---
type: "Bill"
title: "Courts"
description: "Courts; Specifying that certain exemptions from court-related fees and charges apply to certain entities; requiring the court to waive any court costs or filing fees for certain proceedings involving public guardians; providing that certain examinations may be performed and reports prepared by a physician assistant or an advanced practice registered nurse under certain circumstances, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 344"
citation: "Florida SB 344 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["domestic relations", "judicial branch"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2020-73"
primary_sponsors: ["Bradley"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-09-18"
last_action: "2020-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/08e2819f-8424-4bf4-98d8-b447abc9c35f"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/344/ByCategory"
source_hash: "3dacf74157e5149eae943a281ae8738cdfab17e45aee1ea3ff74743a54304b0a"
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 344 (2020) — Courts

Courts; Specifying that certain exemptions from court-related fees and charges apply to certain entities; requiring the court to waive any court costs or filing fees for certain proceedings involving public guardians; providing that certain examinations may be performed and reports prepared by a physician assistant or an advanced practice registered nurse under certain circumstances, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2020-73.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 344 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/344/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 344 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/344/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 344 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/344/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **17–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bradley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-09-18** Filed `filing`
- **2019-10-15** Referred to Judiciary; Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2019-10-28** On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 11/05/19, 2:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
- **2019-11-05** CS by Judiciary; YEAS 6 NAYS 0
- **2019-11-06** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2019-11-07** Now in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
- **2019-12-02** On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 12/10/19, 2:00 pm, 301 Senate Building
- **2019-12-10** Favorable by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 5 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-12-10** Now in Rules
- **2020-01-14** Introduced `introduction`
- **2020-01-14** CS by Judiciary read 1st time
- **2020-02-14** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/19/20, 10:00 am, 110 Senate Building
- **2020-02-19** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 17 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-19** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2020-02-20** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/26/20
- **2020-02-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-26** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2020-03-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-03** CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-03** 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 114 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-11** Ordered enrolled
- **2020-06-15** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2020-06-23** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-24** Chapter No. 2020-73

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/08e2819f-8424-4bf4-98d8-b447abc9c35f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).