---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic Beverages"
description: "Alcoholic Beverages"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1265"
citation: "Florida HB 1265 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["alcoholic beverages"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2018-138"
primary_sponsors: ["Miller"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-05"
last_action: "2018-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07b13f97-42bf-470c-9758-81f6071f368f"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/01265/ByCategory"
source_hash: "85323292a0f68ee73b19b36f0230cb0345f721cee8bf66b1d1dbad8b3d90470e"
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 1265 (2018) — Alcoholic Beverages

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-138.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1265 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/1265/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1265 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/1265/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1265 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/1265/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **37–1** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **112–2** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Commerce Committee) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Careers & Competition Subcommittee) — **15–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Miller — 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 Careers and Competition Subcommittee; Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-26** On Committee agenda-- Careers and Competition Subcommittee, 01/30/18, 1:00 pm, Webster Hall
- **2018-01-30** Favorable by Careers and Competition Subcommittee; YEAS 15 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-30** Now in Commerce Committee
- **2018-02-20** On Committee agenda-- Commerce Committee, 02/22/18, 9:00 am, Webster Hall
- **2018-02-22** CS by- Commerce Committee; YEAS 20 NAYS 0
- **2018-02-22** Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2018-02-22** Placed on Calendar
- **2018-02-22** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/28/18
- **2018-02-22** CS by Commerce Committee read 1st time
- **2018-02-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-28** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-03-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-01** CS passed; YEAS 112 NAYS 2 -HJ 751, 752 `passage`
- **2018-03-01** In Messages
- **2018-03-05** Referred to Regulated Industries; Transportation; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-05** Received
- **2018-03-07** Withdrawn from Regulated Industries; Transportation; Rules `withdrawal`
- **2018-03-07** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2018-03-07** Substituted for SB 922
- **2018-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-07** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-03-08** Read 3rd time -SJ 895, 896 `reading-3`
- **2018-03-08** CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 1 `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Ordered enrolled
- **2018-03-26** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2018-03-30** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-02** Chapter No. 2018-138

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/07b13f97-42bf-470c-9758-81f6071f368f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).