---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Justice"
description: "Criminal Justice"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 1392"
citation: "Florida SB 1392 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["enforcement officers", "discrimination", "criminal prosecution", "communications", "public defenders", "courts", "jails", "arrests", "governments", "sentencing", "affairs", "appropriations", "agencies"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2018-127"
primary_sponsors: ["Brandes"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 39
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-12-28"
last_action: "2018-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4dde02af-471c-4a3f-bdca-e694eaa300b4"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/01392/ByCategory"
source_hash: "f1f1adfd2142fd899028813db2969865360d23c77f636af6339ccc97fee4e6ff"
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 1392 (2018) — Criminal Justice

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-127.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **S 1392 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/1392/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 1392 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/1392/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 1392 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/1392/BillText/c2/HTML)
4. **S 1392 e1** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/1392/BillText/e1/HTML)
5. **S 1392 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/1392/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **5–1** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Returning Messages — **36–1** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **19–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brandes — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-12-28** Filed `filing`
- **2018-01-12** Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-17** On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 01/22/18, 3:30 pm, 37 Senate Office Building
- **2018-01-17** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-22** CS by Criminal Justice; YEAS 5 NAYS 1
- **2018-01-23** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2018-01-23** CS by Criminal Justice read 1st time
- **2018-01-26** Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice
- **2018-02-09** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 02/14/18, 1:30 pm, 37 Senate Office Building
- **2018-02-14** Subcommittee Recommendation: Favorable by Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 6 NAYS 0
- **2018-02-15** Now in Appropriations
- **2018-02-22** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 02/27/18, 11:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2018-02-27** CS/CS by- Appropriations; YEAS 19 NAYS 1
- **2018-02-28** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2018-02-28** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2018-02-28** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/01/18
- **2018-02-28** CS/CS by Appropriations read 1st time
- **2018-03-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-01** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-03-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-02** CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-02** In Messages
- **2018-03-05** Referred to Calendar `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-05** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/06/18
- **2018-03-05** Received
- **2018-03-06** Read 2nd time -HJ 1014, 1015 `reading-2`
- **2018-03-06** Substituted for CS/CS/HB 1197
- **2018-03-06** Amendment(s) adopted (711177) -HJ 1015, 1016
- **2018-03-06** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-03-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-07** Amendment(s) adopted (307641) -HJ 1056, 1064
- **2018-03-07** CS passed as amended; YEAS 116 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-08** In returning messages
- **2018-03-09** Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (299739)
- **2018-03-09** CS passed as amended; YEAS 36 NAYS 1 `passage`
- **2018-03-09** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
- **2018-03-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2018-03-30** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-02** Chapter No. 2018-127

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4dde02af-471c-4a3f-bdca-e694eaa300b4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).