SB2510 • 2026

Trust Funds of the State Courts System

Budget Taxes

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Appropriations
Last action: 2026-02-20
Official status: Senate - Laid on Table, refer to HB 5401 -SJ 415
Effective date: 2026-07-01

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide details on how individuals using the old fund will be affected or what happens to remaining funds post-debt payment.

Terminating the Mediation and Arbitration Trust Fund

This law ends the Mediation and Arbitration Trust Fund within Florida's State Courts System and moves its remaining funds to another trust fund.

What This Bill Does

Ends the Mediation and Arbitration Trust Fund within the State Courts System.
Transfers all current balances and revenues from this trust fund to the State Courts Revenue Trust Fund.
Uses the new fund to pay off any outstanding debts or obligations of the old fund as soon as possible.
Closes out the old fund in state accounting systems.

Who It Names or Affects

The State Courts System

Terms To Know

Trust Fund: A special account where money is kept for a specific purpose.
State Courts Revenue Trust Fund: An account in the State Courts System that holds money to pay for court operations and services.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify how people who used the old fund will be affected.
It is unclear what happens to any remaining funds after all debts are paid.

Bill History

2026-02-20 Senate
• Read 2nd time -SJ 415 • Substituted HB 5401 -SJ 415 • Laid on Table, refer to HB 5401 -SJ 415
2026-02-19 Senate
• Introduced
2026-02-18 Senate
• Submitted as Committee Bill and Reported Favorably by Appropriations; YEAS 16 NAYS 0 • Filed • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/20/26
2026-02-13 Senate
• Submitted for consideration by Appropriations • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 02/18/26, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building

Official Summary Text

Trust Funds of the State Courts System; Terminating the Mediation and Arbitration Trust Fund; providing for the disposition of balances in and revenues of the trust fund; prescribing procedures for the termination of the trust fund, etc.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

Florida Senate
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2026

SB 2510

By
the Committee on Appropriations

576-02999-26 20262510__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to trust funds of the State Courts
3 System; terminating the Mediation and Arbitration
4 Trust Fund; providing for the disposition of balances
5 in and revenues of the trust fund; prescribing
6 procedures for the termination of the trust fund;
7 providing an effective date.
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9 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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11 Section 1.
(1)

The Mediation and Arbitration Trust Fund

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within the State Courts System, FLAIR number 22-2-213, is

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terminated.

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(2) All current balances remaining in, and all revenues of,

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the trust fund shall be transferred to the State Courts Revenue

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Trust Fund.

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(3)

The State Courts Revenue Trust Fund shall be used to

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pay any outstanding debts or obligations of the terminated fund

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as soon as practicable, and the Chief Financial Officer shall

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close out and remove the trust fund from the various state

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accounting and financial systems, using generally accepted

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accounting principles concerning assets, liabilities, and

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warrants outstanding.

24 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.