---
type: "Bill"
title: "Bail Pending Appellate Review"
description: "Bail Pending Appellate Review; Prohibits bail to specified offenders pending review following conviction for offense requiring sexual offender or sexual predator registration if victim was minor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 333"
citation: "Florida HB 333 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["criminal procedure and corrections"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2020-83"
primary_sponsors: ["Leek"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-10-10"
last_action: "2020-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d65fbe0c-5b2c-4d94-b32c-12220c1b8587"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/333/ByCategory"
source_hash: "6ad70eabea4cbda292fc3c844239068eec109de3754a71806f817b160f9bedb0"
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 333 (2020) — Bail Pending Appellate Review

Bail Pending Appellate Review; Prohibits bail to specified offenders pending review following conviction for offense requiring sexual offender or sexual predator registration if victim was minor.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2020-83.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 333 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/333/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 333 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/333/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 333 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/333/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Criminal Justice Subcommittee) — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Judiciary Committee) — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Justice Appropriations Subcommittee) — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Leek — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-10-10** Filed `filing`
- **2019-10-16** 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 12 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-01-16** Now in Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2020-01-31** On Committee agenda-- Justice Appropriations Subcommittee, 02/04/20, 9:00 am, Morris Hall
- **2020-02-04** Favorable by Justice Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-04** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2020-02-10** On Committee agenda-- Judiciary Committee, 02/12/20, 10:00 am, Sumner Hall
- **2020-02-12** CS by- Judiciary Committee; YEAS 13 NAYS 0
- **2020-02-12** Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2020-02-13** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-13** CS by Judiciary Committee read 1st time
- **2020-02-20** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/26/20
- **2020-02-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-26** CS passed; YEAS 115 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-03** In Messages
- **2020-03-04** Referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-04** Received
- **2020-03-05** Withdrawn from Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Rules `withdrawal`
- **2020-03-05** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2020-03-05** Substituted for SB 510
- **2020-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-05** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2020-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-06** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-06** Ordered enrolled
- **2020-06-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2020-06-23** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-24** Chapter No. 2020-83

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d65fbe0c-5b2c-4d94-b32c-12220c1b8587`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).