republic-os/legislation/us/states/fl/2020/sb-344.md

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Bill	Courts	Courts; Specifying that certain exemptions from court-related fees and charges apply to certain entities; requiring the court to waive any court costs or filing fees for certain proceedings involving public guardians; providing that certain examinations may be performed and reports prepared by a physician assistant or an advanced practice registered nurse under certain circumstances, etc.	us/states/fl	Florida Legislature	2020	SB 344	Florida SB 344 (2020)	bill	domestic relations judicial branch	enacted	2020-73	Bradley	3	31	5	2019-09-18	2020-06-24	openstates	ocd-bill/08e2819f-8424-4bf4-98d8-b447abc9c35f	http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/344/ByCategory	3dacf74157e5149eae943a281ae8738cdfab17e45aee1ea3ff74743a54304b0a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-fl

Florida SB 344 (2020) — Courts

Courts; Specifying that certain exemptions from court-related fees and charges apply to certain entities; requiring the court to waive any court costs or filing fees for certain proceedings involving public guardians; providing that certain examinations may be performed and reports prepared by a physician assistant or an advanced practice registered nurse under certain circumstances, etc.

Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2020-73.

Version chain

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

1. S 344 Filed (filed) — source
2. S 344 c1 (committee substitute) — source
3. S 344 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Favorable — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Favorable — 17–0 (pass) · upper
• Favorable with Committee Substitute — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage, Third Reading — 114–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bradley — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-09-18 Filed filing
• 2019-10-15 Referred to Judiciary; Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Rules referral-committee
• 2019-10-28 On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 11/05/19, 2:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
• 2019-11-05 CS by Judiciary; YEAS 6 NAYS 0
• 2019-11-06 Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• 2019-11-07 Now in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
• 2019-12-02 On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 12/10/19, 2:00 pm, 301 Senate Building
• 2019-12-10 Favorable by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 5 NAYS 0 committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-12-10 Now in Rules
• 2020-01-14 Introduced introduction
• 2020-01-14 CS by Judiciary read 1st time
• 2020-02-14 On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/19/20, 10:00 am, 110 Senate Building
• 2020-02-19 Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 17 NAYS 0 committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-02-19 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• 2020-02-20 Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/26/20
• 2020-02-26 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2020-02-26 Placed on 3rd reading
• 2020-03-03 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2020-03-03 CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 passage
• 2020-03-03 In Messages
• 2020-03-09 Referred to Calendar referral-committee
• 2020-03-09 Received
• 2020-03-10 Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/10/20
• 2020-03-10 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2020-03-10 Placed on 3rd reading
• 2020-03-11 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2020-03-11 CS passed; YEAS 114 NAYS 0 passage
• 2020-03-11 Ordered enrolled
• 2020-06-15 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
• 2020-06-23 Approved by Governor executive-signature
• 2020-06-24 Chapter No. 2020-73

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/08e2819f-8424-4bf4-98d8-b447abc9c35f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).