---
type: "Bill"
title: "Law Enforcement"
description: "Law Enforcement ; Authorizes a sheriff to transfer funds between specified categories and code levels after his or her budget is approved; revises salary minimums for county sheriffs; provides for adoption benefits for law enforcements officers; creates Florida Law Enforcement Recruitment Bonus Payment Program; provides exemption from certain law enforcement officer training requirements for military veterans; provides requirements for skills training for law enforcement officers relating to officer health & safety; makes children of law enforcement officers eligible for Family Empowerment Scholarships; encourages school districts to establish public safety telecommunication training programs & offer law enforcement explorer programs; requires Board of Governors & State Board of Education to create process that enables eligible law enforcement officers or former officers to earn credit for college-level training & education acquired while serving an officer; creates Florida Law Enforcement Academy Scholarship Program; provides for reimbursement for out-of-state & special operations forces law enforcement equivalency training."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 3"
citation: "Florida HB 3 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["commercial relations", "county organization and intergovernmental relations", "criminal procedure and corrections", "judicial branch", "labor"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2022-23"
primary_sponsors: ["Brannan", "Leek"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 55
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-04-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/284ce93b-89a9-4939-8ba2-084521caa13f"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/3/ByCategory"
source_hash: "47c613ebbd3642b28254d75d9431c84ea3e3c67b24cb81aec5cb4635ace36f3c"
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 3 (2022) — Law Enforcement

Law Enforcement ; Authorizes a sheriff to transfer funds between specified categories and code levels after his or her budget is approved; revises salary minimums for county sheriffs; provides for adoption benefits for law enforcements officers; creates Florida Law Enforcement Recruitment Bonus Payment Program; provides exemption from certain law enforcement officer training requirements for military veterans; provides requirements for skills training for law enforcement officers relating to officer health & safety; makes children of law enforcement officers eligible for Family Empowerment Scholarships; encourages school districts to establish public safety telecommunication training programs & offer law enforcement explorer programs; requires Board of Governors & State Board of Education to create process that enables eligible law enforcement officers or former officers to earn credit for college-level training & education acquired while serving an officer; creates Florida Law Enforcement Academy Scholarship Program; provides for reimbursement for out-of-state & special operations forces law enforcement equivalency training.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2022-23.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 3 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/3/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 3 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/3/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 3 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/3/BillText/e1/PDF)
4. **H 3 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/3/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage — **114–3** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Appropriations Committee) — **25–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Judiciary Committee) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable — **18–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **108–4** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee) — **13–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Appropriations Committee — primary (organization)
- Brannan — primary (person)
- Leek — primary (person)
- Altman — cosponsor (person)
- Avila — cosponsor (person)
- Bell — cosponsor (person)
- Beltran — cosponsor (person)
- Botana — cosponsor (person)
- Buchanan — cosponsor (person)
- Bush — cosponsor (person)
- Casello — cosponsor (person)
- Chambliss — cosponsor (person)
- DiCeglie — cosponsor (person)
- Fabricio — cosponsor (person)
- Fetterhoff — cosponsor (person)
- Grall — cosponsor (person)
- Gregory — cosponsor (person)
- Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
- Ingoglia — cosponsor (person)
- Latvala — cosponsor (person)
- Maggard — cosponsor (person)
- Massullo — cosponsor (person)
- McClain — cosponsor (person)
- Morales — cosponsor (person)
- Overdorf — cosponsor (person)
- Payne — cosponsor (person)
- Rizo — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson, W. — cosponsor (person)
- Rommel — cosponsor (person)
- Roth — cosponsor (person)
- Salzman — cosponsor (person)
- Shoaf — cosponsor (person)
- Sirois — cosponsor (person)
- Smith, D. — cosponsor (person)
- Snyder — cosponsor (person)
- Stevenson — cosponsor (person)
- Yarborough — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11** Filed `filing`
- **2022-01-11** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2022-01-12** Referred to Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-12** Referred to Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-12** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-12** Now in Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
- **2022-01-13** Added to Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee agenda
- **2022-01-18** Favorable by Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-18** Reported out of Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
- **2022-01-18** Now in Appropriations Committee
- **2022-01-27** Added to Appropriations Committee agenda
- **2022-01-31** Favorable with CS by Appropriations Committee
- **2022-02-01** Reported out of Appropriations Committee
- **2022-02-01** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2022-02-01** CS Filed
- **2022-02-01** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- **2022-02-02** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-02** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2022-02-04** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- **2022-02-08** Favorable by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-08** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- **2022-02-08** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2022-02-08** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2022-02-10** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/15/2022)
- **2022-02-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-15** Amendment 283411 Failed
- **2022-02-15** Amendment 264071 Failed
- **2022-02-15** Amendment 450861 Failed
- **2022-02-15** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2022-02-15** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2022-02-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-16** CS passed; YEAS 108, NAYS 4 `passage`
- **2022-02-17** Requests that the Senate pass the bill as passed by the House or agree to include the bill in the Budget Conference
- **2022-02-17** Immediately certified
- **2022-02-17** In Messages
- **2022-02-17** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-17** Received
- **2022-02-23** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 02/28/22, 10:30 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2022-02-28** Favorable by- Appropriations; YEAS 18 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-01** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2022-03-07** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/09/22
- **2022-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-09** Amendment(s) failed (241014)
- **2022-03-09** Amendment(s) adopted (880670)
- **2022-03-09** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2022-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-10** CS passed as amended; YEAS 34 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-10** In Messages
- **2022-03-10** Added to Senate Message List
- **2022-03-10** Amendment 880670 Concur
- **2022-03-10** CS passed as amended; YEAS 114, NAYS 3 `passage`
- **2022-03-10** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
- **2022-03-31** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2022-04-01** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-05** Chapter No. 2022-23; companion bill(s) passed, see HB 5001 (Ch. 2022-156)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/284ce93b-89a9-4939-8ba2-084521caa13f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).