---
type: "Bill"
title: "Unfair Insurance Trade Practices"
description: "Unfair Insurance Trade Practices"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 483"
citation: "Florida HB 483 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["macists"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2018-149"
primary_sponsors: ["Insurance and Banking Subcommittee"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 34
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-10-30"
last_action: "2018-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8a0248c-3b58-4929-a1ce-b820a24c1f3d"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/00483/ByCategory"
source_hash: "162cfa095df88f305c86f9ae553e42490435fbece0c7b6ed9e587e1cffca104c"
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 483 (2018) — Unfair Insurance Trade Practices

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-149.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 483 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/483/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 483 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/483/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 483 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/483/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 483 e1** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/483/BillText/e1/PDF)
5. **H 483 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/483/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Commerce Committee) — **23–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Insurance & Banking Subcommittee) — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Insurance and Banking Subcommittee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-10-30** Filed `filing`
- **2017-11-08** Referred to Insurance and Banking Subcommittee; Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-08** On Committee agenda-- Insurance and Banking Subcommittee, 01/10/18, 12:00 pm, Sumner Hall
- **2018-01-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-10** CS by Insurance and Banking Subcommittee; YEAS 10 NAYS 0
- **2018-01-11** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2018-01-11** CS by Insurance and Banking Subcommittee read 1st time
- **2018-01-16** Now in Commerce Committee
- **2018-01-16** On Committee agenda-- Commerce Committee, 01/18/18, 10:30 am, Webster Hall
- **2018-01-18** CS/CS by- Commerce Committee; YEAS 23 NAYS 0
- **2018-01-19** Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2018-01-19** CS/CS by Commerce Committee read 1st time
- **2018-01-23** Placed on Calendar
- **2018-01-25** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 01/31/18
- **2018-01-31** Temporarily postponed, on 2nd Reading
- **2018-02-08** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/14/18
- **2018-02-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-14** Amendment(s) adopted (688447)
- **2018-02-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-14** CS passed as amended; YEAS 114 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2018-02-20** In Messages
- **2018-02-20** Referred to Banking and Insurance; Commerce and Tourism; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-21** Received
- **2018-03-08** Withdrawn from Banking and Insurance; Commerce and Tourism; Rules `withdrawal`
- **2018-03-08** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2018-03-08** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 762
- **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
- **2018-04-06** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-09** Chapter No. 2018-149

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f8a0248c-3b58-4929-a1ce-b820a24c1f3d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).