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

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Clerks of Court"
+description: "Clerks of Court; Revises collections requirements of clerk of court when party petitions for dissolution of marriage; revises collections requirements in probate matters; revises collections requirements of clerk of court in trial & appellate proceedings; revises allocation of filing fees in trial & appellate proceedings; revises collections requirements of clerk of court as it relates to fines, fees, service charges, & costs remitted to state."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
+legislature: "Florida Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 977"
+citation: "Florida HB 977 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["crimes", "domestic relations", "judicial branch", "motor vehicles"]
+status: "enacted"
+chapter_law: "2023-284"
+primary_sponsors: ["Botana"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 43
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2023-02-21"
+last_action: "2023-06-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e0701011-eabc-41e7-aee8-3173d60a537f"
+source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/977/ByCategory"
+source_hash: "9406813a2766d301f0bd4c777e4d43b06e066a1c102321bedb6186f56864e202"
+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 HB 977 (2023) — Clerks of Court
+
+Clerks of Court; Revises collections requirements of clerk of court when party petitions for dissolution of marriage; revises collections requirements in probate matters; revises collections requirements of clerk of court in trial & appellate proceedings; revises allocation of filing fees in trial & appellate proceedings; revises collections requirements of clerk of court as it relates to fines, fees, service charges, & costs remitted to state.
+
+**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-284.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **H 977 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/977/BillText/Filed/PDF)
+2. **H 977 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/977/BillText/c1/PDF)
+3. **H 977 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/977/BillText/er/PDF)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+- Favorable (Civil Justice Subcommittee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
+- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Justice Appropriations Subcommittee) — **15–0** (pass) · lower
+- Favorable (Judiciary Committee) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
+- Passage, Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Botana — primary (person)
+- Justice Appropriations Subcommittee — primary (organization)
+- Barnaby — cosponsor (person)
+- Basabe — cosponsor (person)
+- Bracy Davis — cosponsor (person)
+- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
+- Eskamani — cosponsor (person)
+- Killebrew — cosponsor (person)
+- Leek — cosponsor (person)
+- López, J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Massullo — cosponsor (person)
+- Mooney — cosponsor (person)
+- Trabulsy — cosponsor (person)
+- Valdés — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-21** Filed `filing`
+- **2023-02-28** Referred to Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-28** Referred to Justice Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-28** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-28** Now in Civil Justice Subcommittee
+- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
+- **2023-03-10** Added to Civil Justice Subcommittee agenda
+- **2023-03-14** Favorable by Civil Justice Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-14** Reported out of Civil Justice Subcommittee
+- **2023-03-14** Now in Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
+- **2023-04-06** Added to Justice Appropriations Subcommittee agenda
+- **2023-04-11** Favorable with CS by Justice Appropriations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-11** Reported out of Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
+- **2023-04-12** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
+- **2023-04-12** CS Filed `filing`
+- **2023-04-12** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
+- **2023-04-13** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-13** Now in Judiciary Committee
+- **2023-04-17** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
+- **2023-04-19** Favorable by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-19** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
+- **2023-04-19** Bill released to House Calendar
+- **2023-04-19** Added to Second Reading Calendar
+- **2023-04-20** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/25/2023)
+- **2023-04-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-25** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-25** Added to Third Reading Calendar
+- **2023-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-26** CS passed; YEAS 114, NAYS 0 `passage`
+- **2023-04-26** In Messages
+- **2023-04-26** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-26** Received `enrolled`
+- **2023-04-28** Withdrawn from Appropriations `withdrawal`
+- **2023-04-28** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
+- **2023-04-28** Substituted for CS/SB 1130
+- **2023-04-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-28** CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
+- **2023-04-28** In Messages
+- **2023-04-28** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2023-06-12** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-06-22** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-06-22** Chapter No. 2023-284
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e0701011-eabc-41e7-aee8-3173d60a537f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
+