Florida Senate Bill 538
Session 2025
State Courts System
Became Law
Signed by Governor on Jun 20, 2025
Sponsors
2 Sponsors
Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
First Action
Feb 6, 2025
Latest Action
Jun 23, 2025
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill Number
538
State
Florida
Session
2025
Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
grade
Primary
Motion Text
Third Reading
Senate Roll Call Votes
Yes
Yes
Excused
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Smith
Yes
Yes
Yes
Summary
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.
S 538 Filed
S 538 c1
Bill Analysis -- Judiciary (Pre-Meeting) (3/3/2025 3:30 PM)
Bill Analysis -- Judiciary (Post-Meeting) (3/4/2025 6:15 PM)
Bill Analysis -- Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice (Pre-Meeting) (3/17/2025 8:33 AM)
Bill Analysis -- Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice (Post-Meeting) (3/20/2025 4:23 PM)
Bill Analysis -- Rules (Pre-Meeting) (3/25/2025 7:43 AM)
Bill Analysis -- Rules (Post-Meeting) (3/26/2025 1:06 PM)
408054 - Amendment to S 538 Filed
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06/23/2025
Florida Legislature
Chapter No. 2025-163
06/20/2025
Florida Legislature
Approved by Governor
06/18/2025
Florida Legislature
Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
04/29/2025
Senate
Ordered enrolled
04/29/2025
House
CS passed; YEAS 115, NAYS 0
04/29/2025
House
Read 3rd time
04/29/2025
House
Added to Third Reading Calendar
04/29/2025
House
Placed on 3rd reading
04/29/2025
House
Read 2nd time
04/28/2025
House
1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
04/28/2025
House
Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/29/2025)
04/28/2025
House
Bill referred to House Calendar
04/03/2025
House
In Messages
04/03/2025
Senate
Immediately certified
04/03/2025
Senate
CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0
04/03/2025
Senate
Read 3rd time
04/03/2025
Senate
Read 2nd time
04/01/2025
Senate
Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/03/25
03/26/2025
Senate
CS by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice read 1st time
03/26/2025
Senate
Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
03/26/2025
Senate
Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 24 NAYS 0
03/21/2025
Senate
On Committee agenda-- Rules, 03/26/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
03/20/2025
Senate
Now in Rules
03/20/2025
Senate
Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
03/18/2025
Senate
CS by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 5 NAYS 0
03/13/2025
Senate
On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 03/18/25, 1:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
03/05/2025
Senate
Now in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
03/04/2025
Senate
Introduced
03/04/2025
Senate
Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 11 NAYS 0
02/27/2025
Senate
On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 03/04/25, 4:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
02/20/2025
Senate
Referred to Judiciary; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Rules
02/06/2025
Senate
Filed
Sources
FL Legislature
Open States
Record Created
Feb 14, 2025 3:58:28 PM
Record Updated
Jul 6, 2025 11:33:47 AM