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type: "Bill"
title: "Relief of Robert Earl DuBoise by the State of Florida"
description: "Relief of Robert Earl DuBoise by the State of Florida; Providing for the relief of Robert Earl DuBoise; providing an appropriation to compensate Mr. DuBoise for being wrongfully incarcerated for almost 37 years; prohibiting funds awarded under the act to Mr. DuBoise from being used or paid for specified attorney or lobbying fees; requiring specific reimbursement to the state should a civil award be issued subsequent to Mr. DuBoises receipt of payment under the act, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 62"
citation: "Florida SB 62 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-320"
primary_sponsors: ["Grall"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 32
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-12-09"
last_action: "2023-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc581944-e0dc-44e7-afd9-a360131564d3"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/62/ByCategory"
source_hash: "e7475e272a9ec458947837bbd97fea54f324bcd176de84af01d46f46c86f7108"
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 62 (2023) — Relief of Robert Earl DuBoise by the State of Florida
Relief of Robert Earl DuBoise by the State of Florida; Providing for the relief of Robert Earl DuBoise; providing an appropriation to compensate Mr. DuBoise for being wrongfully incarcerated for almost 37 years; prohibiting funds awarded under the act to Mr. DuBoise from being used or paid for specified attorney or lobbying fees; requiring specific reimbursement to the state should a civil award be issued subsequent to Mr. DuBoises receipt of payment under the act, etc.
**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-320.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **S 62 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/62/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 62 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/62/BillText/er/HTML)
## Votes
- Favorable — **120** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **181** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **381** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **1050** (pass) · lower
- Favorable — **120** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Grall — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-12-09** Filed `filing`
- **2023-01-04** Referred to Special Master on Claim Bills; Judiciary; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-03-09** Recommendation: Favorable by Special Master on Claim Bills
- **2023-03-09** Now in Judiciary
- **2023-03-09** On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 03/14/23, 4:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
- **2023-03-14** Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 12 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15** Now in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
- **2023-03-16** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 03/21/23, 11:00 am, 37 Senate Building
- **2023-03-21** Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 12 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-22** Now in Appropriations
- **2023-04-10** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/13/23, 10:30 am, 110 Senate Building
- **2023-04-13** Favorable by- Appropriations; YEAS 18 NAYS 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-13** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-04-13** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/19/23
- **2023-04-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-19** Passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 1 `passage`
- **2023-04-19** Immediately certified
- **2023-04-19** In Messages
- **2023-04-25** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2023-04-25** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/28/2023)
- **2023-04-25** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2023-04-28** Substituted for HB 6005
- **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** Passed; YEAS 105, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-28** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-06-05** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-09** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-07-10** Chapter No. 2023-320
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bc581944-e0dc-44e7-afd9-a360131564d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).