The Florida Senate

SB 2512-E: Judges

GENERAL BILL by Garcia

Judges; Increasing the number of circuit judges in certain judicial circuits; increasing the number of county court judges in certain counties, etc.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  5/7/2026	Senate	• Filed • Referred to Appropriations
  5/12/2026	Senate	• Introduced • Withdrawn from Appropriations • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading • Read 2nd time • Read 3rd time • Passed; YEAS 32 NAYS 0 • The Senate requests that the House pass the bill as passed by the Senate or agree to include the bill in the Budget Conference
  5/12/2026	House	• In Messages • Read 1st time • Added to Second Reading Calendar • Read 2nd time • Amendment 098705 adopted • Read 3rd time • Passed as amended; YEAS 104, NAYS 1 • Refused to pass the Senate bill as passed by the Senate and acceded to the request for conference • Bill placed in Conference (Appropriations Conference Committee/Budget) • Conference Committee appointed
  5/12/2026	Senate	• In returning messages • Bill placed in Conference (Appropriations Conference Committee/Budget) • Conference Committee appointed: Appropriations Conference Committee/Budget: Senator Hooper, Chair; Senators Berman, Boyd, Brodeur, Gruters, Passidomo, and Rouson, At Large; Appropriations Conference Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government/Agriculture & Natural Resources: Senator Brodeur, Chair; Senators Arrington, Berman, DiCeglie, Grall, Massullo, McClain, Nathan, Pizzo, Rodriguez, Sharief, and Truenow; Appropriations Conference Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government/State Administration: Senator Brodeur, Chair; Senators Arrington, Berman, DiCeglie, Grall, Massullo, McClain, Nathan, Pizzo, Rodriguez, Sharief, and Truenow; Appropriations Conference Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice/Justice: Senator Garcia, Chair; Senators Martin, Osgood, Polsky, Simon, Smith, Wright, and Yarborough; Appropriations Conference Committee on Health and Human Services/Health Care: Senator Trumbull, Chair; Senators Brodeur, Burton, Davis, Garcia, Harrell, Rodriguez, Rouson, and Sharief; Appropriations Conference Committee on Higher Education/Higher Education: Senator Harrell, Chair; Senators Bracy Davis, Bradley, Burgess, Calatayud, Davis, and Leek; Appropriations Conference Committee on Pre-K – 12 Education/Pre-K – 12: Senator Burgess, Chair; Senators Bradley, Calatayud, Gaetz, Jones, Massullo, Nathan, Osgood, Pizzo, Simon, and Yarborough; Appropriations Conference Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development/Transportation & Economic Development: Senator DiCeglie, Chair; Senators Arrington, Avila, Bernard, Bracy Davis, Grall, Leek, Martin, Mayfield, McClain, Polsky, Smith, Truenow, and Wright.

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• SB 2512-E, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 5/7/2026 at 12:31 PM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	Appropriations (Post-Meeting) 5/7/2026 (pdf)

  Related Bills (2)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
  H 5001E	General Appropriations Act	McClure	Compare	Last Action: 5/28/2026 H Added to Conference Report Calendar
  S 2500E	Appropriations	Hooper	Compare	Last Action: 5/12/2026 S Laid on Table, refer to HB 5001-E

  Floor Amendments (1)

  Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Floor Action	Format
  098705 - Strike All Amendment Remove everything after the enacting clause and insert:	Maney	5/12/2026 10:30 AM	House: Adopted 5/12/2026	PDF

  Floor Votes (2)

  Date	Chamber	Result
  5/12/2026 10:19 AM	Senate	32 Yeas - 0 Nays
  5/12/2026 10:52 AM	House	104 Yeas - 1 Nays

  Citations - Statutes (2)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  26.031	Judicial circuits; number of judges.	Page 1 (pdf)
  34.022	Number of county court judges for each county.	Page 1 (pdf)

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