Judges

What it does

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

Judges; Increasing the number of circuit judges in certain judicial circuits; increasing the number of county court judges in certain counties, etc.

Every action

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

1. May 12, 2026HousePassed as amended; YEAS 104, NAYS 1
2. May 12, 2026HouseRefused to pass the Senate bill as passed by the Senate and acceded to the request for conference
3. May 12, 2026HouseBill placed in Conference (Appropriations Conference Committee/Budget)
4. May 12, 2026HouseConference Committee appointed
5. May 12, 2026SenateIn returning messages
6. May 12, 2026SenateBill placed in Conference (Appropriations Conference Committee/Budget)
7. May 12, 2026SenateConference Committee appointed: Appropriations Conference Committee/Budget: Senator Hooper, Chair; Senators Berman, Boyd, Brodeur, Gruters, Passidomo, and Rouson, At Large; Appropriations Conference Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government/Agriculture & Natural Resources: Senator Brodeur, Chair; Senators Arrington, Berman, DiCeglie, Grall, Massullo, McClain, Nathan, Pizzo, Rodriguez, Sharief, and Truenow; Appropriations Conference Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government/State Administration: Senator Brodeur, Chair; Senators Arrington, Berman, DiCeglie, Grall, Massullo, McClain, Nathan, Pizzo, Rodriguez, Sharief, and Truenow; Appropriations Conference Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice/Justice: Senator Garcia, Chair; Senators Martin, Osgood, Polsky, Simon, Smith, Wright, and Yarborough; Appropriations Conference Committee on Health and Human Services/Health Care: Senator Trumbull, Chair; Senators Brodeur, Burton, Davis, Garcia, Harrell, Rodriguez, Rouson, and Sharief; Appropriations Conference Committee on Higher Education/Higher Education: Senator Harrell, Chair; Senators Bracy Davis, Bradley, Burgess, Calatayud, Davis, and Leek; Appropriations Conference Committee on Pre-K – 12 Education/Pre-K – 12: Senator Burgess, Chair; Senators Bradley, Calatayud, Gaetz, Jones, Massullo, Nathan, Osgood, Pizzo, Simon, and Yarborough; Appropriations Conference Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development/Transportation & Economic Development: Senator DiCeglie, Chair; Senators Arrington, Avila, Bernard, Bracy Davis, Grall, Leek, Martin, Mayfield, McClain, Polsky, Smith, Truenow, and Wright.
8. May 29, 2026SenateDied in Conference Committee, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 5001 -E (Ch. 2026-232 )

Roll calls

2 recorded votes: 2 on the floor, 0 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it.

• Ileana GarciaR Primary sponsor · District 36