---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance"
description: "Insurance"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 465"
citation: "Florida HB 465 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["continuing care retirement communities", "macists", "insurance", "office of", "prepaid limited health service organizations", "agencies"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2018-131"
primary_sponsors: ["Santiago"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 37
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-10-26"
last_action: "2018-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a495ca0-bd0b-4c09-aada-d05461c4dbc8"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/00465/ByCategory"
source_hash: "5d61f5d8838f865eda2363fc564878fbacf7cd84bde8e954ce8a527b840743e3"
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 465 (2018) — Insurance

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-131.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 465 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/465/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 465 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/465/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 465 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/465/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 465 e1** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/465/BillText/e1/PDF)
5. **H 465 e2** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/465/BillText/e2/PDF)
6. **H 465 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/465/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **113–1** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Commerce Committee) — **23–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Amendment(s) (Insurance & Banking Subcommittee) — **14–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Santiago — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-10-26** Filed `filing`
- **2017-11-01** Referred to Insurance and Banking Subcommittee; Ways and Means Committee; Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-12** PCS on Committee agenda-- Insurance and Banking Subcommittee, 01/17/18, 12:30 pm, Sumner Hall --Temporarily Postponed
- **2018-01-19** PCS on Committee agenda-- Insurance and Banking Subcommittee, 01/23/18, 12:00 pm, Sumner Hall
- **2018-01-23** CS by Insurance and Banking Subcommittee; YEAS 14 NAYS 0
- **2018-01-26** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2018-01-26** CS by Insurance and Banking Subcommittee read 1st time
- **2018-01-29** Original reference(s) removed: Ways and Means Committee
- **2018-01-29** CS referred to Commerce Committee
- **2018-01-29** Now in Commerce Committee
- **2018-01-30** On Committee agenda-- Commerce Committee, 02/01/18, 12:00 pm, Webster Hall
- **2018-02-01** CS/CS by- Commerce Committee; YEAS 23 NAYS 0
- **2018-02-02** Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2018-02-05** Placed on Calendar
- **2018-02-05** CS/CS by Commerce Committee read 1st time
- **2018-02-27** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/02/18
- **2018-03-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-02** Amendment(s) adopted (565541) -HJ 830, 831
- **2018-03-02** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-05** Amendment(s) adopted (498817)
- **2018-03-05** CS passed as amended; YEAS 113 NAYS 1 `passage`
- **2018-03-05** In Messages
- **2018-03-06** Referred to Banking and Insurance; Judiciary; Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-06** Received
- **2018-03-08** Withdrawn from Banking and Insurance; Judiciary; Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2018-03-08** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2018-03-08** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 784
- **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** CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-09** Ordered enrolled
- **2018-03-26** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2018-03-30** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-02** Chapter No. 2018-131, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 1073 (Ch. 2018-102)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6a495ca0-bd0b-4c09-aada-d05461c4dbc8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).