---
type: "Bill"
title: "Juvenile Justice"
description: "Juvenile Justice; Authorizing the Governor to award a Medal of Heroism to juvenile detention and juvenile probation officers; authorizing certain entities to establish an award program to award a Medal of Valor to a juvenile detention officer or probation officer in certain circumstances; revising the definition of the term “officer” to include juvenile detention and juvenile probation officers; requiring the Department of Juvenile Justice to direct the Department of Revenue to deduct specified amounts owed to the Department of Juvenile Justice upon a certain determination; requiring the Department of Revenue to transfer such funds into a certain trust fund; specifying requirements relating to such reductions in amounts distributed to counties, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1153"
citation: "Florida HB 1153 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["(vetoed)", "executive branch"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2026-16"
primary_sponsors: ["Cobb"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 45
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-01-07"
last_action: "2026-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07f55fbb-3e34-4e19-b86f-9b323db9b7ef"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1153/ByCategory"
source_hash: "c8045eae97e2bdcaddbed377e50834743574cde698aa8d6ebee57791f35b88a0"
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 1153 (2026) — Juvenile Justice

Juvenile Justice; Authorizing the Governor to award a Medal of Heroism to juvenile detention and juvenile probation officers; authorizing certain entities to establish an award program to award a Medal of Valor to a juvenile detention officer or probation officer in certain circumstances; revising the definition of the term “officer” to include juvenile detention and juvenile probation officers; requiring the Department of Juvenile Justice to direct the Department of Revenue to deduct specified amounts owed to the Department of Juvenile Justice upon a certain determination; requiring the Department of Revenue to transfer such funds into a certain trust fund; specifying requirements relating to such reductions in amounts distributed to counties, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-16.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1153 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1153/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1153 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1153/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1153 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1153/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 1153 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1153/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Justice Budget Subcommittee) — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **108–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Criminal Justice Subcommittee) — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Judiciary Committee) — **20–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cobb — primary (person)
- Judiciary Committee — primary (organization)
- Justice Budget Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Bartleman — cosponsor (person)
- Daniels — cosponsor (person)
- López, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Michael — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-07** Filed `filing`
- **2026-01-13** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2026-01-15** Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-15** Referred to Justice Budget Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-15** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-15** Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- **2026-01-26** Added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda
- **2026-01-28** Favorable by Criminal Justice Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-28** Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- **2026-01-28** Now in Justice Budget Subcommittee
- **2026-02-03** Added to Justice Budget Subcommittee agenda
- **2026-02-05** Favorable with CS by Justice Budget Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-06** Reported out of Justice Budget Subcommittee
- **2026-02-06** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2026-02-06** CS Filed `filing`
- **2026-02-09** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2026-02-09** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-09** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2026-02-13** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- **2026-02-17** Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-17** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- **2026-02-17** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2026-02-17** CS Filed `filing`
- **2026-02-17** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
- **2026-02-18** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2026-02-18** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-26** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/3/2026)
- **2026-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-03** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-03** CS passed; YEAS 108, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-03** In Messages
- **2026-03-03** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-03** Received `enrolled`
- **2026-03-06** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2026-03-06** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2026-03-06** Substituted for CS/SB 1734
- **2026-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-06** CS passed; YEAS 34 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-06** In Messages
- **2026-03-06** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-30** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-30** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-31** Chapter No. 2026-16

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/07f55fbb-3e34-4e19-b86f-9b323db9b7ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).