---
type: "Bill"
title: "Funding for Sheriffs"
description: "Funding for Sheriffs; Authorizing sheriffs who provide child protective investigative services to carry forward a certain percentage of unexpended state funds each fiscal year; requiring certain funds to be returned to the Department of Children and Families; requiring that certain expenditures be reported to the department, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 963"
citation: "Florida HB 963 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["county organization and intergovernmental relations", "judicial branch"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2022-58"
primary_sponsors: ["Hunschofsky"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 47
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-12-17"
last_action: "2022-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e27500ea-f518-4509-b98b-1a0015c5905f"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/963/ByCategory"
source_hash: "3e145792b3d84eb217b7f39be32c567d60a6165987474a8530072d689ba272e3"
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 963 (2022) — Funding for Sheriffs

Funding for Sheriffs; Authorizing sheriffs who provide child protective investigative services to carry forward a certain percentage of unexpended state funds each fiscal year; requiring certain funds to be returned to the Department of Children and Families; requiring that certain expenditures be reported to the department, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2022-58.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 963 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/963/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 963 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/963/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 963 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/963/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 963 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/963/BillText/e1/PDF)
5. **H 963 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/963/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage — **120–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee) — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Appropriations Committee) — **25–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Appropriations Committee — primary (organization)
- Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Hunschofsky — primary (person)
- Bartleman — cosponsor (person)
- Fetterhoff — cosponsor (person)
- Fischer — cosponsor (person)
- Roth — cosponsor (person)
- Truenow — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-17** Filed `filing`
- **2022-01-07** Referred to Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-07** Referred to Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-07** Referred to Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-07** Now in Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2022-01-11** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2022-02-10** Added to Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee agenda
- **2022-02-14** Favorable with CS by Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2022-02-15** Reported out of Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2022-02-15** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2022-02-15** CS Filed
- **2022-02-15** Original reference removed: Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee
- **2022-02-15** Referred to Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-15** Now in Appropriations Committee
- **2022-02-15** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- **2022-02-18** PCS added to Appropriations Committee agenda
- **2022-02-22** Favorable with CS by Appropriations Committee
- **2022-02-22** Reported out of Appropriations Committee
- **2022-02-22** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2022-02-22** CS Filed
- **2022-02-22** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
- **2022-02-24** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2022-02-24** 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 116, 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 1452
- **2022-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-04** Amendment(s) adopted (430624)
- **2022-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-04** CS passed as amended; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-04** In Messages
- **2022-03-10** Added to Senate Message List
- **2022-03-10** Amendment 430624 Concur
- **2022-03-10** CS passed as amended; YEAS 120, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-10** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
- **2022-04-05** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2022-04-06** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-08** Chapter No. 2022-58

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e27500ea-f518-4509-b98b-1a0015c5905f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).