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type: "Bill"
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title: "Jury Service"
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description: "Jury Service; Requiring that full-time students who meet specified criteria be excused from jury service upon request, etc."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
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legislature: "Florida Legislature"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "SB 738"
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citation: "Florida SB 738 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2020-57"
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primary_sponsors: ["Harrell"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 31
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2019-11-04"
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last_action: "2020-06-22"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d39223cc-eefe-40bc-be84-93102378ecd5"
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source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/738/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "fbeaa845392babe4e913244f3d9bef1be9b5d1865d3528c42f31cda94b6a2b5a"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
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---
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# Florida SB 738 (2020) — Jury Service
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Jury Service; Requiring that full-time students who meet specified criteria be excused from jury service upon request, etc.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2020-57.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **S 738 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/738/BillText/Filed/HTML)
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2. **S 738 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/738/BillText/c1/HTML)
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3. **S 738 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/738/BillText/er/HTML)
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## Votes
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- Passage, Third Reading — **113–1** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable — **4–0** (pass) · upper
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- Third Reading — **37–2** (pass) · upper
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- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **13–3** (pass) · upper
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- Favorable — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Harrell — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-11-04** Filed `filing`
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- **2019-11-21** Referred to Judiciary; Education; Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2019-12-02** On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 12/10/19, 2:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
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- **2019-12-10** Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 4 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-12-10** Now in Education
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- **2020-01-14** Introduced `introduction`
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- **2020-01-22** On Committee agenda-- Education, 01/27/20, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
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- **2020-01-27** Favorable by Education; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-01-27** Now in Rules
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- **2020-02-26** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 03/02/20, 12:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
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- **2020-03-02** CS by- Rules; YEAS 13 NAYS 3
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- **2020-03-03** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
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- **2020-03-03** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2020-03-03** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/05/20
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- **2020-03-04** CS by Rules read 1st time
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- **2020-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2020-03-05** Placed on 3rd reading
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- **2020-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2020-03-06** CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 2 `passage`
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- **2020-03-06** In Messages
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- **2020-03-09** Referred to Calendar `referral-committee`
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- **2020-03-09** Received
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- **2020-03-10** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/10/20
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- **2020-03-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2020-03-10** Placed on 3rd reading
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- **2020-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2020-03-11** CS passed; YEAS 113 NAYS 1 `passage`
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- **2020-03-11** Ordered enrolled
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- **2020-06-11** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
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- **2020-06-20** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2020-06-22** Chapter No. 2020-57
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d39223cc-eefe-40bc-be84-93102378ecd5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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