---
type: "Bill"
title: "Juvenile Court Proceedings"
description: "Juvenile Court Proceedings; Authorizes person to attend certain proceedings through audio or audio-video communication technology; requires parties to provide their primary e-mail address to court for notice purposes; provides exceptions; requires notices & summons to include instructions for parties to attend hearings through audio or audio-video communication technology; requires notices that failure to appear at hearings either in person or through audio or audio-video communication technology constitutes consent to adjudicating child as dependent or termination of parental rights."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1571"
citation: "Florida HB 1571 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["(vetoed)", "evidence", "judicial branch"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-302"
primary_sponsors: ["Gottlieb", "Silvers"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-03-06"
last_action: "2023-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/374f5746-8e68-4674-aa8a-877712616c0c"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1571/ByCategory"
source_hash: "86c6f158611c5cf6cdd9b451391c0208e8895cf1984450ab995754a8c850393b"
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 1571 (2023) — Juvenile Court Proceedings

Juvenile Court Proceedings; Authorizes person to attend certain proceedings through audio or audio-video communication technology; requires parties to provide their primary e-mail address to court for notice purposes; provides exceptions; requires notices & summons to include instructions for parties to attend hearings through audio or audio-video communication technology; requires notices that failure to appear at hearings either in person or through audio or audio-video communication technology constitutes consent to adjudicating child as dependent or termination of parental rights.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-302.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1571 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1571/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1571 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1571/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1571 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1571/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Judiciary Committee) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Criminal Justice Subcommittee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gottlieb — primary (person)
- Judiciary Committee — primary (organization)
- Silvers — primary (person)
- Eskamani — cosponsor (person)
- Gantt — cosponsor (person)
- López, J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-06** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2023-03-09** Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- **2023-03-27** Added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-29** Favorable by Criminal Justice Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- **2023-03-30** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2023-04-07** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- **2023-04-11** Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-12** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- **2023-04-12** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-04-12** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-04-12** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2023-04-13** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2023-04-13** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-20** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/25/2023)
- **2023-04-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-25** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-25** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-26** CS passed; YEAS 116, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-26** In Messages
- **2023-04-26** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26** Received `enrolled`
- **2023-05-01** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2023-05-01** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-05-01** Substituted for CS/SB 1440
- **2023-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-01** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-05-01** In Messages
- **2023-05-01** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-06-14** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-27** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-29** Chapter No. 2023-302

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/374f5746-8e68-4674-aa8a-877712616c0c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).