This bill amends Florida Statutes to increase the number of circuit and county court judges in various judicial circuits and counties. Specifically, it raises the number of circuit judges in the First, Fifth, Seventh, Eighteenth, Nineteenth, and Twentieth circuits, changing the totals from 26 to 27, 34 to 35, 29 to 30, 26 to 27, 20 to 21, and 32 to 40, respectively. Additionally, the bill increases the number of county court judges in Duval, Highlands, Hillsborough, Lee, Miami-Dade, Orange, and Walton counties, with the new totals being 20 (up from 17), 2 (up from 1), 26 (up from 25), 10 (up from 9), 50 (up from 47), 24 (up from 22), and 2 (up from 1), respectively.

The effective date for these changes is set for July 1, 2026. The bill aims to address the growing demands on the judicial system by ensuring that there are sufficient judges to handle cases in these specific areas.