---
type: "Bill"
title: "Seminole County"
description: "Seminole County"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1017"
citation: "Florida HB 1017 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["parental rights", "termination"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2018-172"
primary_sponsors: ["Cortes"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-12-15"
last_action: "2018-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ce3cc9bb-30b3-4b21-b777-b3decb393c82"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/01017/ByCategory"
source_hash: "5d91d40024e969afc2d6db495d524e05091281bdd60900d2e450105b94f67b69"
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 1017 (2018) — Seminole County

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-172.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1017 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/1017/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1017 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/1017/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1017 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/1017/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **84–30** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Government Accountability Committee) — **14–2** (pass) · lower
- Local Bills — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Tourism & Gaming Control Subcommittee) — **8–5** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Local, Federal & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee) — **14–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cortes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-15** Filed `filing`
- **2018-01-03** Referred to Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee; Tourism and Gaming Control Subcommittee; Government Accountability Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-08** On Committee agenda-- Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee, 01/10/18, 3:30 pm, 12 HOB
- **2018-01-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-10** CS by Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee; YEAS 14 NAYS 0
- **2018-01-11** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2018-01-11** CS by Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee read 1st time
- **2018-01-16** Now in Tourism and Gaming Control Subcommittee
- **2018-01-19** On Committee agenda-- Tourism and Gaming Control Subcommittee, 01/23/18, 3:30 pm, Webster Hall
- **2018-01-23** Favorable by Tourism and Gaming Control Subcommittee; YEAS 8 NAYS 5 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-23** Now in Government Accountability Committee
- **2018-02-25** On Committee agenda-- Government Accountability Committee, 02/26/18, 2:00 pm, Morris Hall
- **2018-02-26** Favorable by- Government Accountability Committee; YEAS 14 NAYS 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-26** Placed on Calendar
- **2018-02-27** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/02/18
- **2018-03-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-02** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-05** CS passed; YEAS 84 NAYS 30 -HJ 885, 886 `passage`
- **2018-03-05** In Messages
- **2018-03-05** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-05** Received
- **2018-03-06** Placed on Local Calendar, 03/08/18
- **2018-03-08** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2018-03-08** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2018-03-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-08** CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Ordered enrolled
- **2018-03-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2018-03-23** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-09** Chapter No. 2018-172

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ce3cc9bb-30b3-4b21-b777-b3decb393c82`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).