 6 (pdf)
    112.181 Firefighters, paramedics, emergency medical technicians, law enforcement officers, correctional officers; special provisions relative to certain communicable diseases. Page 9 (pdf)

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