---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pub. Rec./Clerks of the Circuit Court, Deputy Clerks, and Clerk Personnel"
description: "Pub. Rec./Clerks of the Circuit Court, Deputy Clerks, and Clerk Personnel; Provides exemption from public records requirements for personal identifying & location information of current clerks of circuit court, deputy clerks of circuit court, & clerk of circuit court personnel & names & personal identifying & location information of spouses & children of such clerks, deputy clerks, & clerk personnel; provides for future legislative review & repeal of exemption; provides for retroactive application; provides statement of public necessity."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 983"
citation: "Florida HB 983 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2024-239"
primary_sponsors: ["Daley", "Harris"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 43
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-12-21"
last_action: "2024-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5179e448-dad1-48d9-99ad-2762e610ad89"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/983/ByCategory"
source_hash: "f6bc76e8c2791ca15a5fbe2baf7b68d0c365065de26be8be67e8cbec1ae5a694"
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 983 (2024) — Pub. Rec./Clerks of the Circuit Court, Deputy Clerks, and Clerk Personnel

Pub. Rec./Clerks of the Circuit Court, Deputy Clerks, and Clerk Personnel; Provides exemption from public records requirements for personal identifying & location information of current clerks of circuit court, deputy clerks of circuit court, & clerk of circuit court personnel & names & personal identifying & location information of spouses & children of such clerks, deputy clerks, & clerk personnel; provides for future legislative review & repeal of exemption; provides for retroactive application; provides statement of public necessity.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-239.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 983 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/983/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 983 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/983/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 983 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/983/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **119–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Civil Justice Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Daley — primary (person)
- Harris — primary (person)
- Barnaby — cosponsor (person)
- Bell — cosponsor (person)
- Killebrew — cosponsor (person)
- López, J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-21** Filed `filing`
- **2024-01-08** Referred to Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-08** Referred to Ethics, Elections & Open Government Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-08** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-08** Now in Civil Justice Subcommittee
- **2024-01-09** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2024-01-16** Added to Civil Justice Subcommittee agenda
- **2024-01-18** Favorable with CS by Civil Justice Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-18** Reported out of Civil Justice Subcommittee
- **2024-01-18** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2024-01-18** CS Filed `filing`
- **2024-01-18** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2024-01-22** Referred to Ethics, Elections & Open Government Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-22** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-22** Now in Ethics, Elections & Open Government Subcommittee
- **2024-01-22** Added to Ethics, Elections & Open Government Subcommittee agenda
- **2024-01-24** Favorable by Ethics, Elections & Open Government Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-24** Reported out of Ethics, Elections & Open Government Subcommittee
- **2024-01-24** 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
- **2024-02-12** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/15/2024)
- **2024-02-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-15** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-15** CS passed; YEAS 119, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-02-15** In Messages
- **2024-02-16** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-20** Received `enrolled`
- **2024-03-05** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2024-03-05** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2024-03-05** Substituted for CS/SB 1176
- **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`
- **2024-05-30** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-13** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-06-17** Chapter No. 2024-239

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5179e448-dad1-48d9-99ad-2762e610ad89`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).