---
type: "Bill"
title: "Inmate Welfare Trust Funds"
description: "Inmate Welfare Trust Funds; Requiring that certain amounts in inmate trust fund accounts be deposited into the trust fund; requiring that specified proceeds and funds be deposited into the State-Operated Institutions Inmate Welfare Trust Fund; providing that the trust fund is a trust held by the Department of Corrections for the benefit and welfare of certain inmates; requiring that funds of the trust fund be used exclusively for specified purposes at correctional facilities operated by the department; requiring that certain prisoner earnings are deposited into the trust fund, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 1118"
citation: "Florida SB 1118 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2020-98"
primary_sponsors: ["Brandes"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-12-03"
last_action: "2020-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/30566885-09c1-4c3b-bef3-211b24712b7e"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1118/ByCategory"
source_hash: "94fe584b1643817b012a589492431468cca6a245a05297fdbe6eeb600ce49351"
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 SB 1118 (2020) — Inmate Welfare Trust Funds

Inmate Welfare Trust Funds; Requiring that certain amounts in inmate trust fund accounts be deposited into the trust fund; requiring that specified proceeds and funds be deposited into the State-Operated Institutions Inmate Welfare Trust Fund; providing that the trust fund is a trust held by the Department of Corrections for the benefit and welfare of certain inmates; requiring that funds of the trust fund be used exclusively for specified purposes at correctional facilities operated by the department; requiring that certain prisoner earnings are deposited into the trust fund, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2020-98.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 1118 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1118/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 1118 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1118/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 1118 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1118/BillText/c2/HTML)
4. **S 1118 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1118/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **118–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **18–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brandes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-12-03** Filed `filing`
- **2019-12-13** Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-14** Introduced `introduction`
- **2020-01-16** On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 01/21/20, 10:00 am, 37 Senate Building
- **2020-01-21** CS by Criminal Justice; YEAS 4 NAYS 0
- **2020-01-21** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2020-01-23** Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice
- **2020-01-27** CS by Criminal Justice read 1st time
- **2020-02-10** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 02/13/20, 10:00 am, 37 Senate Building
- **2020-02-13** Subcommittee Recommendation: CS/CS by Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
- **2020-02-17** Now in Appropriations
- **2020-02-24** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 02/27/20, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2020-02-27** CS/CS by- Appropriations; YEAS 18 NAYS 0
- **2020-03-02** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2020-03-02** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2020-03-03** CS/CS by Appropriations read 1st time
- **2020-03-05** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/09/20
- **2020-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-09** CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-09** In Messages
- **2020-03-09** Referred to Calendar `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-09** Received
- **2020-03-10** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/10/20
- **2020-03-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-10** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2020-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-11** CS passed; YEAS 118 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-11** Ordered enrolled
- **2020-06-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2020-06-27** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-29** Chapter No. 2020-98

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/30566885-09c1-4c3b-bef3-211b24712b7e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).