---
type: "Bill"
title: "Judges"
description: "Judges; Revises number of circuit court judges & county court judges."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 5401"
citation: "Florida HB 5401 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2024-194"
primary_sponsors: ["Brannan"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 47
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-24"
last_action: "2024-05-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/63e5a319-e4fc-410b-8c78-225c38ca6892"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/5401/ByCategory"
source_hash: "5b482085a85b259704cc66e8df11bf73bd64e5ed3f1b824c3557f89e527fdfdd"
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 5401 (2024) — Judges

Judges; Revises number of circuit court judges & county court judges.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-194.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 5401 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/5401/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 5401 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/5401/BillText/e1/PDF)
3. **H 5401 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/5401/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Conference Committee Report, Passage — **109–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Conference Committee Report — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brannan — primary (person)
- Justice Appropriations Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Fabricio — cosponsor (person)
- Leek — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-24** Filed `filing`
- **2024-01-24** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2024-01-25** Referred to Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-25** Now in Appropriations Committee
- **2024-01-29** Added to Appropriations Committee agenda
- **2024-01-31** Favorable by Appropriations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-31** Reported out of Appropriations Committee
- **2024-01-31** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2024-01-31** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-01** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/7/2024)
- **2024-02-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-07** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-07** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-08** Passed; YEAS 115, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-02-08** Requests that the Senate pass the bill as passed by the House or agree to include the bill in the Budget Conference
- **2024-02-08** In Messages
- **2024-02-08** Received `enrolled`
- **2024-02-08** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-08** Withdrawn from Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2024-02-08** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2024-02-08** Substituted for SB 2514
- **2024-02-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-08** Amendment(s) adopted (921790)
- **2024-02-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-08** Passed as amended; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-02-08** The Senate having refused to pass the bill as passed by the House, acceded to the request for a conference
- **2024-02-08** Immediately certified
- **2024-02-08** In Messages
- **2024-02-26** Bill placed in Conference (Appropriations Conference Committee/Appropriations)
- **2024-02-26** Conference Committee appointed
- **2024-02-26** Bill placed in Conference (Appropriations Conference Committee/Appropriations)
- **2024-02-26** Conference Committee appointed: Appropriations Conference Committee/Appropriations: Broxson (Chair), Albritton (At Large), Baxley (At Large), Book (At Large), Hutson (At Large), Mayfield (At Large), Perry (At Large), Rouson (At Large); Appropriations Conference Committee On Agriculture, Environment, And General Government/Agriculture and Natural Resources: Brodeur (Chair), Berman, Boyd, Garcia, Grall, Mayfield, Osgood, Polsky, Rodriguez, Trumbull, Albritton (At Large), Baxley (At Large), Book (At Large), Hutson (At Large), Perry (At Large), Rouson (At Large); Appropriations Conference Committee On Agriculture, Environment, And General Government/State Administration and Technology: Brodeur (Chair), Berman, Boyd, Garcia, Grall, Mayfield, Osgood, Polsky, Rodriguez, Trumbull, Albritton (At Large), Baxley (At Large), Book (At Large), Hutson (At Large), Perry (At Large), Rouson (At Large); Appropriations Conference Committee On Criminal And Civil Justice/Justice: Bradley (Chair), Baxley, Burgess, Hooper, Martin, Pizzo, Powell, Rouson, Torres, Yarborough, Albritton (At Large), Book (At Large), Hutson (At Large), Mayfield (At Large), Perry (At Large); Appropriations Conference Committee On Education/Higher Education: Perry (Chair), Calatayud, Collins, Davis, Harrell, Hutson, Jones, Simon, Albritton (At Large), Baxley (At Large), Book (At Large), Mayfield (At Large), Rouson (At Large); Appropriations Conference Committee On Education/PreK-12: Perry (Chair), Calatayud, Collins, Davis, Harrell, Hutson, Jones, Simon, Albritton (At Large), Baxley (At Large), Book (At Large), Mayfield (At Large), Rouson (At Large); Appropriations Conference Committee On Health And Human Services/Health Care: Harrell (Chair), Avila, Baxley, Book, Brodeur, Burgess, Burton, Davis, Garcia, Gruters, Rouson, Simon, Albritton (At Large), Hutson (At Large), Mayfield (At Large), Perry (At Large); Appropriations Conference Committee On Transportation, Tourism, And Economic Development/Infrastructure and Tourism: Hooper (Chair), DiCeglie, Stewart, Thompson, Trumbull, Wright, Yarborough, Albritton (At Large), Baxley (At Large), Book (At Large), Hutson (At Large), Mayfield (At Large), Perry (At Large), Rouson (At Large);
- **2024-03-08** Added to Conference Report Calendar
- **2024-03-08** Conference Committee Report considered
- **2024-03-08** Amendment 154757 adopted
- **2024-03-08** Conference Committee Report adopted
- **2024-03-08** Passed as amended by Conference Committee Report; YEAS 109, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-08** In returning messages
- **2024-03-08** Conference Committee Report received `enrolled`
- **2024-03-08** Conference Committee Report adopted (154757)
- **2024-03-08** Passed as amended by Conference Committee Report; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-08** In Messages
- **2024-03-08** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-05-07** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-16** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-17** Chapter No. 2024-194; companion bill(s) passed, see HB 5001 (Ch. 2024-231)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/63e5a319-e4fc-410b-8c78-225c38ca6892`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).