---
type: "Bill"
title: "Courts"
description: "Courts"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 5011"
citation: "Florida HB 5011 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2019-95"
primary_sponsors: ["Appropriations Committee"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-03-28"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3f2bba6b-e2da-4b3d-84f0-de813460a82f"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/5011/ByCategory"
source_hash: "7585aa31f2f1dbaec4f349c2c052bec4c187614d6becbac0658f2a2b3141a020"
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 5011 (2019) — Courts

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2019-95.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 5011 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/5011/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 5011 e1** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/5011/BillText/e1/PDF)
3. **H 5011 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/5011/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable with 1 amendment — **18–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Appropriations Committee) — **20–4** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Message, Passage — **108–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Appropriations Committee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-28** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-28** Referred to Calendar `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-28** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/03/19
- **2019-03-28** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-04-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-03** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2019-04-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-04** Passed; YEAS 112 NAYS 0
- **2019-04-04** Immediately certified
- **2019-04-04** In Messages
- **2019-04-05** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-08** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/11/19, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2019-04-09** Received
- **2019-04-11** Favorable with 1 amendment(s) by- Appropriations (963756); YEAS 18 NAYS 0
- **2019-04-12** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Amendments)
- **2019-04-15** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2019-04-26** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/30/19
- **2019-04-30** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-30** Amendment(s) adopted (963756)
- **2019-04-30** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2019-05-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-01** Passed as amended; YEAS 36 NAYS 0
- **2019-05-01** In returning messages
- **2019-05-02** Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (963756)
- **2019-05-02** Passed as amended; YEAS 108 NAYS 2
- **2019-05-02** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
- **2019-06-05** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2019-06-07** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10** Chapter No. 2019-95, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 2500 (Ch. 2019-115)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3f2bba6b-e2da-4b3d-84f0-de813460a82f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).