---
type: "Bill"
title: "Lands Used for Governmental Purposes"
description: "Lands Used for Governmental Purposes"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1173"
citation: "Florida HB 1173 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["lands", "military affairs", "water and wastewater", "environmental protection", "landlord and tenant"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2018-159"
primary_sponsors: ["Raschein"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 42
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-01-03"
last_action: "2018-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b8628c1b-8a4a-48b0-8a57-93f31b16485d"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/01173/ByCategory"
source_hash: "c7c4b50c3980e44b51f64e093ab967df1e3e29300fa5441c2ef625ea98af1632"
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 1173 (2018) — Lands Used for Governmental Purposes

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-159.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1173 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/1173/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1173 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/1173/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1173 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/1173/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 1173 e1** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/1173/BillText/e1/PDF)
5. **H 1173 e2** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/1173/BillText/e2/PDF)
6. **H 1173 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/1173/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Government Accountability Committee) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Ways & Means Committee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Local, Federal & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee) — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Raschein — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-03** Filed `filing`
- **2018-01-07** Referred to Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee; Ways and Means Committee; Government Accountability Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-22** On Committee agenda-- Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee, 01/24/18, 8:30 am, 12 HOB
- **2018-01-24** CS by Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee; YEAS 10 NAYS 0
- **2018-01-26** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2018-01-26** CS by Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee read 1st time
- **2018-01-29** Now in Ways and Means Committee
- **2018-01-29** On Committee agenda-- Ways and Means Committee, 01/31/18, 9:00 am, Morris Hall
- **2018-01-31** Favorable by Ways and Means Committee; YEAS 18 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-31** 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
- **2018-02-16** Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2018-02-19** Placed on Calendar
- **2018-02-19** CS/CS by Government Accountability Committee read 1st time
- **2018-02-22** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/28/18
- **2018-02-28** Temporarily postponed, on 2nd Reading
- **2018-02-28** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/02/18
- **2018-03-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-02** Amendment(s) adopted (095841)
- **2018-03-02** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-05** CS passed as amended; YEAS 114 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-05** In Messages
- **2018-03-05** Referred to Environmental Preservation and Conservation; Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security; Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-05** Received
- **2018-03-06** Withdrawn from Environmental Preservation and Conservation; Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security; Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2018-03-06** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2018-03-06** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1622
- **2018-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-06** Amendment(s) adopted (483474) -SJ 743, 746
- **2018-03-06** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-03-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-07** CS passed as amended; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-07** In returning messages
- **2018-03-08** Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (483474) -HJ 1101, 1103
- **2018-03-08** CS passed as amended; YEAS 113 NAYS 0 -HJ 1103, 1104 `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
- **2018-03-26** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2018-04-06** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-09** Chapter No. 2018-159

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b8628c1b-8a4a-48b0-8a57-93f31b16485d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).