---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child Welfare"
description: "Child Welfare"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1079"
citation: "Florida HB 1079 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["sexual crimes", "social services", "adoption", "foster care", "camps", "abuse", "vehicles", "child care", "commissions", "background screening", "families", "child dependency", "driver licenses"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2018-103"
primary_sponsors: ["Burton"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 39
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-12-21"
last_action: "2018-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/71cf798c-b45b-4988-8a97-c3e3000fdbee"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/01079/ByCategory"
source_hash: "800fb7df0579c182a5603ce6e72414c8e258147ae81cfc2006cfeffaede931e3"
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 1079 (2018) — Child Welfare

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-103.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1079 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/1079/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1079 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/1079/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1079 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/1079/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 1079 e1** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/1079/BillText/e1/PDF)
5. **H 1079 e2** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/1079/BillText/e2/PDF)
6. **H 1079 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/1079/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Health & Human Services Committee) — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee) — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee) — **11–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Burton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-21** Filed `filing`
- **2018-01-03** Referred to Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee; Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-12** On Committee agenda-- Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee, 01/17/18, 8:30 am, 12 HOB
- **2018-01-17** CS by Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee; YEAS 13 NAYS 0
- **2018-01-22** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2018-01-22** CS by Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee read 1st time
- **2018-01-23** Now in Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2018-02-02** On Committee agenda-- Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee, 02/06/18, 9:30 am, Sumner Hall
- **2018-02-06** Favorable by Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-06** Now in Health and Human Services Committee
- **2018-02-13** On Committee agenda-- Health and Human Services Committee, 02/15/18, 8:30 am, Morris Hall
- **2018-02-15** CS/CS by- Health and Human Services Committee; YEAS 19 NAYS 0
- **2018-02-19** Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2018-02-19** CS/CS by Health and Human Services Committee read 1st time
- **2018-02-25** Placed on Calendar
- **2018-02-27** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/02/18
- **2018-03-02** Read 2nd time -HJ 802, 803 `reading-2`
- **2018-03-02** Amendment(s) adopted (485041, 588193)
- **2018-03-02** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-03-05** Temporarily postponed, on 3rd Reading
- **2018-03-06** Temporarily postponed, on 3rd Reading
- **2018-03-07** Read 3rd time -HJ 1024, 1025 `reading-3`
- **2018-03-07** Amendment(s) adopted (080479) -HJ 1025, 1035
- **2018-03-07** CS passed as amended; YEAS 114 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-07** In Messages
- **2018-03-07** Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-07** Received
- **2018-03-07** Withdrawn from Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2018-03-07** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2018-03-07** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1360
- **2018-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-07** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-03-08** Read 3rd time -SJ 898, 899 `reading-3`
- **2018-03-08** CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Ordered enrolled
- **2018-03-21** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2018-03-23** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-27** Chapter No. 2018-103, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 5003 (Ch. 2018-10)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/71cf798c-b45b-4988-8a97-c3e3000fdbee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).