---
type: "Bill"
title: "Veterans Treatment Court Programs"
description: "Veterans Treatment Court Programs; Authorizes courts to create & administer veterans treatment court programs; requires such programs to adopt certain policies & procedures; provides eligibility criteria for participation in program; authorizes court to impose condition requiring certain probationers or community controllees to participate in treatment programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 7023"
citation: "Florida HB 7023 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-240"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-03-10"
last_action: "2021-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/336afc0e-bf4e-4573-98c9-ad5d1b5d260b"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/7023/ByCategory"
source_hash: "9c2c8b13d1b5b3d07d5706ef8679da622ac046823484b50de1009cf849a1b19c"
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 7023 (2021) — Veterans Treatment Court Programs

Veterans Treatment Court Programs; Authorizes courts to create & administer veterans treatment court programs; requires such programs to adopt certain policies & procedures; provides eligibility criteria for participation in program; authorizes court to impose condition requiring certain probationers or community controllees to participate in treatment programs.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-240.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 7023 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/7023/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 7023 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/7023/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 7023 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/7023/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable With Amendment(s) (Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Judiciary Committee) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Judiciary Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-10** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-10** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2021-03-12** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-12** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2021-03-25** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- **2021-03-29** Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee
- **2021-03-29** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- **2021-03-29** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2021-03-29** CS Filed
- **2021-03-30** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- **2021-03-31** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2021-03-31** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2021-04-08** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/15/2021)
- **2021-04-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-15** CS passed; YEAS 117, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-15** Immediately certified
- **2021-04-15** Message sent to senate
- **2021-04-15** In Messages
- **2021-04-19** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-20** Received
- **2021-04-26** Withdrawn from Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2021-04-26** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2021-04-26** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 764
- **2021-04-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-26** CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-26** In Messages
- **2021-04-26** Ordered enrolled
- **2021-06-28** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2021-06-29** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-06** Chapter No. 2021-240

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/336afc0e-bf4e-4573-98c9-ad5d1b5d260b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).