---
type: "Bill"
title: "Judges"
description: "Judges; Revises number of circuit court judges in certain circuits; revises number of county court judges in certain counties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 5301"
citation: "Florida HB 5301 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2020-112"
primary_sponsors: ["Justice Appropriations Subcommittee"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-01-28"
last_action: "2020-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/911cc5f8-ed1d-443d-9437-85d03eded8da"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/5301/ByCategory"
source_hash: "6d2ea7cff3736042d0154d5fbab0ee307407e78a12ea3e1bcd5315d40f59fd02"
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 5301 (2020) — Judges

Judges; Revises number of circuit court judges in certain circuits; revises number of county court judges in certain counties.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2020-112.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 5301 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/5301/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 5301 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/5301/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Appropriations Committee) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable — **16–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Justice Appropriations Subcommittee) — **12–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Justice Appropriations Subcommittee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-28** Filed `filing`
- **2020-01-28** Introduced `introduction`
- **2020-01-29** Referred to Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-03** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee, 02/05/20, 10:00 am, Webster Hall
- **2020-02-05** Favorable by- Appropriations Committee; YEAS 22 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-05** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-06** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/12/20
- **2020-02-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-12** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2020-02-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-13** Passed; YEAS 117 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2020-02-13** Immediately certified
- **2020-02-13** In Messages
- **2020-02-13** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-13** Received
- **2020-02-26** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 03/02/20, 12:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
- **2020-03-02** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 16 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-03** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2020-03-09** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/11/20
- **2020-03-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-11** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2020-03-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-12** Passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Ordered enrolled
- **2020-06-17** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2020-06-29** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-29** Chapter No. 2020-112

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/911cc5f8-ed1d-443d-9437-85d03eded8da`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).