---
type: "Bill"
title: "Law Enforcement Operations"
description: "Law Enforcement Operations; Revises powers, duties, & obligations of sheriff; requires there be elected sheriff in each county; requires board of county commissioners of any such county to ensure successful transfer of policing responsibility & authority to sheriff; provides requirements for sheriff-elect after election is certified but before taking office; authorizes certain persons to file petition with DOAH, rather than appeal by petition to Administration Commission, if tentative municipal law enforcement agency budget contains certain reduction."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1595"
citation: "Florida HB 1595 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["judicial branch", "relations"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-156"
primary_sponsors: ["Fernandez-Barquin", "Yarkosky"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 50
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-03-06"
last_action: "2023-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c3fd40c1-0b85-4df1-b656-664361c80b6b"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1595/ByCategory"
source_hash: "3c1b219e70ecabfb8e732248f973cb2615562f64e2cb06b71528a23ef5083723"
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 1595 (2023) — Law Enforcement Operations

Law Enforcement Operations; Revises powers, duties, & obligations of sheriff; requires there be elected sheriff in each county; requires board of county commissioners of any such county to ensure successful transfer of policing responsibility & authority to sheriff; provides requirements for sheriff-elect after election is certified but before taking office; authorizes certain persons to file petition with DOAH, rather than appeal by petition to Administration Commission, if tentative municipal law enforcement agency budget contains certain reduction.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-156.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1595 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1595/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1595 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1595/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1595 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1595/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 1595 c3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1595/BillText/c3/PDF)
5. **H 1595 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1595/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Judiciary Committee) — **23–1** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **99–7** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (State Affairs Committee) — **17–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fernandez-Barquin — primary (person)
- Judiciary Committee — primary (organization)
- Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- State Affairs Committee — primary (organization)
- Yarkosky — primary (person)
- Garcia — cosponsor (person)
- Leek — cosponsor (person)
- McClain — cosponsor (person)
- Porras — 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 Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Now in Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee
- **2023-03-27** PCS added to Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-29** Favorable with CS by Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29** Reported out of Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee
- **2023-03-30** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-03-30** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-30** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2023-03-31** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-31** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-31** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2023-04-07** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- **2023-04-11** Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-11** 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 2) `reading-1`
- **2023-04-13** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-13** Now in State Affairs Committee
- **2023-04-17** Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
- **2023-04-19** Favorable with CS by State Affairs Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-21** Reported out of State Affairs Committee
- **2023-04-21** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-04-21** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-04-21** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 3) `reading-1`
- **2023-04-24** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2023-04-24** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-25** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/28/2023)
- **2023-04-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-28** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-28** CS passed; YEAS 99, NAYS 7 `passage`
- **2023-04-28** In Messages
- **2023-04-28** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-28** 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 1588
- **2023-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-01** CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-05-01** In Messages
- **2023-05-01** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-25** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-26** Chapter No. 2023-156

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c3fd40c1-0b85-4df1-b656-664361c80b6b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).