Files
republic-os/legislation/us/states/fl/2022/sb-596.md
T
2026-07-06 17:26:47 -04:00

101 lines
5.4 KiB
Markdown
Raw Blame History

This file contains ambiguous Unicode characters
This file contains Unicode characters that might be confused with other characters. If you think that this is intentional, you can safely ignore this warning. Use the Escape button to reveal them.
---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsels"
description: "Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsels; Specifying the responsibilities of regional counsels regarding witness coordination; removing the requirement that regional counsel employees be governed by Justice Administrative Commission classification and salary and benefits plans; authorizing regional counsels to access certain confidential information relating to proceedings involving children under specified circumstances; authorizing regional counsel offices to obtain fictitious names for motor vehicle and vessel plates or decals, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 596"
citation: "Florida SB 596 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["criminal procedure and corrections", "domestic relations", "judicial branch", "motor vehicles", "public health", "public officers", "employees", "and records"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2022-195"
primary_sponsors: ["Appropriations", "Baxley", "Judiciary"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-10-21"
last_action: "2022-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ab2f8fa4-1548-4079-a76e-e3f02f7a8b46"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/596/ByCategory"
source_hash: "d210bc3ea0be46fef046130f9ec701684f3493d11b58bda882bdab318df7213e"
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 SB 596 (2022) — Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsels
Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsels; Specifying the responsibilities of regional counsels regarding witness coordination; removing the requirement that regional counsel employees be governed by Justice Administrative Commission classification and salary and benefits plans; authorizing regional counsels to access certain confidential information relating to proceedings involving children under specified circumstances; authorizing regional counsel offices to obtain fictitious names for motor vehicle and vessel plates or decals, etc.
**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2022-195.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **S 596 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/596/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 596 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/596/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 596 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/596/BillText/c2/HTML)
4. **S 596 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/596/BillText/er/HTML)
## Votes
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **200** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **380** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **60** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **1170** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Appropriations — primary (person)
- Baxley — primary (person)
- Judiciary — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-10-21** Filed `filing`
- **2021-11-03** Referred to Judiciary; Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-03** On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 01/10/22, 4:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
- **2022-01-10** CS by Judiciary; YEAS 10 NAYS 0
- **2022-01-11** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2022-01-11** Introduced `introduction`
- **2022-01-11** CS by Judiciary read 1st time
- **2022-01-12** Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice
- **2022-01-14** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 01/19/22, 1:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
- **2022-01-19** Subcommittee Recommendation: Favorable by Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 6 NAYS 0
- **2022-01-19** Now in Appropriations
- **2022-02-21** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 02/24/22, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2022-02-24** CS/CS by- Appropriations; YEAS 20 NAYS 0
- **2022-02-25** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2022-02-25** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2022-02-25** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/01/22
- **2022-02-28** CS/CS by Appropriations read 1st time
- **2022-03-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-01** CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-01** In Messages
- **2022-03-04** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2022-03-04** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/7/2022)
- **2022-03-04** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
- **2022-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-07** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2022-03-07** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2022-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-08** CS passed; YEAS 117, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-08** Ordered enrolled
- **2022-06-09** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2022-06-20** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-06-21** Chapter No. 2022-195, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 598 (Ch. 2022-196)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ab2f8fa4-1548-4079-a76e-e3f02f7a8b46`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).