---
type: "Bill"
title: "Courts"
description: "Courts"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 337"
citation: "Florida HB 337 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["torts", "domestic relations", "reclamation", "and use", "vessels", "criminal procedure and corrections", "real and personal property", "civil practice and procedure"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2019-58"
primary_sponsors: ["Leek"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 40
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-17"
last_action: "2019-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ea06133-0670-495a-ae88-ef5103b40199"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/337/ByCategory"
source_hash: "4fcb580cb1fcd9f9420107933bdfcc8d59fc3f179c278a87769706b8bba62d10"
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 337 (2019) — Courts

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2019-58.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 337 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/337/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 337 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/337/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 337 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/337/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 337 e1** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/337/BillText/e1/PDF)
5. **H 337 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/337/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Justice Appropriations Subcommittee) — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **111–4** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Civil Justice Subcommittee) — **13–1** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Judiciary Committee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Message, Passage — **109–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Leek — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-17** Filed `filing`
- **2019-01-30** Referred to Civil Justice Subcommittee; Justice Appropriations Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-03-11** On Committee agenda-- Civil Justice Subcommittee, 03/13/19, 8:30 am, Sumner Hall -- Temporarily postponed
- **2019-03-18** On Committee agenda-- Civil Justice Subcommittee, 03/20/19, 8:00 am, Sumner Hall
- **2019-03-20** CS by Civil Justice Subcommittee; YEAS 13 NAYS 1
- **2019-03-22** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2019-03-25** CS by Civil Justice Subcommittee read 1st time
- **2019-03-25** Now in Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2019-03-29** On Committee agenda-- Justice Appropriations Subcommittee, 04/02/19, 1:00 pm, Mashburn Hall
- **2019-04-02** Favorable by Justice Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-02** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2019-04-12** On Committee agenda-- Judiciary Committee, 04/16/19, 1:30 pm, Sumner Hall
- **2019-04-16** CS/CS by- Judiciary Committee; YEAS 18 NAYS 0
- **2019-04-17** Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2019-04-17** CS/CS by Judiciary Committee read 1st time
- **2019-04-18** Placed on Calendar
- **2019-04-18** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/23/19
- **2019-04-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-23** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2019-04-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-24** CS passed; YEAS 111 NAYS 4 `passage`
- **2019-04-24** In Messages
- **2019-04-24** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-25** Received
- **2019-05-02** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2019-05-02** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2019-05-02** Substituted for CS/CS/CS/SB 328
- **2019-05-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-02** Amendment(s) adopted (252840)
- **2019-05-02** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2019-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-03** CS passed as amended; YEAS 36 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2019-05-03** In returning messages
- **2019-05-03** Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (938140) -HJ 1246, 1255
- **2019-05-03** CS passed as amended; YEAS 109 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2019-05-03** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
- **2019-05-22** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2019-05-24** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-24** Chapter No. 2019-58

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0ea06133-0670-495a-ae88-ef5103b40199`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).