HB 759 Florida House · 2026 Regular Session

Court Fees

Summary
Court Fees; Increases service charges clerk of circuit court charges for certain services rendered by clerk's office; increases certain filing fees & service charges that may be charged by clerk in probate matters; increases certain filing fees & service charges in trial & appellate proceedings; increases certain filing fees & service charges for civil actions, suits, or proceedings in county court; revises distribution formula for additional filing fees; increases service charge clerk is entitled to for disbursement of surplus proceeds for certain judicial sales procedures; increases filing fee for additional timeshare interests joining consolidated timeshare foreclosure action; increases fee clerk of circuit court may charge for auditing of return of ward's estate; requires Office of Economic & Demographic Research to prepare certain report; requires such report to be submitted to Legislature.
Bill status died 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2026
House Passage
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Dec 12, 2025 Last action Mar 13, 2026
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What changed between versions

H 759 Filed H 759 c1 · 4 edits
MODERATE
This bill updates Florida court fees and service charges, shifting from automatic percentage increases to requiring the Office of Economic and Demographic Research to prepare reports before any adjustments. The bill also removes requirements for clerks to submit fee collections to the Department of Revenue for the Clerks of the Court Trust Fund.
Scope change
The bill's scope expanded from automatic fee increases to requiring legislative review through research reports before fee adjustments can occur.
REQUIREMENT

Replaced automatic percentage-based fee increases with requirements for the Office of Economic and Demographic Research to prepare and submit reports to the Legislature before any fee adjustments.

FISCAL

Deleted provisions requiring clerks to submit portions of collected fees to the Department of Revenue for deposit into the Clerks of the Court Trust Fund.

Reduced certain service charges, such as transcript examination fees from $6.00 to $5.00 per page and appellate record preparation fees from $4.00 to $3.50 per instrument.

TECHNICAL

Updated bill document formatting and page counts from 24 pages to 26 pages in the committee version.

Floor votes · House Feb 25, 2026

How they voted

1150
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 118
Feb 25, 2026
D Democratic34
32 Yea 2
94% Yea
R Republican84
83 Yea 1
98% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
32
Key actions
13
Committee
17
Feb 26, 2026
Committee
Referred to Rules
upper
Feb 25, 2026
Lower · Passed
CS passed; YEAS 114, NAYS 0
lower
Feb 10, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Judiciary Committee
lower
Feb 10, 2026
Lower · Passed
Favorable by Judiciary Committee
lower
Feb 6, 2026
Lower · Passed
Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
lower
Jan 23, 2026
Lower · Passed
Now in Judiciary Committee
lower
Jan 23, 2026
Committee
Referred to Judiciary Committee
lower
Jan 22, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Justice Budget Subcommittee
lower
Jan 21, 2026
Lower · Passed
Favorable with CS by Justice Budget Subcommittee
lower
Jan 16, 2026
Lower · Passed
Added to Justice Budget Subcommittee agenda
lower
Jan 14, 2026
Lower · Passed
Now in Justice Budget Subcommittee
lower
Jan 14, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
lower
Jan 14, 2026
Lower · Passed
Favorable by Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
lower
Jan 12, 2026
Lower · Passed
Added to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee agenda
lower
Jan 5, 2026
Lower · Passed
Now in Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
lower
Jan 5, 2026
Committee
Referred to Judiciary Committee
lower
Jan 5, 2026
Committee
Referred to Justice Budget Subcommittee
lower
Jan 5, 2026
Committee
Referred to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
lower
1 primary · 8 co-sponsors

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