---
type: "Bill"
title: "Office of the Judges of Compensation Claims"
description: "Office of the Judges of Compensation Claims; Deleting a requirement for the office to maintain district offices and personnel at a certain level, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 2516"
citation: "Florida SB 2516 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["conference committee", "labor"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2022-152"
primary_sponsors: ["Appropriations"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 40
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-02-04"
last_action: "2022-06-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9c77d4ec-7ce8-4037-99a3-1fde46e5c2d3"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/2516/ByCategory"
source_hash: "194b7107112f7baee14877158556f49f841d3173a3313f53254ebedbb9557efd"
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 2516 (2022) — Office of the Judges of Compensation Claims

Office of the Judges of Compensation Claims; Deleting a requirement for the office to maintain district offices and personnel at a certain level, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2022-152.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 2516 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/2516/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 2516 pb** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/2516/BillText/pb/HTML)
3. **S 2516 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/2516/BillText/e1/HTML)
4. **S 2516 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/2516/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Submitted and Reported Favorably as Committee Bill — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Conference Committee Report, Passage — **107–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Conference Report — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Appropriations — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-04** Submitted for consideration by Appropriations
- **2022-02-04** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 02/09/22, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2022-02-09** Submitted as Committee Bill and Reported Favorably by Appropriations; YEAS 19 NAYS 0
- **2022-02-10** Filed `filing`
- **2022-02-10** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2022-02-10** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/17/22
- **2022-02-16** Introduced `introduction`
- **2022-02-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-17** Passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2022-02-17** The Senate requests that the House pass the bill as passed by the Senate or agree to include the bill in the Budget Conference
- **2022-02-17** Immediately certified
- **2022-02-17** In Messages
- **2022-02-17** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2022-02-17** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/22/2022)
- **2022-02-17** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2022-02-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-22** Amendment 085299 adopted
- **2022-02-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-22** Passed as amended; YEAS 115, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2022-02-22** Immediately certified
- **2022-02-22** Passed the Senate bill as amended by House and we accede to conference
- **2022-02-22** In returning messages
- **2022-02-28** Bill placed in Conference (Appropriations Conference Committee/Appropriations)
- **2022-03-01** Conference Committee appointed: Appropriations Conference Committee/Appropriations: Stargel (Chair), Bean (At Large), Book (At Large), Gibson (At Large), Mayfield (At Large), Passidomo (At Large), Perry (At Large), Powell (At Large), Rouson (At Large), Stewart (At Large); Appropriations Conference Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government/Agriculture and Natural Resources: Albritton (Chair), Ausley, Berman, Boyd, Bradley, Brodeur, Garcia, Mayfield, Rodrigues, Stewart; Appropriations Conference Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government/State Administration and Technology: Albritton (Chair), Ausley, Berman, Boyd, Bradley, Brodeur, Garcia, Mayfield, Rodrigues, Stewart; Appropriations Conference Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice/Justice: Perry (Chair), Baxley, Bracy, Gainer, Pizzo, Rodriguez, Torres, Wright; Appropriations Conference Committee on Education/Higher Education: Broxson (Chair), Cruz, Diaz, Gibson, Gruters, Hutson, Passidomo, Polsky; Appropriations Conference Committee on Education/PreK-12: Broxson (Chair), Cruz, Diaz, Gibson, Gruters, Hutson, Passidomo, Polsky; Appropriations Conference Committee on Health and Human Services/Health Care: Bean (Chair), Book, Brodeur, Burgess, Diaz, Farmer, Harrell, Jones, Rodrigues, Rodriguez, Rouson; Appropriations Conference Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development/Infrastructure and Tourism: Gainer (Chair), Ausley, Boyd, Cruz, Garcia, Gibson, Hooper, Mayfield, Perry, Taddeo, Wright;
- **2022-03-11** Bill placed in Conference (State Administration & Technology Appropriations Conference Committee)
- **2022-03-11** Conference Committee appointed
- **2022-03-14** Conference Committee Report received
- **2022-03-14** Conference Committee Report adopted (125900)
- **2022-03-14** Passed as amended by Conference Committee Report; YEAS 33 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-14** In Messages
- **2022-03-14** In Messages
- **2022-03-14** Conference Committee Report considered
- **2022-03-14** Amendment 125900 adopted
- **2022-03-14** Conference Committee Report adopted
- **2022-03-14** Passed as amended by Conference Committee Report; YEAS 107, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-14** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
- **2022-06-02** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2022-06-02** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-06-03** Chapter No. 2022-152, 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/9c77d4ec-7ce8-4037-99a3-1fde46e5c2d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).