---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Defender Duties"
description: "Public Defender Duties; Specifies additional circumstances under which a public defender may not be appointed to represent a defendant."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 67"
citation: "Florida HB 67 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-18"
primary_sponsors: ["Fernandez-Barquin"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 38
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-12-14"
last_action: "2021-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0cf6b5e8-26fa-4469-afef-1da15c2cae4b"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/67/ByCategory"
source_hash: "8833d94f49d0aee2f82e2ef5d581c9bc30da34764a3547be4677960a3c430bbc"
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 67 (2021) — Public Defender Duties

Public Defender Duties; Specifies additional circumstances under which a public defender may not be appointed to represent a defendant.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-18.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 67 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/67/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 67 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/67/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Judiciary Committee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Justice Appropriations Subcommittee) — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee) — **16–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fernandez-Barquin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-14** Filed `filing`
- **2021-01-15** Referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety Subcommittee; Justice Appropriations Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** Added to Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-02-17** Favorable by Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-17** Reported out of Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
- **2021-02-17** Now in Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2021-03-02** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2021-03-04** Added to Justice Appropriations Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-03-08** Favorable by Justice Appropriations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-08** Reported out of Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2021-03-08** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2021-03-22** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- **2021-03-24** Favorable by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-24** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- **2021-03-24** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2021-03-24** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2021-03-25** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/31/2021)
- **2021-03-31** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-31** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2021-03-31** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2021-04-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-01** Passed; YEAS 116, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-07** In Messages
- **2021-04-07** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07** Message sent to senate
- **2021-04-07** Received
- **2021-04-08** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2021-04-08** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2021-04-08** Substituted for SB 752
- **2021-04-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-08** Passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-08** Immediately certified
- **2021-04-08** In Messages
- **2021-04-08** Ordered enrolled
- **2021-05-07** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2021-05-07** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-11** Chapter No. 2021-18

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0cf6b5e8-26fa-4469-afef-1da15c2cae4b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).