---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pinellas County Construction Licensing Board"
description: "Pinellas County Construction Licensing Board"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1137"
citation: "Florida HB 1137 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["pinellas county", "alarm system contractors"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2018-179"
primary_sponsors: ["Peters"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 34
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-02"
last_action: "2018-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd5e2b3a-1999-47f5-829c-b85e7ccfc7ee"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/01137/ByCategory"
source_hash: "5685c646acaf5a289b7fd720276c8f78d49115632434b1271e16e6343d7d41ee"
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 1137 (2018) — Pinellas County Construction Licensing Board

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-179.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1137 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/1137/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1137 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/1137/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1137 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/1137/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 1137 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/1137/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Careers & Competition Subcommittee) — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Local, Federal & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Government Accountability Committee) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Local Bills — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Peters — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-02** Filed `filing`
- **2018-01-07** Referred to Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee; Careers and Competition Subcommittee; Government Accountability Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-11** On Committee agenda-- Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee, 01/16/18, 11:30 am, 12 HOB
- **2018-01-16** Favorable by Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-16** Now in Careers and Competition Subcommittee
- **2018-01-26** On Committee agenda-- Careers and Competition Subcommittee, 01/30/18, 1:00 pm, Webster Hall
- **2018-01-30** CS by Careers and Competition Subcommittee; YEAS 15 NAYS 0
- **2018-02-01** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2018-02-01** CS by Careers and Competition Subcommittee read 1st time
- **2018-02-05** Now in Government Accountability Committee
- **2018-02-09** On Committee agenda-- Government Accountability Committee, 02/13/18, 3:00 pm, Morris Hall
- **2018-02-13** CS/CS by- Government Accountability Committee; YEAS 22 NAYS 0
- **2018-02-15** Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2018-02-15** Placed on Calendar
- **2018-02-15** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/20/18
- **2018-02-15** CS/CS by Government Accountability Committee read 1st time
- **2018-02-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-20** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-02-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-21** CS passed; YEAS 114 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2018-02-21** In Messages
- **2018-02-21** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-21** 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. 2018-179

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dd5e2b3a-1999-47f5-829c-b85e7ccfc7ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).