---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clerks of the Circuit Court"
description: "Clerks of the Circuit Court; Requiring certain service charges to be distributed in a specified manner; specifying the amount of charges for certain services rendered by, and instruments filed with, the clerk of the circuit court which are not court records; clarifying the responsibility of an individual released from incarceration regarding enrolling in a payment plan for any outstanding court obligations; requiring the clerks to develop a uniform payment plan form by a specified date; requiring the clerks of the court to submit requests for reimbursement for jury-related costs to the Florida Clerks of Court Operations Corporation within specified timeframes, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 838"
citation: "Florida SB 838 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["alcoholic beverages and tobacco", "civil practice and procedure", "crimes", "motor vehicles", "real and personal property", "taxation and finance"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-116"
primary_sponsors: ["Boyd"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 35
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-01-26"
last_action: "2021-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ab94e3d-3104-4949-9cd9-b52b87b09e43"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/838/ByCategory"
source_hash: "d3844f15b6d74fdf871ff60afcf5c4971cfc4ccf8312dd0ecebf7a9383965d83"
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 838 (2021) — Clerks of the Circuit Court

Clerks of the Circuit Court; Requiring certain service charges to be distributed in a specified manner; specifying the amount of charges for certain services rendered by, and instruments filed with, the clerk of the circuit court which are not court records; clarifying the responsibility of an individual released from incarceration regarding enrolling in a payment plan for any outstanding court obligations; requiring the clerks to develop a uniform payment plan form by a specified date; requiring the clerks of the court to submit requests for reimbursement for jury-related costs to the Florida Clerks of Court Operations Corporation within specified timeframes, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-116.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 838 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/838/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 838 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/838/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 838 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/838/BillText/c2/HTML)
4. **S 838 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/838/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **20–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Boyd — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-26** Filed `filing`
- **2021-02-04** Referred to Judiciary; Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-03-04** On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 03/09/21, 11:45 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2021-03-09** CS by Judiciary; YEAS 10 NAYS 0
- **2021-03-10** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2021-03-10** Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice
- **2021-03-11** CS by Judiciary read 1st time
- **2021-03-12** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 03/17/21, 3:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
- **2021-03-17** Subcommittee Recommendation: CS/CS by Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
- **2021-03-22** Now in Appropriations
- **2021-04-12** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/15/21, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2021-04-14** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/19/21, 10:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2021-04-15** CS/CS by- Appropriations; YEAS 20 NAYS 0
- **2021-04-18** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2021-04-19** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2021-04-19** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/21/21
- **2021-04-20** CS/CS by Appropriations read 1st time
- **2021-04-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-21** CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-21** In Messages
- **2021-04-23** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2021-04-23** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/26/2021)
- **2021-04-23** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
- **2021-04-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-26** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2021-04-26** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2021-04-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-27** CS passed; YEAS 117, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-27** Ordered enrolled
- **2021-04-27** Message sent to senate
- **2021-06-15** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2021-06-17** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-18** Chapter No. 2021-116

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4ab94e3d-3104-4949-9cd9-b52b87b09e43`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).