---
type: "Bill"
title: "Trust Funds of the State Court System"
description: "Trust Funds of the State Court System; Terminates Mediation & Arbitration Trust Fund; provides for disposition of balances in & revenues of trust fund; prescribes procedures for termination of trust fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 5401"
citation: "Florida HB 5401 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2026-160"
primary_sponsors: ["Maney"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-16"
last_action: "2026-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c061eca-ac15-47db-ae14-fe220d00e7a8"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/5401/ByCategory"
source_hash: "a84be66c2c61a740a5cf11661d65cb584efc35b621e6b85e4affa6a8326b8b9c"
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 (2026) — Trust Funds of the State Court System

Trust Funds of the State Court System; Terminates Mediation & Arbitration Trust Fund; provides for disposition of balances in & revenues of trust fund; prescribes procedures for termination of trust fund.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-160.

## 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/2026/5401/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 5401 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/5401/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Justice Budget Subcommittee) — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **105–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Justice Budget Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Maney — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-16** Filed `filing`
- **2026-02-16** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2026-02-16** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/19/2026)
- **2026-02-16** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2026-02-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-19** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-19** Passed; YEAS 105, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-02-19** Requests that the Senate pass the bill as passed by the House or agree to include the bill in the Budget Conference
- **2026-02-19** In Messages
- **2026-02-19** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-19** Received `enrolled`
- **2026-02-20** Conference Committee appointed
- **2026-02-20** Withdrawn from Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2026-02-20** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2026-02-20** Substituted for SB 2510
- **2026-02-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-20** Passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-02-20** Immediately certified
- **2026-02-20** In Messages
- **2026-02-20** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-06-15** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-16** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-17** Chapter No. 2026-160

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6c061eca-ac15-47db-ae14-fe220d00e7a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).