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type: "Bill"
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title: "Chiefs of Police"
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description: "Chiefs of Police; Prohibits municipality from terminating chief of police without providing chief of police written notice; requires municipality to allow chief of police to appear & provide full & complete response to his or her termination at specified public meeting; prohibits employment contract from including certain provisions."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
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legislature: "Florida Legislature"
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session: "2023"
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identifier: "HB 935"
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citation: "Florida HB 935 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["municipalities", "public officers", "employees", "and records"]
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2023-282"
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primary_sponsors: ["Giallombardo", "Jacques"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 45
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2023-02-20"
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last_action: "2023-06-22"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ee9c8e0-e8e8-4bab-b71d-ca8fc32cf727"
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source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/935/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "d6d16edbda8f236cb30252ba6ccfffe0993e6371575e92c268270659aa46099f"
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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 935 (2023) — Chiefs of Police
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Chiefs of Police; Prohibits municipality from terminating chief of police without providing chief of police written notice; requires municipality to allow chief of police to appear & provide full & complete response to his or her termination at specified public meeting; prohibits employment contract from including certain provisions.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-282.
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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 935 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/935/BillText/Filed/PDF)
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2. **H 935 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/935/BillText/c1/PDF)
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3. **H 935 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/935/BillText/c2/PDF)
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4. **H 935 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/935/BillText/er/PDF)
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## Votes
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- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Constitutional Rights, Rule of Law & Government Operations Subcommittee) — **12–0** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage, Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Judiciary Committee) — **23–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Constitutional Rights, Rule of Law & Government Operations Subcommittee — primary (organization)
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- Giallombardo — primary (person)
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- Jacques — primary (person)
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- Judiciary Committee — primary (organization)
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- Baker — cosponsor (person)
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- Bankson — cosponsor (person)
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- Basabe — cosponsor (person)
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- Canady — cosponsor (person)
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- Fernandez-Barquin — cosponsor (person)
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- Garcia — cosponsor (person)
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- Holcomb — cosponsor (person)
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- Leek — cosponsor (person)
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- Plasencia — cosponsor (person)
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- Salzman — cosponsor (person)
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- Yarkosky — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-20** Filed `filing`
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- **2023-02-28** Referred to Constitutional Rights, Rule of Law & Government Operations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-28** Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-28** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-28** Now in Constitutional Rights, Rule of Law & Government Operations Subcommittee
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- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
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- **2023-03-24** Added to Constitutional Rights, Rule of Law & Government Operations Subcommittee agenda
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- **2023-03-28** Favorable with CS by Constitutional Rights, Rule of Law & Government Operations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-28** Reported out of Constitutional Rights, Rule of Law & Government Operations Subcommittee
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- **2023-03-29** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
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- **2023-03-29** CS Filed `filing`
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- **2023-03-29** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
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- **2023-03-30** Original reference removed: Criminal Justice Subcommittee
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- **2023-03-30** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-30** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-30** Now in Judiciary Committee
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- **2023-04-07** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
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- **2023-04-11** Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-11** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
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- **2023-04-12** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
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- **2023-04-12** CS Filed `filing`
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- **2023-04-12** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
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- **2023-04-13** Original reference removed: State Affairs Committee
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- **2023-04-13** Bill referred to House Calendar
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- **2023-04-13** Added to Second Reading Calendar
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- **2023-04-20** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/25/2023)
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- **2023-04-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-04-25** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
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- **2023-04-25** Added to Third Reading Calendar
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- **2023-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-04-26** CS passed; YEAS 115, NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2023-04-26** In Messages
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- **2023-04-26** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-26** Received `enrolled`
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- **2023-05-02** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
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- **2023-05-02** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2023-05-02** Substituted for CS/SB 998
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- **2023-05-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-05-02** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2023-05-02** In Messages
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- **2023-05-02** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2023-06-12** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-06-22** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-06-22** Chapter No. 2023-282
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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/9ee9c8e0-e8e8-4bab-b71d-ca8fc32cf727`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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