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Bill	Judges	Judges; Increasing the number of circuit judges in certain judicial circuits; increasing the number of county court judges in certain counties; increasing the number of judges on the Sixth District Court of Appeal; providing for the reduction in the number of judges on the Second District Court of Appeal under specified conditions, etc.	us/states/fl	Florida Legislature	2025	SB 2508	Florida SB 2508 (2025)	bill	judicial branch	enacted	2025-202		4	41	5	2025-03-28	2025-07-03	openstates	ocd-bill/1b0774b4-5dc2-4137-8747-9d64b9e6f7ed	https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/2508/ByCategory	1a6c4639d750933e7cdf166705843e4c57a1cbe28eb520e6705a430ca779279e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-fl

Florida SB 2508 (2025) — Judges

Judges; Increasing the number of circuit judges in certain judicial circuits; increasing the number of county court judges in certain counties; increasing the number of judges on the Sixth District Court of Appeal; providing for the reduction in the number of judges on the Second District Court of Appeal under specified conditions, etc.

Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2025-202.

Version chain

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

1. S 2508 Filed (filed) — source
2. S 2508 pb (committee substitute) — source
3. S 2508 e1 (engrossed) — source
4. S 2508 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Submitted and Reported Favorably as Committee Bill — 18–0 (pass) · upper
• Conference Committee Report, Passage — 105–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Conference Committee Report — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage, Third Reading — 111–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Appropriations — primary (organization)

Timeline

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

• 2025-03-28 Submitted for consideration by Appropriations
• 2025-03-28 On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/02/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
• 2025-03-31 On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/03/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building --Meeting cancelled
• 2025-04-02 Submitted as Committee Bill and Reported Favorably by Appropriations; YEAS 18 NAYS 0
• 2025-04-03 Filed filing
• 2025-04-03 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• 2025-04-03 Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/09/25
• 2025-04-08 Introduced introduction
• 2025-04-09 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2025-04-09 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2025-04-09 Passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 passage
• 2025-04-09 The Senate requests that the House pass the bill as passed by the Senate or agree to include the bill in the Budget Conference
• 2025-04-09 Immediately certified
• 2025-04-09 In Messages
• 2025-04-09 Bill referred to House Calendar
• 2025-04-09 Substituted for HB 5401
• 2025-04-09 Read 1st time
• 2025-04-09 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2025-04-09 Amendment 345425 adopted
• 2025-04-09 Placed on 3rd reading reading-3
• 2025-04-09 Added to Third Reading Calendar
• 2025-04-09 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2025-04-09 Passed as amended; YEAS 111, NAYS 0 passage
• 2025-04-09 Passed the Senate bill as amended by House and we accede to conference
• 2025-04-10 In returning messages
• 2025-06-02 Bill placed in Conference (Appropriations Conference Committee/Budget)
• 2025-06-02 Conference Committee appointed
• 2025-06-02 Bill placed in Conference (Appropriations Conference Committee/Budget)
• 2025-06-02 Conference Committee appointed: Appropriations Conference Committee/Budget: Hooper (Chair), Berman (At Large), Boyd (At Large), Brodeur (At Large), Gruters (At Large), Passidomo (At Large), Rouson (At Large); Appropriations Conference Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government/Agriculture and Natural Resources: Brodeur (Chair), Arrington, Berman, Burton, Collins, DiCeglie, Grall, McClain, Pizzo, Rodriguez, Sharief, Truenow, Boyd (At Large), Gruters (At Large), Passidomo (At Large), Rouson (At Large); Appropriations Conference Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government/State Administration: Brodeur (Chair), Arrington, Berman, Burton, Collins, DiCeglie, Grall, McClain, Pizzo, Rodriguez, Sharief, Truenow; Appropriations Conference Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice/Justice: Garcia (Chair), Ingoglia, Martin, Osgood, Polsky, Rouson, Simon, Wright, Yarborough, Berman (At Large), Boyd (At Large), Brodeur (At Large), Gruters (At Large), Passidomo (At Large); Appropriations Conference Committee on Health and Human Services/Health Care: Trumbull (Chair), Berman, Brodeur, Burton, Davis, Garcia, Gruters, Harrell, Rodriguez, Rouson, Boyd (At Large), Passidomo (At Large); Appropriations Conference Committee on Higher Education/Higher Education: Harrell (Chair), Bradley, Burgess, Calatayud, Davis, Leek, Smith, Trumbull, Berman (At Large), Boyd (At Large), Brodeur (At Large), Gruters (At Large), Passidomo (At Large), Rouson (At Large); Appropriations Conference Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education/PreK-12: Burgess (Chair), Bradley, Calatayud, Gaetz, Jones, Osgood, Pizzo, Simon, Yarborough, Berman (At Large), Boyd (At Large), Brodeur (At Large), Gruters (At Large), Passidomo (At Large), Rouson (At Large); Appropriations Conference Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development/Transportation and Economic Development: DiCeglie (Chair), Arrington, Avila, Bernard, Collins, Grall, Ingoglia, Leek, Martin, McClain, Polsky, Sharief, Smith, Truenow, Wright, Berman (At Large), Boyd (At Large), Brodeur (At Large), Gruters (At Large), Passidomo (At Large), Rouson (At Large);
• 2025-06-16 Conference Committee Report received enrolled
• 2025-06-16 Conference Committee Report adopted (601498)
• 2025-06-16 Passed as amended by Conference Committee Report; YEAS 34 NAYS 0 passage
• 2025-06-16 In Messages
• 2025-06-16 Conference Committee Report considered
• 2025-06-16 Amendment 601498 adopted
• 2025-06-16 Conference Committee Report adopted
• 2025-06-16 Passed as amended by Conference Committee Report; YEAS 105, NAYS 0 passage
• 2025-06-16 Ordered engrossed, then enrolled enrolled
• 2025-06-27 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor executive-receipt
• 2025-06-30 Approved by Governor executive-signature
• 2025-07-03 Chapter No. 2025-202, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 2500 (Ch. 2025-198)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1b0774b4-5dc2-4137-8747-9d64b9e6f7ed. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).