---
type: "Bill"
title: "Electronic Transmittal of Court Orders"
description: "Electronic Transmittal of Court Orders; Requires clerk of court, within 6 hours after court issues ex parte order for involuntary commitment, to submit order electronically to sheriff or law enforcement agency in county where order is to be served; requires clerk of court, within 6 hours after certain summons is issued, to submit summons electronically and, if applicable, copy of petition for involuntary services & notice of hearing to law enforcement agency to effect service on certain persons; requires clerk of court to transmit electronically, within certain timeframe after court issues risk protection order & notice of hearing, copy of order, notice of hearing, petition to appropriate law enforcement agency for service upon respondent; requires clerk of court to transmit electronically, within certain timeframe after court issues temporary ex parte risk protection order or risk protection order, copy of notice of hearing, petition, & temporary ex parte risk protection order or risk protection order, as applicable, to sheriff; requires that electronic copy of temporary ex parte risk protection order or risk protection order be certified by clerk of court & that electronic copy be served in same manner as certified copy."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 513"
citation: "Florida HB 513 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2025-10"
primary_sponsors: ["Gentry"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-10"
last_action: "2025-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/796b85ca-1b38-43b3-928d-9a9e9701a2e9"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/513/ByCategory"
source_hash: "f6a4f4a79df76a59c82f9891b67e8e6cbdd8c0103f31d98559f231b827cfa0bc"
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 513 (2025) — Electronic Transmittal of Court Orders

Electronic Transmittal of Court Orders; Requires clerk of court, within 6 hours after court issues ex parte order for involuntary commitment, to submit order electronically to sheriff or law enforcement agency in county where order is to be served; requires clerk of court, within 6 hours after certain summons is issued, to submit summons electronically and, if applicable, copy of petition for involuntary services & notice of hearing to law enforcement agency to effect service on certain persons; requires clerk of court to transmit electronically, within certain timeframe after court issues risk protection order & notice of hearing, copy of order, notice of hearing, petition to appropriate law enforcement agency for service upon respondent; requires clerk of court to transmit electronically, within certain timeframe after court issues temporary ex parte risk protection order or risk protection order, copy of notice of hearing, petition, & temporary ex parte risk protection order or risk protection order, as applicable, to sheriff; requires that electronic copy of temporary ex parte risk protection order or risk protection order be certified by clerk of court & that electronic copy be served in same manner as certified copy.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2025-10.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 513 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/513/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 513 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/513/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **108–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gentry — primary (person)
- Bartleman — cosponsor (person)
- Partington — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-10** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-19** Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19** Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- **2025-03-04** Added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda
- **2025-03-04** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2025-03-06** Favorable by Criminal Justice Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-07** Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- **2025-03-07** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2025-03-24** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- **2025-03-26** Favorable by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-26** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- **2025-03-26** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2025-03-26** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2025-03-27** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/3/2025)
- **2025-04-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-03** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-03** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2025-04-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-03** Passed; YEAS 108, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-03** In Messages
- **2025-04-07** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08** Received `enrolled`
- **2025-04-09** Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy `withdrawal`
- **2025-04-09** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2025-04-09** Substituted for CS/SB 774
- **2025-04-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-09** Passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-09** Immediately certified
- **2025-04-09** In Messages
- **2025-04-09** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-04-11** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-18** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-22** Chapter No. 2025-10

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/796b85ca-1b38-43b3-928d-9a9e9701a2e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).