---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alternative Headquarters for District Court Judges"
description: "Alternative Headquarters for District Court Judges; Authorizes district court judges to have appropriate facility in adjacent county to their county of residence as their official headquarters; authorizes subsistence & travel reimbursement for such locations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 353"
citation: "Florida HB 353 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["judicial branch"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2024-93"
primary_sponsors: ["Maney"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 39
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-11-07"
last_action: "2024-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea50cede-b390-41f6-a18b-6d8e2863befc"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/353/ByCategory"
source_hash: "0e9c48517cfe36327bc981ed6be2f4849863afd69865335656708316c3673d15"
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 353 (2024) — Alternative Headquarters for District Court Judges

Alternative Headquarters for District Court Judges; Authorizes district court judges to have appropriate facility in adjacent county to their county of residence as their official headquarters; authorizes subsistence & travel reimbursement for such locations.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-93.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 353 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/353/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 353 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/353/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Maney — primary (person)
- Leek — cosponsor (person)
- López, J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-11-07** Filed `filing`
- **2023-11-22** Referred to Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-11-22** Referred to Justice Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-11-22** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-11-22** Now in Civil Justice Subcommittee
- **2024-01-09** Added to Civil Justice Subcommittee agenda
- **2024-01-09** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2024-01-11** Favorable by Civil Justice Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-12** Reported out of Civil Justice Subcommittee
- **2024-01-12** Now in Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2024-01-17** Added to Justice Appropriations Subcommittee agenda
- **2024-01-19** Favorable by Justice Appropriations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-19** Reported out of Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2024-01-19** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2024-01-26** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- **2024-01-30** Favorable by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-30** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- **2024-01-30** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2024-01-30** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-15** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/21/2024)
- **2024-02-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-21** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-21** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-22** Passed; YEAS 117, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-02-22** In Messages
- **2024-02-23** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-27** Received `enrolled`
- **2024-03-04** Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy `withdrawal`
- **2024-03-04** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2024-03-04** Substituted for SB 570
- **2024-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-04** Passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-04** In Messages
- **2024-03-04** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-04-02** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-15** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-16** Chapter No. 2024-93

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ea50cede-b390-41f6-a18b-6d8e2863befc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).