---
type: "Bill"
title: "Minimum Officer Qualifications"
description: "Minimum Officer Qualifications"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 333"
citation: "Florida HB 333 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["taxation", "agencies"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2018-46"
primary_sponsors: ["Burgess"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-10-13"
last_action: "2018-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ec8193bb-7230-4f5e-8855-e7059868fc29"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/00333/ByCategory"
source_hash: "64dc2914cfb747d26d4ae6cbe3ef244cffdd71f27c65ff8de162690efcf8feba"
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 333 (2018) — Minimum Officer Qualifications

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-46.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 333 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/333/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 333 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/333/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 333 e1** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/333/BillText/e1/PDF)
4. **H 333 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/333/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Judiciary Committee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Criminal Justice Subcommittee) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **109–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Burgess — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-10-13** Filed `filing`
- **2017-10-26** Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee; Justice Appropriations Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-22** On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice Subcommittee, 01/24/18, 8:00 am, Sumner Hall
- **2018-01-24** CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
- **2018-01-25** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2018-01-25** CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee read 1st time
- **2018-01-26** Original reference(s) removed: Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2018-01-26** CS referred to Judiciary Committee
- **2018-01-26** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2018-01-30** On Committee agenda-- Judiciary Committee, 02/01/18, 8:00 am, Sumner Hall
- **2018-02-01** Favorable by- Judiciary Committee; YEAS 17 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-01** Placed on Calendar
- **2018-02-08** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/14/18
- **2018-02-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-14** Temporarily postponed, on 3rd Reading
- **2018-02-14** Amendment(s) adopted (399147) -HJ 586, 587
- **2018-02-14** CS passed as amended; YEAS 109 NAYS 1 `passage`
- **2018-02-20** In Messages
- **2018-02-20** Referred to Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security; Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-21** Received
- **2018-03-06** Withdrawn from Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security; Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2018-03-06** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2018-03-06** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 470
- **2018-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-06** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-03-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-07** CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 -SJ 875, 876 `passage`
- **2018-03-07** 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. 2018-46

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ec8193bb-7230-4f5e-8855-e7059868fc29`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).