---
type: "Bill"
title: "Chiefs of Police"
description: "Chiefs of Police; Prohibits municipality from terminating chief of police without providing chief of police written notice; requires municipality to allow chief of police to appear & provide full & complete response to his or her termination at specified public meeting; prohibits employment contract from including certain provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 935"
citation: "Florida HB 935 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["municipalities", "public officers", "employees", "and records"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-282"
primary_sponsors: ["Giallombardo", "Jacques"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 45
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-20"
last_action: "2023-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ee9c8e0-e8e8-4bab-b71d-ca8fc32cf727"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/935/ByCategory"
source_hash: "d6d16edbda8f236cb30252ba6ccfffe0993e6371575e92c268270659aa46099f"
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 935 (2023) — Chiefs of Police

Chiefs of Police; Prohibits municipality from terminating chief of police without providing chief of police written notice; requires municipality to allow chief of police to appear & provide full & complete response to his or her termination at specified public meeting; prohibits employment contract from including certain provisions.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-282.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 935 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/935/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 935 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/935/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 935 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/935/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 935 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/935/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Constitutional Rights, Rule of Law & Government Operations Subcommittee) — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Judiciary Committee) — **23–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Constitutional Rights, Rule of Law & Government Operations Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Giallombardo — primary (person)
- Jacques — primary (person)
- Judiciary Committee — primary (organization)
- Baker — cosponsor (person)
- Bankson — cosponsor (person)
- Basabe — cosponsor (person)
- Canady — cosponsor (person)
- Fernandez-Barquin — cosponsor (person)
- Garcia — cosponsor (person)
- Holcomb — cosponsor (person)
- Leek — cosponsor (person)
- Plasencia — cosponsor (person)
- Salzman — cosponsor (person)
- Yarkosky — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-20** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-28** Referred to Constitutional Rights, Rule of Law & Government Operations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** Now in Constitutional Rights, Rule of Law & Government Operations Subcommittee
- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2023-03-24** Added to Constitutional Rights, Rule of Law & Government Operations Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-28** Favorable with CS by Constitutional Rights, Rule of Law & Government Operations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28** Reported out of Constitutional Rights, Rule of Law & Government Operations Subcommittee
- **2023-03-29** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-03-29** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-29** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2023-03-30** Original reference removed: Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- **2023-03-30** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **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`
- **2023-04-11** 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** Original reference removed: State Affairs Committee
- **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 115, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-26** In Messages
- **2023-04-26** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26** Received `enrolled`
- **2023-05-02** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2023-05-02** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-05-02** Substituted for CS/SB 998
- **2023-05-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-02** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-05-02** In Messages
- **2023-05-02** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-06-12** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-22** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-22** Chapter No. 2023-282

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9ee9c8e0-e8e8-4bab-b71d-ca8fc32cf727`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).