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type: "Bill"
title: "Corrections"
description: "Corrections; Revises provisions relating to deferral of prepayment of court costs & fees for indigent prisoners for actions involving challenges to prison disciplinary reports; provides for one-year limitation of actions period for certain actions concerning condition of confinement of prisoners; requires exhaustion of administrative remedies before certain actions concerning confinement of prisoners may be brought; provides for dismissal of certain actions involving prisoner confinement; requires showing of physical injury as condition precedent for bringing certain actions relating to prisoner confinement; provides that prison terms for certain offenses committed in conjunction with another felony offense may be sentenced to be served consecutively; revises provisions concerning methods of execution of death sentences; exempts persons working for or at confinement center from provisions regulating use of drones; revises provisions relating to mental health treatment for inmates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 903"
citation: "Florida HB 903 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["civil practice and procedure", "civil rights", "crimes", "executive branch", "limitations"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2025-81"
primary_sponsors: ["Jacques"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 46
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-21"
last_action: "2025-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/257bfa22-387b-435d-b4e5-2732fd5701de"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/903/ByCategory"
source_hash: "4d052bf2bddef19319360e366b343d6c7bda3284f075f75ada74a548a714281f"
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 903 (2025) — Corrections
Corrections; Revises provisions relating to deferral of prepayment of court costs & fees for indigent prisoners for actions involving challenges to prison disciplinary reports; provides for one-year limitation of actions period for certain actions concerning condition of confinement of prisoners; requires exhaustion of administrative remedies before certain actions concerning confinement of prisoners may be brought; provides for dismissal of certain actions involving prisoner confinement; requires showing of physical injury as condition precedent for bringing certain actions relating to prisoner confinement; provides that prison terms for certain offenses committed in conjunction with another felony offense may be sentenced to be served consecutively; revises provisions concerning methods of execution of death sentences; exempts persons working for or at confinement center from provisions regulating use of drones; revises provisions relating to mental health treatment for inmates.
**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2025-81.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **H 903 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/903/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 903 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/903/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 903 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/903/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 903 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/903/BillText/er/PDF)
## Votes
- Passage, Third Reading — **8333** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **2611** (pass) · upper
- A - 894320, Amendment, Third Reading — **2216** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Criminal Justice Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Jacques — primary (person)
- Judiciary Committee — primary (organization)
- Redondo — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-02-21** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-02** Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-02** Referred to Justice Budget Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-02** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-02** Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- **2025-03-04** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2025-03-24** Added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda
- **2025-03-26** Favorable with CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-26** Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- **2025-03-27** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2025-03-27** CS Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-27** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2025-03-28** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-28** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2025-03-31** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- **2025-04-02** Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- **2025-04-02** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2025-04-02** CS Filed `filing`
- **2025-04-03** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2025-04-03** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
- **2025-04-03** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2025-04-10** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/16/2025)
- **2025-04-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-16** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-16** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2025-04-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-16** CS passed; YEAS 83, NAYS 33 `passage`
- **2025-04-16** In Messages
- **2025-04-16** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-22** Received `enrolled`
- **2025-04-24** Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy `withdrawal`
- **2025-04-24** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2025-04-24** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1604
- **2025-04-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-24** Temporarily postponed, on 2nd Reading
- **2025-04-24** Retained on Special Order Calendar
- **2025-04-28** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-29** Amendment(s) failed (894320)
- **2025-04-29** CS passed; YEAS 26 NAYS 11 `passage`
- **2025-04-29** In Messages
- **2025-04-29** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-19** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-22** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-23** Chapter No. 2025-81
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/257bfa22-387b-435d-b4e5-2732fd5701de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).