---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pregnancy Support and Wellness Services"
description: "Pregnancy Support and Wellness Services"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 41"
citation: "Florida HB 41 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["pregnancy"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2018-29"
primary_sponsors: ["Health and Human Services Committee"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-08-21"
last_action: "2018-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e7ef8b0-7e08-4b95-949f-7501cec11062"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/00041/ByCategory"
source_hash: "f86608b4eed0ffe8785b0b07f9040dbc1a86a1769c01c546d2e235e59fe99f7f"
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 41 (2018) — Pregnancy Support and Wellness Services

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-29.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 41 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/41/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 41 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/41/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 41 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/41/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **73–29** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **21–12** (pass) · upper
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Health & Human Services Committee) — **14–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Health and Human Services Committee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-08-21** Filed `filing`
- **2017-08-30** Referred to Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-11-07** On Committee agenda-- Health and Human Services Committee, 11/14/17, 9:00 am, Morris Hall
- **2017-11-14** CS by- Health and Human Services Committee; YEAS 14 NAYS 5
- **2017-11-15** Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2017-11-16** Placed on Calendar
- **2018-01-08** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 01/11/18
- **2018-01-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-09** CS by Health and Human Services Committee read 1st time
- **2018-01-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-01-11** Amendment(s) failed (700107)
- **2018-01-11** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-01-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-01-12** CS passed; YEAS 73 NAYS 29 `passage`
- **2018-01-24** In Messages
- **2018-01-30** Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** Received
- **2018-02-07** Withdrawn from Health Policy; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2018-02-07** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2018-02-07** Substituted for CS/SB 444
- **2018-02-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-07** Amendment(s) failed (312228)
- **2018-02-07** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-02-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-08** Amendment(s) failed (312228, 894162)
- **2018-02-08** CS passed; YEAS 21 NAYS 12 `passage`
- **2018-02-21** Ordered enrolled
- **2018-03-09** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2018-03-19** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-21** Chapter No. 2018-29

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2e7ef8b0-7e08-4b95-949f-7501cec11062`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).