---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of Corrections"
description: "Department of Corrections; Provides additional authority for law enforcement officers of office of inspector general concerning department & contractor-operated correctional facilities; provides that correctional privatization contracts are not exempt from state contracting provisions unless otherwise specified; replaces term \"private correctional facility\" with \"contractor-operated correctional facility.\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1337"
citation: "Florida HB 1337 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["and solicitations", "aviation", "criminal procedure and corrections", "insurance"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2024-84"
primary_sponsors: ["Jacques", "Stark"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 42
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-05"
last_action: "2024-04-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/624f03fb-c60d-4273-8927-b860793fbe36"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1337/ByCategory"
source_hash: "6925c37fd4b9a12775e013f2893d4770039e45875b921c5af570043d72561040"
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 1337 (2024) — Department of Corrections

Department of Corrections; Provides additional authority for law enforcement officers of office of inspector general concerning department & contractor-operated correctional facilities; provides that correctional privatization contracts are not exempt from state contracting provisions unless otherwise specified; replaces term "private correctional facility" with "contractor-operated correctional facility."

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-84.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1337 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1337/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1337 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1337/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1337 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1337/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 1337 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1337/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Criminal Justice Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Jacques — primary (person)
- Judiciary Committee — primary (organization)
- Stark — primary (person)
- López, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Mooney — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-05** Filed `filing`
- **2024-01-09** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2024-01-13** Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-13** Referred to Justice Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-13** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-13** Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- **2024-01-23** Added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda
- **2024-01-25** Favorable with CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-25** Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- **2024-01-26** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2024-01-26** CS Filed `filing`
- **2024-01-26** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2024-01-29** Original reference removed: Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2024-01-29** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-29** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2024-02-19** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- **2024-02-21** Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-22** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- **2024-02-22** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2024-02-22** CS Filed `filing`
- **2024-02-22** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
- **2024-02-23** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2024-02-23** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-26** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/29/2024)
- **2024-02-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-29** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** CS passed; YEAS 110, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-02-29** In Messages
- **2024-02-29** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29** Received `enrolled`
- **2024-03-05** Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy `withdrawal`
- **2024-03-05** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2024-03-05** Substituted for CS/SB 1278
- **2024-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-05** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-05** In Messages
- **2024-03-05** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-04-02** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-11** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-12** Chapter No. 2024-84

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/624f03fb-c60d-4273-8927-b860793fbe36`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).