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

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Clerks of the Circuit Court"
+description: "Clerks of the Circuit Court; Requiring certain service charges to be distributed in a specified manner; specifying the amount of charges for certain services rendered by, and instruments filed with, the clerk of the circuit court which are not court records; clarifying the responsibility of an individual released from incarceration regarding enrolling in a payment plan for any outstanding court obligations; requiring the clerks to develop a uniform payment plan form by a specified date; requiring the clerks of the court to submit requests for reimbursement for jury-related costs to the Florida Clerks of Court Operations Corporation within specified timeframes, etc."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
+legislature: "Florida Legislature"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 838"
+citation: "Florida SB 838 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["alcoholic beverages and tobacco", "civil practice and procedure", "crimes", "motor vehicles", "real and personal property", "taxation and finance"]
+status: "enacted"
+chapter_law: "2021-116"
+primary_sponsors: ["Boyd"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 35
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2021-01-26"
+last_action: "2021-06-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ab94e3d-3104-4949-9cd9-b52b87b09e43"
+source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/838/ByCategory"
+source_hash: "d3844f15b6d74fdf871ff60afcf5c4971cfc4ccf8312dd0ecebf7a9383965d83"
+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 838 (2021) — Clerks of the Circuit Court
+
+Clerks of the Circuit Court; Requiring certain service charges to be distributed in a specified manner; specifying the amount of charges for certain services rendered by, and instruments filed with, the clerk of the circuit court which are not court records; clarifying the responsibility of an individual released from incarceration regarding enrolling in a payment plan for any outstanding court obligations; requiring the clerks to develop a uniform payment plan form by a specified date; requiring the clerks of the court to submit requests for reimbursement for jury-related costs to the Florida Clerks of Court Operations Corporation within specified timeframes, etc.
+
+**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-116.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **S 838 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/838/BillText/Filed/HTML)
+2. **S 838 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/838/BillText/c1/HTML)
+3. **S 838 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/838/BillText/c2/HTML)
+4. **S 838 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/838/BillText/er/HTML)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **10–0** (pass) · upper
+- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **7–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage, Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower
+- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **20–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Boyd — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-26** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-02-04** Referred to Judiciary; Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-02** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2021-03-04** On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 03/09/21, 11:45 am, 412 Knott Building
+- **2021-03-09** CS by Judiciary; YEAS 10 NAYS 0
+- **2021-03-10** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
+- **2021-03-10** Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice
+- **2021-03-11** CS by Judiciary read 1st time
+- **2021-03-12** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 03/17/21, 3:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
+- **2021-03-17** Subcommittee Recommendation: CS/CS by Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
+- **2021-03-22** Now in Appropriations
+- **2021-04-12** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/15/21, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
+- **2021-04-14** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/19/21, 10:00 am, 412 Knott Building
+- **2021-04-15** CS/CS by- Appropriations; YEAS 20 NAYS 0
+- **2021-04-18** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
+- **2021-04-19** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
+- **2021-04-19** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/21/21
+- **2021-04-20** CS/CS by Appropriations read 1st time
+- **2021-04-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-21** CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
+- **2021-04-21** In Messages
+- **2021-04-23** Bill referred to House Calendar
+- **2021-04-23** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/26/2021)
+- **2021-04-23** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
+- **2021-04-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-26** Placed on 3rd reading
+- **2021-04-26** Added to Third Reading Calendar
+- **2021-04-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-27** CS passed; YEAS 117, NAYS 0 `passage`
+- **2021-04-27** Ordered enrolled
+- **2021-04-27** Message sent to senate
+- **2021-06-15** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
+- **2021-06-17** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-06-18** Chapter No. 2021-116
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4ab94e3d-3104-4949-9cd9-b52b87b09e43`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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