---
type: "Bill"
title: "South Lake County Hospital District, Lake County"
description: "South Lake County Hospital District, Lake County"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1239"
citation: "Florida HB 1239 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["mental health", "lake county"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2018-182"
primary_sponsors: ["Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee", "Local"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-05"
last_action: "2018-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c5a06f95-3fac-4d49-94b2-88fad8fb6ea6"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/01239/ByCategory"
source_hash: "31bb6e61625bb53ef43a61fb558809895df913778a5b7f61af3d1f1eb3755e7d"
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 1239 (2018) — South Lake County Hospital District, Lake County

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-182.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1239 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/1239/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1239 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/1239/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1239 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/1239/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Local Bills — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Local, Federal & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee) — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Health & Human Services Committee) — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Government Accountability Committee) — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee — primary (person)
- Local — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-05** Filed `filing`
- **2018-01-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-12** Referred to Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee; Government Accountability Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-25** On Committee agenda-- Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee, 01/29/18, 3:00 pm, 12 HOB
- **2018-01-29** CS by Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee; YEAS 11 NAYS 0
- **2018-01-30** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2018-01-31** Now in Health and Human Services Committee
- **2018-01-31** CS by Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee read 1st time
- **2018-02-05** On Committee agenda-- Health and Human Services Committee, 02/07/18, 10:30 am, Morris Hall
- **2018-02-07** Favorable by Health and Human Services Committee; YEAS 19 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-07** 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** Favorable by- Government Accountability Committee; YEAS 19 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-13** Placed on Calendar
- **2018-02-15** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/20/18
- **2018-02-20** Read 2nd time -HJ 618, 619 `reading-2`
- **2018-02-20** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-02-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-21** CS passed; YEAS 113 NAYS 0 -HJ 645, 646 `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 -SJ 904 905 `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. 2018-182

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c5a06f95-3fac-4d49-94b2-88fad8fb6ea6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).