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type: "Bill"
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title: "Public Defender Duties"
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description: "Public Defender Duties; Specifies additional circumstances under which a public defender may not be appointed to represent a defendant."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
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legislature: "Florida Legislature"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "HB 67"
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citation: "Florida HB 67 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2021-18"
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primary_sponsors: ["Fernandez-Barquin"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 38
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2020-12-14"
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last_action: "2021-05-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0cf6b5e8-26fa-4469-afef-1da15c2cae4b"
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source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/67/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "8833d94f49d0aee2f82e2ef5d581c9bc30da34764a3547be4677960a3c430bbc"
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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 HB 67 (2021) — Public Defender Duties
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Public Defender Duties; Specifies additional circumstances under which a public defender may not be appointed to represent a defendant.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-18.
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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. **H 67 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/67/BillText/Filed/PDF)
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2. **H 67 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/67/BillText/er/PDF)
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## Votes
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- Favorable (Judiciary Committee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable (Justice Appropriations Subcommittee) — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passage, Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Favorable (Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee) — **16–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Fernandez-Barquin — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-12-14** Filed `filing`
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- **2021-01-15** Referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety Subcommittee; Justice Appropriations Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-10** Added to Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee agenda
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- **2021-02-17** Favorable by Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-02-17** Reported out of Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
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- **2021-02-17** Now in Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
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- **2021-03-02** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
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- **2021-03-04** Added to Justice Appropriations Subcommittee agenda
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- **2021-03-08** Favorable by Justice Appropriations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-08** Reported out of Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
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- **2021-03-08** Now in Judiciary Committee
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- **2021-03-22** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
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- **2021-03-24** Favorable by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-24** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
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- **2021-03-24** Bill released to House Calendar
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- **2021-03-24** Added to Second Reading Calendar
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- **2021-03-25** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/31/2021)
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- **2021-03-31** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2021-03-31** Placed on 3rd reading
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- **2021-03-31** Added to Third Reading Calendar
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- **2021-04-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-04-01** Passed; YEAS 116, NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2021-04-07** In Messages
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- **2021-04-07** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-07** Message sent to senate
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- **2021-04-07** Received
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- **2021-04-08** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
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- **2021-04-08** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2021-04-08** Substituted for SB 752
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- **2021-04-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2021-04-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-04-08** Passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2021-04-08** Immediately certified
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- **2021-04-08** In Messages
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- **2021-04-08** Ordered enrolled
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- **2021-05-07** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
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- **2021-05-07** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-05-11** Chapter No. 2021-18
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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/0cf6b5e8-26fa-4469-afef-1da15c2cae4b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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