---
type: "Bill"
title: "Custody and Supervision of Specified Offenders"
description: "Custody and Supervision of Specified Offenders; Excludes certain offenders from eligibility to receive basic gain-time & incentive gain-time; excludes certain offenders from eligibility for specified reductions to term of supervision; requires court to impose additional conditions of supervision on specified offenders."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 537"
citation: "Florida HB 537 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["crimes", "criminal procedure and corrections"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-146"
primary_sponsors: ["Silvers"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 43
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-26"
last_action: "2023-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0dd9b2a2-7a15-46ae-a0b5-009c51690c95"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/537/ByCategory"
source_hash: "155cb11b8c91e58a64b31dbb9f1dda1e503b8fbd46a2272a0372617ab7c88c93"
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 537 (2023) — Custody and Supervision of Specified Offenders

Custody and Supervision of Specified Offenders; Excludes certain offenders from eligibility to receive basic gain-time & incentive gain-time; excludes certain offenders from eligibility for specified reductions to term of supervision; requires court to impose additional conditions of supervision on specified offenders.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-146.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 537 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/537/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 537 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/537/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 537 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/537/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Criminal Justice Subcommittee) — **17–1** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **99–4** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Justice Appropriations Subcommittee) — **13–1** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Judiciary Committee) — **21–2** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Criminal Justice Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Silvers — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-26** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-07** Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07** Referred to Justice Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07** Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- **2023-03-03** PCS added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-07** Favorable with CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2023-03-09** Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- **2023-03-09** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-03-09** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-09** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2023-03-10** Referred to Justice Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-10** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-10** Now in Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2023-03-13** Added to Justice Appropriations Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-15** Favorable by Justice Appropriations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15** Reported out of Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2023-03-15** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2023-03-29** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- **2023-03-31** Favorable by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-31** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- **2023-03-31** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2023-03-31** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-10** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/13/2023)
- **2023-04-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-13** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-13** CS passed; YEAS 99, NAYS 4 `passage`
- **2023-04-13** In Messages
- **2023-04-14** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-17** Received `enrolled`
- **2023-05-01** Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy `withdrawal`
- **2023-05-01** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-05-01** Substituted for CS/SB 528
- **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`
- **2023-05-22** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-25** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-26** Chapter No. 2023-146

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0dd9b2a2-7a15-46ae-a0b5-009c51690c95`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).