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type: "Bill"
title: "The Judicial Branch"
description: "The Judicial Branch; Creating a sixth appellate district; revising the location of the headquarters of the Second Appellate District; revising the number of judges of each district court of appeal; revising the number of members and electors for the of the statewide nominating commission, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 7027"
citation: "Florida HB 7027 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["conference committee", "executive branch", "judicial branch", "labor"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2022-163"
primary_sponsors: ["Gregory"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 49
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-20"
last_action: "2022-06-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/81f590de-7aad-4c3d-bc6b-065cb60f17b0"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/7027/ByCategory"
source_hash: "86408ead1580feddd9dafd59121820436575a8e8ef338b5d3a657f55b9584e97"
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 7027 (2022) — The Judicial Branch
The Judicial Branch; Creating a sixth appellate district; revising the location of the headquarters of the Second Appellate District; revising the number of judges of each district court of appeal; revising the number of members and electors for the of the statewide nominating commission, etc.
**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2022-163.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **H 7027 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/7027/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 7027 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/7027/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 7027 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/7027/BillText/e1/PDF)
4. **H 7027 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/7027/BillText/er/PDF)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **390** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **8727** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Judiciary Committee) — **190** (pass) · lower
- Conference Committee Report, Passage — **9314** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Appropriations Committee) — **222** (pass) · lower
- Conference Report — **330** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Appropriations Committee — primary (organization)
- Gregory — primary (person)
- Judiciary Committee — primary (organization)
- Beltran — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-01-20** Filed `filing`
- **2022-01-20** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2022-01-21** Referred to Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-21** Now in Appropriations Committee
- **2022-02-07** Added to Appropriations Committee agenda
- **2022-02-09** Favorable with CS by Appropriations Committee
- **2022-02-10** Reported out of Appropriations Committee
- **2022-02-10** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2022-02-10** CS Filed
- **2022-02-10** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2022-02-10** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/15/2022)
- **2022-02-10** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- **2022-02-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-15** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2022-02-15** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2022-02-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-16** CS passed; YEAS 87, NAYS 27 `passage`
- **2022-02-17** Requests that the Senate pass the bill as passed by the House or agree to include the bill in the Budget Conference
- **2022-02-17** Immediately certified
- **2022-02-17** In Messages
- **2022-02-17** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-17** Withdrawn from Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2022-02-17** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2022-02-17** Substituted for SB 2522
- **2022-02-17** Received
- **2022-02-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-17** Amendment(s) adopted (448776)
- **2022-02-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-17** CS passed as amended; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2022-02-17** The Senate having refused to pass the bill as passed by the House, acceded to the request for a conference
- **2022-02-17** Immediately certified
- **2022-02-17** In Messages
- **2022-02-28** Bill placed in Conference (Appropriations Conference Committee/Appropriations)
- **2022-03-01** Conference Committee appointed: Appropriations Conference Committee/Appropriations: Stargel (Chair), Bean (At Large), Book (At Large), Gibson (At Large), Mayfield (At Large), Passidomo (At Large), Perry (At Large), Powell (At Large), Rouson (At Large), Stewart (At Large); Appropriations Conference Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government/Agriculture and Natural Resources: Albritton (Chair), Ausley, Berman, Boyd, Bradley, Brodeur, Garcia, Mayfield, Rodrigues, Stewart; Appropriations Conference Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government/State Administration and Technology: Albritton (Chair), Ausley, Berman, Boyd, Bradley, Brodeur, Garcia, Mayfield, Rodrigues, Stewart; Appropriations Conference Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice/Justice: Perry (Chair), Baxley, Bracy, Gainer, Pizzo, Rodriguez, Torres, Wright; Appropriations Conference Committee on Education/Higher Education: Broxson (Chair), Cruz, Diaz, Gibson, Gruters, Hutson, Passidomo, Polsky; Appropriations Conference Committee on Education/PreK-12: Broxson (Chair), Cruz, Diaz, Gibson, Gruters, Hutson, Passidomo, Polsky; 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 and Tourism: Gainer (Chair), Ausley, Boyd, Cruz, Garcia, Gibson, Hooper, Mayfield, Perry, Taddeo, Wright;
- **2022-03-11** Bill placed in Conference (Justice Appropriations Conference Committee)
- **2022-03-11** Conference Committee appointed
- **2022-03-14** Conference Committee Report considered
- **2022-03-14** Amendment 181179 adopted
- **2022-03-14** Conference Committee Report adopted
- **2022-03-14** Passed as amended by Conference Committee Report; YEAS 93, NAYS 14 `passage`
- **2022-03-14** In returning messages
- **2022-03-14** Conference Committee Report received
- **2022-03-14** Conference Committee Report adopted (181179)
- **2022-03-14** Passed as amended by Conference Committee Report; YEAS 33 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-14** In Messages
- **2022-03-14** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
- **2022-06-02** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2022-06-02** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-06-03** Chapter No. 2022-163; companion bill(s) passed, see HB 5001 (Ch. 2022-156)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/81f590de-7aad-4c3d-bc6b-065cb60f17b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).