HB 813 Florida House · 2025 Regular Session

Courts

Summary

Courts; Requires each judicial circuit to have circuit judge available at all times to hold & conduct hearings with limited notice; requires certain reimbursement requests be submitted to JAC; removes limitation on arbitrator compensation in court-ordered, nonbinding arbitration; provides alternate method for authentication of oaths, affidavits, or acknowledgments taken or administered by or before any judge.

Bill status in committee 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2025

House Passage

Mar 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Feb 20, 2025 Last action Apr 29, 2025

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What changed between versions

H 813 Filed → H 813 c1 · 4 edits

MODERATE

This bill was amended to update its title and scope to reflect new provisions regarding judicial circuit operations and court administration. The changes add requirements for judges to be available on weekends and holidays, establish budget processes for the Florida Clerks of Court Operations Corporation, and update references from the State Courts Administrator to the Justice Administrative Commission.

Scope change

The bill's scope expanded to include new provisions about judge availability schedules and court administrative budgeting processes, while updating references to the Justice Administrative Commission.

REQUIREMENT

Added requirement for judges to be available on Saturdays, Sundays, holidays, and after hours on weekdays to hear temporary injunction motions in domestic violence cases

FISCAL

Added requirement for the Florida Clerks of Court Operations Corporation to annually prepare budget requests for reimbursement to the Justice Administrative Commission

DEFINITION

Changed references from 'Office of the State Courts Administrator' to 'Justice Administrative Commission' throughout the statute

TECHNICAL

Updated bill title and version number from 'HB 813' to 'CS/HB 813' and page count from 3 to 4 pages

Floor votes · House Mar 26, 2025

How they voted

20–0

Passed · 2 other

Total votes 22

Mar 26, 2025

D Democratic6

5 Yea 1

83% Yea

R Republican16

15 Yea 1

93% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Mar 27, 2025

Committee

Bill referred to House Calendar

lower

Mar 26, 2025

House · Passed

House Vote: pass (20-0-2)

house

Mar 26, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported out of Judiciary Committee

lower

Mar 26, 2025

Lower · Passed

Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee

lower

Mar 24, 2025

Lower · Passed

Added to Judiciary Committee agenda

lower

Mar 18, 2025

Lower · Passed

Now in Judiciary Committee

lower

Mar 18, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported out of Justice Budget Subcommittee

lower

Mar 18, 2025

Lower · Passed

Favorable by Justice Budget Subcommittee

lower

Mar 14, 2025

Lower · Passed

Added to Justice Budget Subcommittee agenda

lower

Mar 13, 2025

Lower · Passed

Now in Justice Budget Subcommittee

lower

Mar 13, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported out of Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee

lower

Mar 13, 2025

Lower · Passed

Favorable by Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee

lower

Mar 11, 2025

Lower · Passed

Added to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee agenda

lower

Feb 26, 2025

Lower · Passed

Now in Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee

lower

Feb 26, 2025

Committee

Referred to Judiciary Committee

lower

Feb 26, 2025

Committee

Referred to Justice Budget Subcommittee

lower

Feb 26, 2025

Committee

Referred to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee

lower

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