---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mortgage Brokering"
description: "Mortgage Brokering"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 193"
citation: "Florida HB 193 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["mortgage brokers", "mortgage lenders", "securities"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2018-44"
primary_sponsors: ["Stark"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 28
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-09-27"
last_action: "2018-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7aa576a4-0ef9-4d88-b049-f8b294d080ab"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/00193/ByCategory"
source_hash: "2c881d66711c49f37c3f7ea3c3e3c8791d6fdaefa9c77756b7fb90f941c69d14"
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 193 (2018) — Mortgage Brokering

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-44.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 193 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/193/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 193 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/193/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **106–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Insurance & Banking Subcommittee) — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Commerce Committee) — **25–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Stark — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-09-27** Filed `filing`
- **2017-10-03** Referred to Insurance and Banking Subcommittee; Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-11-08** On Committee agenda-- Insurance and Banking Subcommittee, 11/15/17, 3:00 pm, Sumner Hall
- **2017-11-16** Favorable by Insurance and Banking Subcommittee; YEAS 12 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-11-16** Now in Commerce Committee
- **2018-01-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-09** On Committee agenda-- Commerce Committee, 01/11/18, 10:30 am, Webster Hall
- **2018-01-11** Favorable by- Commerce Committee; YEAS 25 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-11** Placed on Calendar
- **2018-01-18** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 01/24/18
- **2018-01-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-01-24** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-01-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-01-25** Passed; YEAS 106 NAYS 0
- **2018-01-31** In Messages
- **2018-02-01** Referred to Regulated Industries; Banking and Insurance; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-01** Received
- **2018-02-08** Withdrawn from Regulated Industries; Banking and Insurance; Rules `withdrawal`
- **2018-02-08** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2018-02-08** Substituted for SB 314
- **2018-02-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-08** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-02-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-21** Passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0
- **2018-02-27** 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. 2018-44

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7aa576a4-0ef9-4d88-b049-f8b294d080ab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).