---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Investments"
description: "State Investments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 359"
citation: "Florida HB 359 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["international affairs", "emergency management", "state finances"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2018-125"
primary_sponsors: ["Nunez", "Diaz"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 31
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-10-17"
last_action: "2018-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/64bd2ca7-9b9a-4015-81a6-0f87ea5c5925"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/00359/ByCategory"
source_hash: "51bc3e894f10589e77ae5e3c31949ca9b48d1003048eeb3898507e70043f0e9d"
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 359 (2018) — State Investments

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-125.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 359 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/359/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 359 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/359/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **107–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Co-Introduce, Third Reading — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Government Accountability Committee) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Oversight, Transparency & Administration Subcommittee) — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Ways & Means Committee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nunez — primary (person)
- Diaz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-10-17** Filed `filing`
- **2017-10-26** Referred to Oversight, Transparency and Administration Subcommittee; Ways and Means Committee; Government Accountability Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-11-09** On Committee agenda-- Oversight, Transparency and Administration Subcommittee, 11/16/17, 9:00 am, Morris Hall
- **2017-11-16** Favorable by Oversight, Transparency and Administration Subcommittee; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-11-16** Now in Ways and Means Committee
- **2017-11-28** On Committee agenda-- Ways and Means Committee, 12/05/17, 4:00 pm, Morris Hall
- **2017-12-05** Favorable by Ways and Means Committee; YEAS 18 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-12-05** Now in Government Accountability Committee
- **2018-01-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-09** On Committee agenda-- Government Accountability Committee, 01/11/18, 10:30 am, Morris Hall
- **2018-01-11** Favorable by- Government Accountability Committee; YEAS 21 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 107 NAYS 0 -HJ 420, 421
- **2018-01-31** In Messages
- **2018-02-01** Referred to Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Appropriations Subcommittee on Finance and Tax; Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-01** Received
- **2018-03-07** Withdrawn from Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Appropriations Subcommittee on Finance and Tax; Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2018-03-07** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2018-03-07** Substituted for SB 538
- **2018-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-07** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-08** Passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0
- **2018-03-08** Ordered enrolled
- **2018-03-14** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2018-03-28** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-29** Chapter No. 2018-125

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/64bd2ca7-9b9a-4015-81a6-0f87ea5c5925`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).