Legislation: Florida — 2,186 enacted records (OpenStates 2026-07-01)

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Jury Service"
+description: "Jury Service; Requiring that full-time students who meet specified criteria be excused from jury service upon request, etc."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
+legislature: "Florida Legislature"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "SB 738"
+citation: "Florida SB 738 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+chapter_law: "2020-57"
+primary_sponsors: ["Harrell"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 31
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2019-11-04"
+last_action: "2020-06-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d39223cc-eefe-40bc-be84-93102378ecd5"
+source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/738/ByCategory"
+source_hash: "fbeaa845392babe4e913244f3d9bef1be9b5d1865d3528c42f31cda94b6a2b5a"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
+---
+
+# Florida SB 738 (2020) — Jury Service
+
+Jury Service; Requiring that full-time students who meet specified criteria be excused from jury service upon request, etc.
+
+**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2020-57.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **S 738 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/738/BillText/Filed/HTML)
+2. **S 738 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/738/BillText/c1/HTML)
+3. **S 738 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/738/BillText/er/HTML)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage, Third Reading — **113–1** (pass) · lower
+- Favorable — **4–0** (pass) · upper
+- Third Reading — **37–2** (pass) · upper
+- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **13–3** (pass) · upper
+- Favorable — **7–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Harrell — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-11-04** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-11-21** Referred to Judiciary; Education; Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2019-12-02** On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 12/10/19, 2:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
+- **2019-12-10** Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 4 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-12-10** Now in Education
+- **2020-01-14** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2020-01-22** On Committee agenda-- Education, 01/27/20, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
+- **2020-01-27** Favorable by Education; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-01-27** Now in Rules
+- **2020-02-26** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 03/02/20, 12:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
+- **2020-03-02** CS by- Rules; YEAS 13 NAYS 3
+- **2020-03-03** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
+- **2020-03-03** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
+- **2020-03-03** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/05/20
+- **2020-03-04** CS by Rules read 1st time
+- **2020-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2020-03-05** Placed on 3rd reading
+- **2020-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2020-03-06** CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 2 `passage`
+- **2020-03-06** In Messages
+- **2020-03-09** Referred to Calendar `referral-committee`
+- **2020-03-09** Received
+- **2020-03-10** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/10/20
+- **2020-03-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2020-03-10** Placed on 3rd reading
+- **2020-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2020-03-11** CS passed; YEAS 113 NAYS 1 `passage`
+- **2020-03-11** Ordered enrolled
+- **2020-06-11** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
+- **2020-06-20** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2020-06-22** Chapter No. 2020-57
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d39223cc-eefe-40bc-be84-93102378ecd5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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