---
type: "Bill"
title: "Employment Services for Persons with Disabilities"
description: "Employment Services for Persons with Disabilities"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1437"
citation: "Florida HB 1437 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["or scholarships", "women"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2018-72"
primary_sponsors: ["Abruzzo"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 31
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-09"
last_action: "2018-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/12af8e18-8f98-4d6a-acbb-5ff9f0096d3a"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/01437/ByCategory"
source_hash: "27372fdb68ec06a098d65c2b2076ab6dd643fbee48d245ea715660afb70ed12a"
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 1437 (2018) — Employment Services for Persons with Disabilities

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-72.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1437 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/1437/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1437 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/1437/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Oversight, Transparency & Administration Subcommittee) — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Government Accountability Committee) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Government Operations & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee) — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Abruzzo — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-09** Filed `filing`
- **2018-01-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-12** Referred to Oversight, Transparency and Administration Subcommittee; Government Operations and Technology Appropriations Subcommittee; Government Accountability Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-26** On Committee agenda-- Oversight, Transparency and Administration Subcommittee, 01/30/18, 8:30 am, Morris Hall
- **2018-01-30** Favorable by Oversight, Transparency and Administration Subcommittee; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-30** Now in Government Operations and Technology Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2018-02-02** On Committee agenda-- Government Operations and Technology Appropriations Subcommittee, 02/06/18, 10:00 am, Morris Hall
- **2018-02-06** Favorable by Government Operations and Technology Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-06** 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 22 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-13** Placed on Calendar
- **2018-02-22** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/28/18
- **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** Passed; YEAS 112 NAYS 0
- **2018-03-01** In Messages
- **2018-03-01** Referred to Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government; Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-02** Received
- **2018-03-05** Withdrawn from Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government; Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2018-03-05** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2018-03-05** Substituted for SB 648
- **2018-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-05** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-06** Passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 -SJ 769, 770
- **2018-03-06** Ordered enrolled
- **2018-03-14** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2018-03-21** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-22** Chapter No. 2018-72

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/12af8e18-8f98-4d6a-acbb-5ff9f0096d3a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).