HB 1153 Florida House · 2026 Regular Session

Juvenile Justice

Summary

Juvenile Justice; Authorizing the Governor to award a Medal of Heroism to juvenile detention and juvenile probation officers; authorizing certain entities to establish an award program to award a Medal of Valor to a juvenile detention officer or probation officer in certain circumstances; revising the definition of the term “officer” to include juvenile detention and juvenile probation officers; requiring the Department of Juvenile Justice to direct the Department of Revenue to deduct specified amounts owed to the Department of Juvenile Justice upon a certain determination; requiring the Department of Revenue to transfer such funds into a certain trust fund; specifying requirements relating to such reductions in amounts distributed to counties, etc.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Mar 2026

House Passage

Mar 2026

Senate Passage

Mar 2026

Signed into Law

Mar 2026

Introduced Jan 7, 2026 Signed Mar 30, 2026

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H 1153 c2 → H 1153 er · 2 edits

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The document has transitioned from a committee version (c2) to the enrolled final version (er), indicating the bill has been fully passed and signed into law. The primary changes are technical formatting updates, such as replacing the 'Committee Substitute' header with 'ENROLLED' and updating the bill identifier to reflect its final status. No substantive policy changes, funding adjustments, or new legal requirements were introduced in this specific diff.

TECHNICAL

Updated document headers from 'CS/CS/HB 1153' to 'ENROLLED CS/CS/HB 1153' to signify the bill is in its final, enacted form.

Changed the footer identifier from 'hb1153-02-c2' to 'hb1153 -02-er' to match the enrolled status.

Floor votes · Senate Mar 6, 2026 · House Mar 3, 2026

How they voted

34–0

Passed · 5 other

Total votes 39

Mar 6, 2026

D Democratic11

8 Yea 3

72% Yea

I Independent1

1 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican27

25 Yea 2

92% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Mar 30, 2026

Signed into law

Approved by Governor

legislature

Mar 6, 2026

Upper · Passed

CS passed; YEAS 34 NAYS 0

upper

Mar 3, 2026

Committee

Referred to Rules

upper

Mar 3, 2026

Lower · Passed

CS passed; YEAS 108, NAYS 0

lower

Feb 18, 2026

Committee

Bill referred to House Calendar

lower

Feb 17, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported out of Judiciary Committee

lower

Feb 17, 2026

Lower · Passed

Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee

lower

Feb 13, 2026

Lower · Passed

Added to Judiciary Committee agenda

lower

Feb 9, 2026

Lower · Passed

Now in Judiciary Committee

lower

Feb 9, 2026

Committee

Referred to Judiciary Committee

lower

Feb 6, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported out of Justice Budget Subcommittee

lower

Feb 5, 2026

Lower · Passed

Favorable with CS by Justice Budget Subcommittee

lower

Feb 3, 2026

Lower · Passed

Added to Justice Budget Subcommittee agenda

lower

Jan 28, 2026

Lower · Passed

Now in Justice Budget Subcommittee

lower

Jan 28, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee

lower

Jan 28, 2026

Lower · Passed

Favorable by Criminal Justice Subcommittee

lower

Jan 26, 2026

Lower · Passed

Added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda

lower

Jan 15, 2026

Lower · Passed

Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee

lower

Jan 15, 2026

Committee

Referred to Judiciary Committee

lower

Jan 15, 2026

Committee

Referred to Justice Budget Subcommittee

lower

Jan 15, 2026

Committee

Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee

lower

1 primary · 4 co-sponsors