---
type: "Bill"
title: "Domestic Violence Services"
description: "Domestic Violence Services; Revises duties of DCF in relation to domestic violence program; removes duties & functions of Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence with respect to domestic violence; revises requirements of domestic violence centers; removes coalition from capital improvement grant program process."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1087"
citation: "Florida HB 1087 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["criminal procedure and corrections", "j", "domestic relations", "judicial branch"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2020-6"
primary_sponsors: ["Fernandez-Barquin"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 37
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-01-03"
last_action: "2020-02-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/52b24bfa-d43f-48c7-a07b-5c879260b9bb"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1087/ByCategory"
source_hash: "089524aafbdecfe80252370486780d32841b8393761f9f2b41cdfe599e61bbfc"
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 1087 (2020) — Domestic Violence Services

Domestic Violence Services; Revises duties of DCF in relation to domestic violence program; removes duties & functions of Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence with respect to domestic violence; revises requirements of domestic violence centers; removes coalition from capital improvement grant program process.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2020-6.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1087 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1087/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1087 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1087/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1087 e1** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1087/BillText/e1/PDF)
4. **H 1087 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1087/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Health & Human Services Committee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Public Integrity & Ethics Committee) — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee) — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fernandez-Barquin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-03** Filed `filing`
- **2020-01-13** Referred to Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee; Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-14** Introduced `introduction`
- **2020-01-17** On Committee agenda-- Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee, 01/22/20, 9:30 am, 12 HOB
- **2020-01-22** CS by Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee; YEAS 15 NAYS 0
- **2020-01-22** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2020-01-22** CS by Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee read 1st time
- **2020-01-23** Original reference(s) removed: Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2020-01-23** CS referred to Public Integrity and Ethics Committee; Health and Human Services Committee
- **2020-01-23** Now in Public Integrity and Ethics Committee
- **2020-01-28** On Committee agenda-- Public Integrity and Ethics Committee, 01/30/20, 11:30 am, Sumner Hall
- **2020-01-30** Favorable by Public Integrity and Ethics Committee; YEAS 14 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-01-30** Now in Health and Human Services Committee
- **2020-02-04** On Committee agenda-- Health and Human Services Committee, 02/06/20, 12:00 pm, Morris Hall
- **2020-02-06** Favorable by- Health and Human Services Committee; YEAS 18 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-06** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-13** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/19/20
- **2020-02-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-19** Amendment(s) adopted (680903)
- **2020-02-19** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2020-02-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-20** CS passed as amended; YEAS 117 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2020-02-20** Immediately certified
- **2020-02-20** In Messages
- **2020-02-20** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-26** Withdrawn from Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2020-02-26** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2020-02-26** Substituted for CS/SB 1482
- **2020-02-26** Received
- **2020-02-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-26** CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2020-02-26** Immediately certified
- **2020-02-26** Ordered enrolled
- **2020-02-27** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2020-02-27** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-02-28** Chapter No. 2020-6

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/52b24bfa-d43f-48c7-a07b-5c879260b9bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).