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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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6.6 KiB
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Corrections"
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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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
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legislature: "Florida Legislature"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 903"
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citation: "Florida HB 903 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["civil practice and procedure", "civil rights", "crimes", "executive branch", "limitations"]
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2025-81"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jacques"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 46
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-02-21"
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last_action: "2025-05-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/257bfa22-387b-435d-b4e5-2732fd5701de"
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source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/903/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "4d052bf2bddef19319360e366b343d6c7bda3284f075f75ada74a548a714281f"
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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 903 (2025) — Corrections
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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.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2025-81.
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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 903 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/903/BillText/Filed/PDF)
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2. **H 903 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/903/BillText/c1/PDF)
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3. **H 903 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/903/BillText/c2/PDF)
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4. **H 903 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/903/BillText/er/PDF)
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## Votes
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- Passage, Third Reading — **83–33** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **26–11** (pass) · upper
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- A - 894320, Amendment, Third Reading — **22–16** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Criminal Justice Subcommittee — primary (organization)
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- Jacques — primary (person)
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- Judiciary Committee — primary (organization)
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- Redondo — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-21** Filed `filing`
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- **2025-03-02** Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-02** Referred to Justice Budget Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-02** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-02** Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
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- **2025-03-04** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
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- **2025-03-24** Added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda
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- **2025-03-26** Favorable with CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-26** Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee
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- **2025-03-27** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
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- **2025-03-27** CS Filed `filing`
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- **2025-03-27** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-28** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-28** Now in Judiciary Committee
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- **2025-03-31** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
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- **2025-04-02** Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-02** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
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- **2025-04-02** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
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- **2025-04-02** CS Filed `filing`
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- **2025-04-03** Bill referred to House Calendar
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- **2025-04-03** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
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- **2025-04-03** Added to Second Reading Calendar
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- **2025-04-10** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/16/2025)
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- **2025-04-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-16** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-16** Added to Third Reading Calendar
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- **2025-04-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-16** CS passed; YEAS 83, NAYS 33 `passage`
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- **2025-04-16** In Messages
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- **2025-04-16** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-22** Received `enrolled`
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- **2025-04-24** Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy `withdrawal`
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- **2025-04-24** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2025-04-24** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1604
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- **2025-04-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-24** Temporarily postponed, on 2nd Reading
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- **2025-04-24** Retained on Special Order Calendar
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- **2025-04-28** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-29** Amendment(s) failed (894320)
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- **2025-04-29** CS passed; YEAS 26 NAYS 11 `passage`
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- **2025-04-29** In Messages
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- **2025-04-29** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-05-19** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-22** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-23** Chapter No. 2025-81
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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/257bfa22-387b-435d-b4e5-2732fd5701de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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