Florida SB 2512: Aircraft

Bill Text

2512 
Judges 
2026-02-18T14:25:39Z 
Increasing the number of circuit judges in certain judicial circuits; increasing the number of county court judges in certain counties, etc. 
Original Filed Version 
2026 
S 
2026-07-01T00:00:00Z 
GB 
General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 2512 

 By the Committee on Appropriations 

 576-03000-26 20262512__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to judges; amending s. 26.031, F.S.; 
 3 increasing the number of circuit judges in certain 
 4 judicial circuits; amending s. 34.022, F.S.; 
 5 increasing the number of county court judges in 
 6 certain counties; providing an effective date. 
 7 
 8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 9 
 10 Section 1. Subsections (1), (5), (7), (18), (19), and (20) 
 11 of section 26.031, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 
 12 26.031 Judicial circuits; number of judges.—The number of 
 13 circuit judges in each circuit shall be as follows: 
 14 
 15 JUDICIAL CIRCUIT TOTAL 
 16 (1) First...........................................27 26 
 17 (5) Fifth...........................................35 34 
 18 (7) Seventh.........................................30 29 
 19 (18) Eighteenth.....................................27 26 
 20 (19) Nineteenth.....................................21 20 
 21 (20) Twentieth......................................40 32 
 22 Section 2. Subsections (15), (27), (28), (35), (43), (48), 
 23 and (66) of section 34.022, Florida Statutes, are amended to 
 24 read: 
 25 34.022 Number of county court judges for each county.—The 
 26 number of county court judges in each county shall be as 
 27 follows: 
 28 
 29 COUNTY TOTAL 
 30 (15) Duval..........................................20 17 
 31 (27) Highlands........................................2 1 
 32 (28) Hillsborough...................................26 25 
 33 (35) Lee.............................................10 9 
 34 (43) Miami-Dade.....................................50 47 
 35 (48) Orange.........................................24 22 
 36 (66) Walton...........................................2 1 
 37 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.