---
type: "Bill"
title: "Children's Initiatives"
description: "Children's Initiatives"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 449"
citation: "Florida HB 449 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["tampa", "city of", "social services", "miami", "city of"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2018-148"
primary_sponsors: ["Stafford"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 30
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-10-25"
last_action: "2018-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c603070-8d7e-4461-8f76-aae067fd963e"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/00449/ByCategory"
source_hash: "a9409a93b714972710f0708c2648a698cc5b1d40c476703c75722a634833f5d7"
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 449 (2018) — Children's Initiatives

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-148.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 449 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/449/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 449 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/449/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee) — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Health & Human Services Committee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Local, Federal & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee) — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stafford — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-10-25** Filed `filing`
- **2017-11-01** Referred to Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee; Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-11-29** On Committee agenda-- Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee, 12/06/17, 4:00 pm, 12 HOB
- **2017-12-06** Favorable by Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee; YEAS 13 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-12-07** Now in Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee
- **2018-01-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-22** On Committee agenda-- Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee, 01/24/18, 8:30 am, 12 HOB
- **2018-01-24** Favorable by Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-24** Now in Health and Human Services Committee
- **2018-01-30** On Committee agenda-- Health and Human Services Committee, 02/01/18, 9:30 am, Morris Hall
- **2018-02-01** Favorable by- Health and Human Services Committee; YEAS 18 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** Passed; YEAS 112 NAYS 0 -HJ 578, 579
- **2018-02-20** In Messages
- **2018-02-20** Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Community Affairs; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-21** Received
- **2018-03-08** Withdrawn from Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Community Affairs; Rules `withdrawal`
- **2018-03-08** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2018-03-08** Substituted for SB 720 -SJ 908, 909
- **2018-03-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-08** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-09** Passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0
- **2018-03-09** Ordered enrolled
- **2018-03-26** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2018-04-06** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-09** Chapter No. 2018-148

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2c603070-8d7e-4461-8f76-aae067fd963e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).