---
type: "Bill"
title: "Juvenile Justice Programs and Detention"
description: "Juvenile Justice Programs and Detention; Creates Accountability & Program Support Program within DJJ; requires court to consider specified information before ordering child into custody for failing to appear; requires each judicial circuit to develop plan in consultation with parties; requires DJJ to calculate annually & provide to each county that is not fiscally constrained & does not provide its own detention care for juveniles its annual percentage share of detention costs; authorizes DJJ to evaluate viability of alternative model for providing & funding education services for youth in detention & residential facilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 885"
citation: "Florida HB 885 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["executive branch"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-219"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 48
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-10"
last_action: "2021-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4963e5c-d0c0-465f-bb0d-832582606320"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/885/ByCategory"
source_hash: "722eb0fb4806b85592897e7127cc58901ef5404a58d1c445f8cbbf19cbdbe536"
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 885 (2021) — Juvenile Justice Programs and Detention

Juvenile Justice Programs and Detention; Creates Accountability & Program Support Program within DJJ; requires court to consider specified information before ordering child into custody for failing to appear; requires each judicial circuit to develop plan in consultation with parties; requires DJJ to calculate annually & provide to each county that is not fiscally constrained & does not provide its own detention care for juveniles its annual percentage share of detention costs; authorizes DJJ to evaluate viability of alternative model for providing & funding education services for youth in detention & residential facilities.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-219.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 885 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/885/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 885 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/885/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 885 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/885/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 885 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/885/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Justice Appropriations Subcommittee) — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Judiciary Committee) — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **119–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee) — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Judiciary Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-10** Filed `filing`
- **2021-02-22** Referred to Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** Referred to Justice Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** Now in Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
- **2021-03-02** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2021-03-12** Added to Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-03-16** Favorable with CS by Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
- **2021-03-17** Reported out of Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
- **2021-03-17** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2021-03-17** CS Filed
- **2021-03-17** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- **2021-03-21** Referred to Justice Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-21** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-21** Now in Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2021-03-23** Added to Justice Appropriations Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-03-25** Favorable by Justice Appropriations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-25** Reported out of Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2021-03-25** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2021-04-02** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- **2021-04-06** Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee
- **2021-04-06** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- **2021-04-06** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2021-04-06** CS Filed
- **2021-04-07** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
- **2021-04-08** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2021-04-08** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2021-04-15** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/20/2021)
- **2021-04-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-20** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2021-04-20** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2021-04-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-21** CS passed; YEAS 119, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-21** Message sent to senate
- **2021-04-21** In Messages
- **2021-04-21** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21** Received
- **2021-04-22** Withdrawn from Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2021-04-22** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2021-04-22** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1166
- **2021-04-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-22** CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-22** In Messages
- **2021-04-22** 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. 2021-219

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f4963e5c-d0c0-465f-bb0d-832582606320`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).