---
type: "Bill"
title: "Closing Gap Grant Program"
description: "Closing Gap Grant Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1009"
citation: "Florida HB 1009 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["insurance"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2018-157"
primary_sponsors: ["Brown"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-12-14"
last_action: "2018-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aeba724d-9ed9-4b5d-9104-780f5ea5986f"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/01009/ByCategory"
source_hash: "947aed9bb6f773101a180b4b59949e86c4014df7688eb885c76d9e98678edd42"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
---

# Florida HB 1009 (2018) — Closing Gap Grant Program

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-157.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **H 1009 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/1009/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1009 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/1009/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Health Quality Subcommittee) — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Health & Human Services Committee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brown — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-12-14** Filed `filing`
- **2017-12-20** Referred to Health Quality Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-11** On Committee agenda-- Health Quality Subcommittee, 01/16/18, 11:30 am, Mashburn Hall
- **2018-01-16** Favorable by Health Quality Subcommittee; YEAS 14 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-17** Now in Health and Human Services Committee
- **2018-01-23** On Committee agenda-- Health and Human Services Committee, 01/25/18, 11:00 am, Morris Hall
- **2018-01-25** Favorable by- Health and Human Services Committee; YEAS 18 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-25** Placed on Calendar
- **2018-02-08** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/14/18
- **2018-02-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-14** Passed; YEAS 112 NAYS 0
- **2018-02-20** In Messages
- **2018-02-20** Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-21** Received
- **2018-03-07** Withdrawn from Health Policy; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2018-03-07** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2018-03-07** Substituted for SB 1184
- **2018-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-07** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-08** Passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0
- **2018-03-08** Ordered enrolled
- **2018-03-26** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2018-04-06** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-09** Chapter No. 2018-157

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aeba724d-9ed9-4b5d-9104-780f5ea5986f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).