CS/CS/SB 532: Clerks of the Court

GENERAL BILL by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, Judiciary, Simon; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Wright, Osgood, Rodriguez, Calatayud, Jones, Smith, Bracy Davis, Boyd, Massullo, Rouson, DiCeglie, Garcia, Leek, Harrell

Clerks of the Court; Authorizing the cumulative excess of funds to be used in the development of the total combined budgets of the clerks of the court; requiring that a court use certain sale procedures in a foreclosure action; providing that only a clerk of court may conduct a foreclosure sale, etc.

Current Bill Version Posted: 2/20/2026 04:16 PM

• Senate Committee References (3)

  1. Judiciary (JU)
  2. Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice (ACJ)
  3. Appropriations (AP)

• Related Bills (2)

  Bill Number Subject Filed By Last Action and Location	Relationship Learn more about bill relationships
  H 925 (er) by Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee Clerks of the Court Last Action: 3/12/2026 H Ordered engrossed, then enrolled	Compare
  S 1322 by Martin Clerks of the Court Last Action: 3/13/2026 S Died in Judiciary	Compare

• Analyses (2)

  Links in this section are PDF documents.

  • Appropriations (Pre-Meeting)   2/27/2026
  • Appropriations (Post-Meeting)   3/3/2026

• Committee Votes (1)

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  Date	Version	Committee	Result
  3/2/2026 12:00 PM	S 532	Appropriations	17 Yeas - 0 Nays

• Citations - Statute (4)

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  28.35	Florida Clerks of Court Operations Corporation.	Page 2 (pdf)
  28.36	Budget procedure.	Page 4 (pdf)
  28.37	Fines, fees, service charges, and costs remitted to the state.	Page 1 (pdf)
  45.031	Judicial sales procedure.	Page 6 (pdf)

• Bill History

  S = Senate, H = House

  11/17/2025	S	• Filed
  12/1/2025	S	• Referred to Judiciary; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Appropriations
  1/13/2026	S	• Introduced
  1/22/2026	S	• On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 01/27/26, 1:00 pm, 110 Senate Building --Temporarily Postponed
  2/5/2026	S	• On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 02/10/26, 12:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
  2/10/2026	S	• CS by Judiciary; YEAS 11 NAYS 0
  2/12/2026	S	• Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) • Now in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
  2/13/2026	S	• On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 02/18/26, 10:30 am, 37 Senate Building
  2/18/2026	S	• CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 • CS by Judiciary read 1st time
  2/20/2026	S	• Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
  2/23/2026	S	• Now in Appropriations
  2/24/2026	S	• CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice read 1st time
  2/25/2026	S	• On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 03/02/26, 12:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
  3/2/2026	S	• Favorable by- Appropriations; YEAS 17 NAYS 0
  3/3/2026	S	• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
  3/9/2026	S	• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/11/26
  3/11/2026	S	• Read 2nd time -SJ 754 • Substituted CS/HB 925 -SJ 754 • Laid on Table, refer to CS/HB 925 -SJ 754