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Bill	Security in Trial Court Facilities	Security in Trial Court Facilities; Requires sheriffs to coordinate with specified entities to develop comprehensive plan for security of trial court facilities; specifies sheriffs & chief judges retain certain authority; specifies sheriffs & their deputies, employees, & contractors are officers of court under specified circumstances.	us/states/fl	Florida Legislature	2020	HB 131	Florida HB 131 (2020)	bill		enacted	2020-100	McClain	3	33	5	2019-09-10	2020-06-29	openstates	ocd-bill/4139e1b6-73a0-4e2a-86fe-66f60351969b	http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/131/ByCategory	40228d51f0971baa5cdd560ac599187b18661d98ed0833b960cca1161f20d121	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-fl

Florida HB 131 (2020) — Security in Trial Court Facilities

Security in Trial Court Facilities; Requires sheriffs to coordinate with specified entities to develop comprehensive plan for security of trial court facilities; specifies sheriffs & chief judges retain certain authority; specifies sheriffs & their deputies, employees, & contractors are officers of court under specified circumstances.

Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2020-100.

Version chain

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

1. H 131 Filed (filed) — source
2. H 131 c1 (committee substitute) — source
3. H 131 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Favorable (Criminal Justice Subcommittee) — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• Favorable (Justice Appropriations Subcommittee) — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage, Third Reading — 118–0 (pass) · lower
• Favorable With Committee Substitute (Judiciary Committee) — 15–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• McClain — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-09-10 Filed filing
• 2019-09-23 Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee; Justice Appropriations Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee referral-committee
• 2020-01-13 On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice Subcommittee, 01/15/20, 9:30 am, Sumner Hall
• 2020-01-14 Introduced introduction
• 2020-01-15 Favorable by Criminal Justice Subcommittee; YEAS 13 NAYS 0 committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-01-16 Now in Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
• 2020-01-24 On Committee agenda-- Justice Appropriations Subcommittee, 01/28/20, 4:30 pm, Morris Hall
• 2020-01-28 Favorable by Justice Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 12 NAYS 0 committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-01-28 Now in Judiciary Committee
• 2020-02-04 On Committee agenda-- Judiciary Committee, 02/06/20, 12:00 pm, Sumner Hall
• 2020-02-06 CS by- Judiciary Committee; YEAS 15 NAYS 0
• 2020-02-07 Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
• 2020-02-07 CS by Judiciary Committee read 1st time
• 2020-02-10 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-02-13 Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/19/20
• 2020-02-19 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2020-02-19 Placed on 3rd reading
• 2020-02-20 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2020-02-20 CS passed; YEAS 118 NAYS 0 passage
• 2020-02-26 In Messages
• 2020-02-27 Referred to Judiciary; Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Appropriations referral-committee
• 2020-03-02 Received
• 2020-03-09 Withdrawn from Judiciary; Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Appropriations withdrawal
• 2020-03-09 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• 2020-03-09 Substituted for SB 118
• 2020-03-09 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2020-03-09 Placed on 3rd reading
• 2020-03-10 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2020-03-10 CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 passage
• 2020-03-10 Ordered enrolled
• 2020-06-17 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
• 2020-06-27 Approved by Governor executive-signature
• 2020-06-29 Chapter No. 2020-100

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4139e1b6-73a0-4e2a-86fe-66f60351969b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).