republic-os/legislation/us/states/fl/2023/hb-1595.md

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Bill	Law Enforcement Operations	Law Enforcement Operations; Revises powers, duties, & obligations of sheriff; requires there be elected sheriff in each county; requires board of county commissioners of any such county to ensure successful transfer of policing responsibility & authority to sheriff; provides requirements for sheriff-elect after election is certified but before taking office; authorizes certain persons to file petition with DOAH, rather than appeal by petition to Administration Commission, if tentative municipal law enforcement agency budget contains certain reduction.	us/states/fl	Florida Legislature	2023	HB 1595	Florida HB 1595 (2023)	bill	judicial branch relations	enacted	2023-156	Fernandez-Barquin Yarkosky	5	50	5	2023-03-06	2023-05-26	openstates	ocd-bill/c3fd40c1-0b85-4df1-b656-664361c80b6b	https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1595/ByCategory	3c1b219e70ecabfb8e732248f973cb2615562f64e2cb06b71528a23ef5083723	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-fl

Florida HB 1595 (2023) — Law Enforcement Operations

Law Enforcement Operations; Revises powers, duties, & obligations of sheriff; requires there be elected sheriff in each county; requires board of county commissioners of any such county to ensure successful transfer of policing responsibility & authority to sheriff; provides requirements for sheriff-elect after election is certified but before taking office; authorizes certain persons to file petition with DOAH, rather than appeal by petition to Administration Commission, if tentative municipal law enforcement agency budget contains certain reduction.

Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-156.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. H 1595 Filed (filed) — source
2. H 1595 c1 (committee substitute) — source
3. H 1595 c2 (committee substitute) — source
4. H 1595 c3 (committee substitute) — source
5. H 1595 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Favorable (Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee) — 18–0 (pass) · lower
• Favorable With Committee Substitute (Judiciary Committee) — 23–1 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage, Third Reading — 99–7 (pass) · lower
• Favorable With Committee Substitute (State Affairs Committee) — 17–3 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Fernandez-Barquin — primary (person)
• Judiciary Committee — primary (organization)
• Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee — primary (organization)
• State Affairs Committee — primary (organization)
• Yarkosky — primary (person)
• Garcia — cosponsor (person)
• Leek — cosponsor (person)
• McClain — cosponsor (person)
• Porras — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2023-03-06 Filed filing
• 2023-03-07 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) filing, reading-1
• 2023-03-09 Referred to Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2023-03-09 Referred to Judiciary Committee referral-committee
• 2023-03-09 Referred to State Affairs Committee referral-committee
• 2023-03-09 Now in Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee
• 2023-03-27 PCS added to Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee agenda
• 2023-03-29 Favorable with CS by Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-29 Reported out of Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee
• 2023-03-30 Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) deferral
• 2023-03-30 CS Filed filing
• 2023-03-30 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) reading-1
• 2023-03-31 Referred to Judiciary Committee referral-committee
• 2023-03-31 Referred to State Affairs Committee referral-committee
• 2023-03-31 Now in Judiciary Committee
• 2023-04-07 Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
• 2023-04-11 Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-04-11 Reported out of Judiciary Committee
• 2023-04-12 Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) deferral
• 2023-04-12 CS Filed filing
• 2023-04-12 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) reading-1
• 2023-04-13 Referred to State Affairs Committee referral-committee
• 2023-04-13 Now in State Affairs Committee
• 2023-04-17 Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
• 2023-04-19 Favorable with CS by State Affairs Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-04-21 Reported out of State Affairs Committee
• 2023-04-21 Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) deferral
• 2023-04-21 CS Filed filing
• 2023-04-21 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 3) reading-1
• 2023-04-24 Bill referred to House Calendar
• 2023-04-24 Added to Second Reading Calendar
• 2023-04-25 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/28/2023)
• 2023-04-28 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2023-04-28 Added to Third Reading Calendar
• 2023-04-28 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2023-04-28 CS passed; YEAS 99, NAYS 7 passage
• 2023-04-28 In Messages
• 2023-04-28 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2023-04-28 Received enrolled
• 2023-05-01 Withdrawn from Rules withdrawal
• 2023-05-01 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• 2023-05-01 Substituted for CS/SB 1588
• 2023-05-01 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2023-05-01 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2023-05-01 CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 passage
• 2023-05-01 In Messages
• 2023-05-01 Ordered enrolled enrolled
• 2023-05-16 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor executive-receipt
• 2023-05-25 Approved by Governor executive-signature
• 2023-05-26 Chapter No. 2023-156

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c3fd40c1-0b85-4df1-b656-664361c80b6b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).