Florida · Senate Bill 538 · 2025 Regular Session

State Courts System

SB 538 Sponsored by Jennifer Bradley Became law

  1. Introduced Feb 6, 2025
  2. In committee Feb 20, 2025
  3. Passed the Senate  
  4. Passed the House  
  5. To the governor Jun 18, 2025
  6. Became law Jun 20, 2025

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

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.

Every action

32 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

Show the 24 earlier steps
  1. SenateFiled
  2. CommitteeReferred to Judiciary; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Rules · Senate Judiciary
  3. CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 03/04/25, 4:00 pm, 110 Senate Building · Senate Judiciary
  4. CommitteeFavorable by Judiciary; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 · Senate Judiciary11–0 vote
  5. SenateIntroduced
  6. CommitteeNow in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice · Senate Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
  7. CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 03/18/25, 1:00 pm, 37 Senate Building · Senate Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
  8. CommitteeCS by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 5 NAYS 0 · Senate Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice5–0 vote
  9. SenatePending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
  10. CommitteeNow in Rules · Senate Rules
  11. CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Rules, 03/26/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building · Senate Rules
  12. CommitteeFavorable by- Rules; YEAS 24 NAYS 0 · Senate Rules24–0 vote
  13. SenatePlaced on Calendar, on 2nd reading
  14. CommitteeCS by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice read 1st time · Senate Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
  15. SenatePlaced on Special Order Calendar, 04/03/25
  16. SenateRead 2nd time -SJ 317
  17. SenateRead 3rd time -SJ 317
  18. SenateCS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 -SJ 31837–0 vote
  19. SenateImmediately certified -SJ 330
  20. HouseIn Messages
  21. HouseBill referred to House Calendar
  22. HouseBill added to Special Order Calendar (4/29/2025)
  23. House1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
  24. HouseRead 2nd time
  1. HousePlaced on 3rd reading
  2. HouseAdded to Third Reading Calendar
  3. HouseRead 3rd time
  4. HouseCS passed; YEAS 115, NAYS 0
  5. SenateOrdered enrolled
  6. GovernorSigned by Officers and presented to Governor
  7. GovernorApproved by Governor
  8. Chapter No. 2025-163

Roll calls

5 recorded votes: 2 on the floor, 3 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 -SJ 318 · Full Senate

37–0
Apr 3, 2025 · journal entry
Yes 37 No 0 Not voting 1
Democrats: 10 yes, 0 no Independents: 1 yes, 0 no Republicans: 26 yes, 0 no
How each member voted

Yes · 37

Not voting · 1

Passage · Full House

115–0
Apr 29, 2025 · journal entry
Yes 115 No 0 Not voting 4
Democrats: 32 yes, 0 no Republicans: 83 yes, 0 no
How each member voted

Yes · 115

Not voting · 4

Committee and other votes

DateWhereQuestionResult
Mar 4, 2025 Senate committee Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 Passed 11–0
Mar 18, 2025 Senate committee CS by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 5 NAYS 0 Passed 5–0
Mar 26, 2025 Senate committee Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 24 NAYS 0 Passed 24–0

Sponsors

The member who introduced it.

  • Jennifer BradleyR Primary sponsor · District 6
  • AC Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice Sponsoring committee

From Florida's official records (leg.state.fl.us; flhouse.gov), checked Nov 2, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.