---
type: "Bill"
title: "Leon County"
description: "Leon County; Provides applicability; provides for permanent status; provides cause for suspension or dismissal; provides for transition to new Sheriff; provides beginning date of employees; revises procedures of Career Service Appeals Boards; requires Sheriff to be represented by Sheriff's General Counsel or other specified representative; prohibits certain evidence from inclusion; authorizes chairperson to rule on admissibility of evidence; removes provisions relating to complaints against employees, Complaint Review Boards, & employment status of commissioned & noncommissioned employees; provides severability; provides effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 4073"
citation: "Florida HB 4073 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["local bills"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2025-250"
primary_sponsors: ["Tant"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 46
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-28"
last_action: "2025-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/59eb0e7a-e9cc-4174-8a12-ee5d86dd28f9"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/4073/ByCategory"
source_hash: "a2d6a93999c1b0975b3202c88cbeb339fc056eedb4194ea4f6b3ea8cdd0427c2"
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 4073 (2025) — Leon County

Leon County; Provides applicability; provides for permanent status; provides cause for suspension or dismissal; provides for transition to new Sheriff; provides beginning date of employees; revises procedures of Career Service Appeals Boards; requires Sheriff to be represented by Sheriff's General Counsel or other specified representative; prohibits certain evidence from inclusion; authorizes chairperson to rule on admissibility of evidence; removes provisions relating to complaints against employees, Complaint Review Boards, & employment status of commissioned & noncommissioned employees; provides severability; provides effective date.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2025-250.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 4073 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/4073/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 4073 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/4073/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 4073 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/4073/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 4073 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/4073/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Local Bills — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- State Affairs Committee — primary (organization)
- Tant — primary (person)
- Gantt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-28** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-04** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2025-03-05** Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05** Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05** Now in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
- **2025-03-17** Added to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee agenda
- **2025-03-19** Favorable with CS by Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-19** Reported out of Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
- **2025-03-20** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2025-03-20** CS Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-20** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2025-03-21** Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-21** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-21** Now in Government Operations Subcommittee
- **2025-03-21** Added to Government Operations Subcommittee agenda
- **2025-03-25** Favorable by Government Operations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-25** Reported out of Government Operations Subcommittee
- **2025-03-25** Now in State Affairs Committee
- **2025-03-31** Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
- **2025-04-02** Favorable with CS by State Affairs Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-03** Reported out of State Affairs Committee
- **2025-04-03** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2025-04-03** CS Filed `filing`
- **2025-04-03** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
- **2025-04-04** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2025-04-04** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2025-04-17** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/24/2025)
- **2025-04-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-24** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-24** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2025-04-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-24** CS passed; YEAS 114, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-24** In Messages
- **2025-04-25** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-25** Received `enrolled`
- **2025-04-30** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2025-04-30** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2025-04-30** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-30** CS passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-30** In Messages
- **2025-04-30** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-06-04** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-05** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-07-08** Chapter No. 2025-250

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/59eb0e7a-e9cc-4174-8a12-ee5d86dd28f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).