republic-os/legislation/us/states/fl/2021/sb-838.md

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Bill	Clerks of the Circuit Court	Clerks of the Circuit Court; Requiring certain service charges to be distributed in a specified manner; specifying the amount of charges for certain services rendered by, and instruments filed with, the clerk of the circuit court which are not court records; clarifying the responsibility of an individual released from incarceration regarding enrolling in a payment plan for any outstanding court obligations; requiring the clerks to develop a uniform payment plan form by a specified date; requiring the clerks of the court to submit requests for reimbursement for jury-related costs to the Florida Clerks of Court Operations Corporation within specified timeframes, etc.	us/states/fl	Florida Legislature	2021	SB 838	Florida SB 838 (2021)	bill	alcoholic beverages and tobacco civil practice and procedure crimes motor vehicles real and personal property taxation and finance	enacted	2021-116	Boyd	4	35	5	2021-01-26	2021-06-18	openstates	ocd-bill/4ab94e3d-3104-4949-9cd9-b52b87b09e43	https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/838/ByCategory	d3844f15b6d74fdf871ff60afcf5c4971cfc4ccf8312dd0ecebf7a9383965d83	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-fl

Florida SB 838 (2021) — Clerks of the Circuit Court

Clerks of the Circuit Court; Requiring certain service charges to be distributed in a specified manner; specifying the amount of charges for certain services rendered by, and instruments filed with, the clerk of the circuit court which are not court records; clarifying the responsibility of an individual released from incarceration regarding enrolling in a payment plan for any outstanding court obligations; requiring the clerks to develop a uniform payment plan form by a specified date; requiring the clerks of the court to submit requests for reimbursement for jury-related costs to the Florida Clerks of Court Operations Corporation within specified timeframes, etc.

Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-116.

Version chain

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

1. S 838 Filed (filed) — source
2. S 838 c1 (committee substitute) — source
3. S 838 c2 (committee substitute) — source
4. S 838 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Favorable with Committee Substitute — 10–0 (pass) · upper
• Favorable with Committee Substitute — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage, Third Reading — 117–0 (pass) · lower
• Favorable with Committee Substitute — 20–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Boyd — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-26 Filed filing
• 2021-02-04 Referred to Judiciary; Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Appropriations referral-committee
• 2021-03-02 Introduced introduction
• 2021-03-04 On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 03/09/21, 11:45 am, 412 Knott Building
• 2021-03-09 CS by Judiciary; YEAS 10 NAYS 0
• 2021-03-10 Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• 2021-03-10 Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice
• 2021-03-11 CS by Judiciary read 1st time
• 2021-03-12 On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 03/17/21, 3:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
• 2021-03-17 Subcommittee Recommendation: CS/CS by Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
• 2021-03-22 Now in Appropriations
• 2021-04-12 On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/15/21, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
• 2021-04-14 On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/19/21, 10:00 am, 412 Knott Building
• 2021-04-15 CS/CS by- Appropriations; YEAS 20 NAYS 0
• 2021-04-18 Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• 2021-04-19 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• 2021-04-19 Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/21/21
• 2021-04-20 CS/CS by Appropriations read 1st time
• 2021-04-21 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2021-04-21 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2021-04-21 CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 passage
• 2021-04-21 In Messages
• 2021-04-23 Bill referred to House Calendar
• 2021-04-23 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/26/2021)
• 2021-04-23 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
• 2021-04-26 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2021-04-26 Placed on 3rd reading
• 2021-04-26 Added to Third Reading Calendar
• 2021-04-27 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2021-04-27 CS passed; YEAS 117, NAYS 0 passage
• 2021-04-27 Ordered enrolled
• 2021-04-27 Message sent to senate
• 2021-06-15 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
• 2021-06-17 Approved by Governor executive-signature
• 2021-06-18 Chapter No. 2021-116

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4ab94e3d-3104-4949-9cd9-b52b87b09e43. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).