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type: "Bill"
title: "Judges"
description: "Judges; Revises number of circuit court judges in certain circuits; revises number of county court judges in certain counties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 5301"
citation: "Florida HB 5301 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-45"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 49
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-03-25"
last_action: "2021-06-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a819bfb7-d5b3-46f3-94d8-1cb6b9b4bf73"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/5301/ByCategory"
source_hash: "59cdf5bb4b90a6db0b27e32eec41255c36ff321052fd4bebb3ec9ee6a8b01a32"
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 5301 (2021) — Judges
Judges; Revises number of circuit court judges in certain circuits; revises number of county court judges in certain counties.
**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-45.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **H 5301 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/5301/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 5301 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/5301/BillText/e1/PDF)
3. **H 5301 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/5301/BillText/er/PDF)
## Votes
- Passage, Third Reading — **1170** (pass) · lower
- Conference Report, First Reading — **400** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Appropriations Committee) — **260** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Justice Appropriations Subcommittee) — **130** (pass) · lower
- Conference Committee Report, Passage — **1170** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **400** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Justice Appropriations Subcommittee — primary (organization)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-03-25** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-25** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2021-03-29** Referred to Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-29** Now in Appropriations Committee
- **2021-03-29** Added to Appropriations Committee agenda
- **2021-03-31** Favorable by Appropriations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31** Reported out of Appropriations Committee
- **2021-03-31** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2021-03-31** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2021-04-01** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/7/2021)
- **2021-04-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-07** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2021-04-07** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2021-04-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-08** Passed; YEAS 117, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-08** Requests that the Senate pass the bill as passed by the House or agree to include the bill in the Budget Conference
- **2021-04-08** Immediately certified
- **2021-04-08** Message sent to senate
- **2021-04-08** In Messages
- **2021-04-08** Received
- **2021-04-08** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08** Withdrawn from Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2021-04-08** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2021-04-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-08** Amendment(s) adopted (946234)
- **2021-04-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-08** Passed as amended; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-08** The Senate having refused to pass the bill as passed by the House, acceded to the request for a conference
- **2021-04-08** Immediately certified
- **2021-04-08** In Messages
- **2021-04-16** Bill placed in Conference (Justice Appropriations Conference Committee)
- **2021-04-16** Conference Committee appointed
- **2021-04-16** Bill placed in Conference (Appropriations Conference Committee/Appropriations)
- **2021-04-16** Conference Committee appointed: Appropriations Conference Committee/Appropriations: Stargel (Chair), Bean (At Large), Book (At Large), Farmer (At Large), Gibson (At Large), Mayfield (At Large), Passidomo (At Large), Perry (At Large), Rouson (At Large); Appropriations Conference Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government/Agriculture & Natural Resources: Albritton (Chair), Ausley, Berman, Boyd, Bradley, Brodeur, Garcia, Mayfield, Powell, Rodrigues, Stewart, Thurston; Appropriations Conference Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government/State Administration & Technology: Albritton (Chair), Ausley, Berman, Boyd, Bradley, Brodeur, Garcia, Mayfield, Powell, Rodrigues, Stewart, Thurston; Appropriations Conference Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice/Justice: Perry (Chair), Baxley, Bracy, Brandes, Gainer, Pizzo, Rodriguez, Torres; Appropriations Conference Committee on Education/Higher Education: Broxson (Chair), Cruz, Diaz, Gibson, Gruters, Hutson, Polsky, Wright; Appropriations Conference Committee on Education/PreK-12: Broxson (Chair), Cruz, Diaz, Gibson, Gruters, Hutson, Polsky, Wright; Appropriations Conference Committee on Health and Human Services/Health Care: Bean (Chair), Book, Brodeur, Burgess, Diaz, Farmer, Harrell, Jones, Rodrigues, Rodriguez, Rouson; Appropriations Conference Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development/Infrastructure & Tourism: Gainer (Chair), Ausley, Boyd, Cruz, Garcia, Gibson, Hooper, Mayfield, Perry, Taddeo, Wright;
- **2021-04-28** Amendment 401357 filed
- **2021-04-30** Conference Committee Report considered
- **2021-04-30** Amendment 401357 adopted
- **2021-04-30** Conference Committee Report adopted
- **2021-04-30** Passed as amended by Conference Committee Report; YEAS 117, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-30** In returning messages
- **2021-04-30** Conference Committee Report received
- **2021-04-30** Conference Committee Report adopted (401357)
- **2021-04-30** Passed as amended by Conference Committee Report; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-30** In Messages
- **2021-04-30** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
- **2021-04-30** Message sent to senate
- **2021-06-01** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2021-06-02** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-03** Chapter No. 2021-45; companion bill(s) passed, see SB 2500 (Ch. 2021-36)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a819bfb7-d5b3-46f3-94d8-1cb6b9b4bf73`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).