---
type: "Bill"
title: "Court Interpreter Services"
description: "Court Interpreter Services; Authorizes state courts system to use state revenues, if available, to provide court-appointed interpreting services to nonindigent individuals; requires such services to be provided as prescribed by Supreme Court; removes cost recovery requirement for court-appointed interpreting services; provides exception for translation services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1393"
citation: "Florida HB 1393 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["judicial branch"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2024-154"
primary_sponsors: ["Joseph", "Tuck"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 39
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-06"
last_action: "2024-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9cb5bab8-f839-405d-9c83-d684a20f2f7e"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1393/ByCategory"
source_hash: "2efc3e9bbc58428c22a2fd55b719decc536ed02fe5a4eb9a319311c013f37a79"
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 1393 (2024) — Court Interpreter Services

Court Interpreter Services; Authorizes state courts system to use state revenues, if available, to provide court-appointed interpreting services to nonindigent individuals; requires such services to be provided as prescribed by Supreme Court; removes cost recovery requirement for court-appointed interpreting services; provides exception for translation services.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-154.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1393 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1393/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1393 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1393/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Joseph — primary (person)
- Tuck — primary (person)
- Arrington — cosponsor (person)
- Eskamani — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- López, J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-06** Filed `filing`
- **2024-01-09** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2024-01-13** Referred to Civil 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 Civil Justice Subcommittee
- **2024-01-23** Added to Civil Justice Subcommittee agenda
- **2024-01-25** Favorable by Civil Justice Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-25** Reported out of Civil Justice Subcommittee
- **2024-01-25** Now in Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2024-02-01** Added to Justice Appropriations Subcommittee agenda
- **2024-02-05** Favorable by Justice Appropriations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-05** Reported out of Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2024-02-05** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2024-02-12** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- **2024-02-14** Favorable by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-14** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- **2024-02-14** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2024-02-14** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-22** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/27/2024)
- **2024-02-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-27** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-27** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** Passed; YEAS 116, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-02-28** In Messages
- **2024-02-28** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28** Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy `withdrawal`
- **2024-02-28** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2024-02-28** Substituted for CS/SB 1660
- **2024-02-28** Received `enrolled`
- **2024-02-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** Passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-02-28** In Messages
- **2024-02-28** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-04-22** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-06** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-07** Chapter No. 2024-154

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9cb5bab8-f839-405d-9c83-d684a20f2f7e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).