---
type: "Bill"
title: "Court Fiscal Administration"
description: "Court Fiscal Administration; Revises calculation for presumed ability to pay; provides formula for determining down payment; revising duties of the Florida Clerks of Court Operation Corporation; authorizes the corporation to request reimbursement at a specified rate; authorizes clerk to review certain records when making a determination of indigence; requires DHSMV to implement certain technology."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 397"
citation: "Florida HB 397 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["civil practice and procedure", "judicial branch", "motor vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2022-201"
primary_sponsors: ["Clemons"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 44
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-10-21"
last_action: "2022-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a23f3c68-3944-4cf2-bac0-75cb7ee9cae1"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/397/ByCategory"
source_hash: "467cae8f37da97b415fefbeca2675248daad460d09f0b552a1466f68487efc45"
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 397 (2022) — Court Fiscal Administration

Court Fiscal Administration; Revises calculation for presumed ability to pay; provides formula for determining down payment; revising duties of the Florida Clerks of Court Operation Corporation; authorizes the corporation to request reimbursement at a specified rate; authorizes clerk to review certain records when making a determination of indigence; requires DHSMV to implement certain technology.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2022-201.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 397 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/397/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 397 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/397/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 397 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/397/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Justice Appropriations Subcommittee) — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Appropriations Committee) — **26–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Judiciary Committee) — **19–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Clemons — primary (person)
- Justice Appropriations Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Barnaby — cosponsor (person)
- Brannan — cosponsor (person)
- Maney — cosponsor (person)
- Massullo — cosponsor (person)
- McCurdy — cosponsor (person)
- Morales — cosponsor (person)
- Overdorf — cosponsor (person)
- Payne — cosponsor (person)
- Roth — cosponsor (person)
- Sirois — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Trabulsy — cosponsor (person)
- Valdés — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-10-21** Filed `filing`
- **2021-11-05** Referred to Justice Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-11-05** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-11-05** Referred to Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-11-05** Now in Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2022-01-11** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2022-02-01** Added to Justice Appropriations Subcommittee agenda
- **2022-02-03** Favorable with CS by Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2022-02-04** Reported out of Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2022-02-04** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2022-02-04** CS Filed
- **2022-02-07** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- **2022-02-07** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07** Referred to Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2022-02-15** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- **2022-02-17** Favorable by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-17** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- **2022-02-17** Now in Appropriations Committee
- **2022-02-18** Added to Appropriations Committee agenda
- **2022-02-22** Favorable by Appropriations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-22** Reported out of Appropriations Committee
- **2022-02-22** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2022-02-22** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2022-02-24** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/1/2022)
- **2022-03-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-01** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2022-03-01** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2022-03-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-02** CS passed; YEAS 115, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-02** In Messages
- **2022-03-02** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02** Received
- **2022-03-04** Withdrawn from Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2022-03-04** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2022-03-04** Substituted for CS/SB 552
- **2022-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-04** CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-04** In Messages
- **2022-03-04** Ordered enrolled
- **2022-06-09** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2022-06-20** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-06-21** Chapter No. 2022-201

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a23f3c68-3944-4cf2-bac0-75cb7ee9cae1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).