---
type: "Bill"
title: "Security in Trial Court Facilities"
description: "Security in Trial Court Facilities; Requires sheriffs to coordinate with specified entities to develop comprehensive plan for security of trial court facilities; specifies sheriffs & chief judges retain certain authority; specifies sheriffs & their deputies, employees, & contractors are officers of court under specified circumstances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 131"
citation: "Florida HB 131 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2020-100"
primary_sponsors: ["McClain"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-09-10"
last_action: "2020-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4139e1b6-73a0-4e2a-86fe-66f60351969b"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/131/ByCategory"
source_hash: "40228d51f0971baa5cdd560ac599187b18661d98ed0833b960cca1161f20d121"
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 131 (2020) — Security in Trial Court Facilities

Security in Trial Court Facilities; Requires sheriffs to coordinate with specified entities to develop comprehensive plan for security of trial court facilities; specifies sheriffs & chief judges retain certain authority; specifies sheriffs & their deputies, employees, & contractors are officers of court under specified circumstances.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2020-100.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 131 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/131/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 131 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/131/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 131 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/131/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Criminal Justice Subcommittee) — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Justice Appropriations Subcommittee) — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **118–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Judiciary Committee) — **15–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McClain — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-09-10** Filed `filing`
- **2019-09-23** Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee; Justice Appropriations Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-13** On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice Subcommittee, 01/15/20, 9:30 am, Sumner Hall
- **2020-01-14** Introduced `introduction`
- **2020-01-15** Favorable by Criminal Justice Subcommittee; YEAS 13 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-01-16** Now in Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2020-01-24** On Committee agenda-- Justice Appropriations Subcommittee, 01/28/20, 4:30 pm, Morris Hall
- **2020-01-28** Favorable by Justice Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 12 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-01-28** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2020-02-04** On Committee agenda-- Judiciary Committee, 02/06/20, 12:00 pm, Sumner Hall
- **2020-02-06** CS by- Judiciary Committee; YEAS 15 NAYS 0
- **2020-02-07** Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2020-02-07** CS by Judiciary Committee read 1st time
- **2020-02-10** 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** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2020-02-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-20** CS passed; YEAS 118 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2020-02-26** In Messages
- **2020-02-27** Referred to Judiciary; Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-02** Received
- **2020-03-09** Withdrawn from Judiciary; Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2020-03-09** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2020-03-09** Substituted for SB 118
- **2020-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-09** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2020-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-10** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-10** Ordered enrolled
- **2020-06-17** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2020-06-27** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-29** Chapter No. 2020-100

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4139e1b6-73a0-4e2a-86fe-66f60351969b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).