---
type: "Bill"
title: "Unfair Insurance Trade Practices"
description: "Unfair Insurance Trade Practices"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 533"
citation: "Florida HB 533 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2018-153"
primary_sponsors: ["Hager"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-11-06"
last_action: "2018-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a7be3e5-f260-45c2-a7b0-45c55a95cbb4"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/00533/ByCategory"
source_hash: "e5d02594720604807f4ac8306e7919ecfed7033be88e9090b9c4c535013afab3"
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 533 (2018) — Unfair Insurance Trade Practices

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-153.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 533 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/533/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 533 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/533/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 533 e1** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/533/BillText/e1/PDF)
4. **H 533 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/533/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Commerce Committee) — **26–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Insurance & Banking Subcommittee) — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **102–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hager — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-11-06** Filed `filing`
- **2017-11-15** 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 12 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** Favorable by- Commerce Committee; YEAS 26 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-18** Placed on Calendar
- **2018-01-25** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 01/31/18
- **2018-01-31** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-01-31** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-01-31** CS passed; YEAS 110 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2018-02-07** In Messages
- **2018-02-08** Referred to Banking and Insurance; Commerce and Tourism; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-08** 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/SB 756
- **2018-03-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-08** Amendment(s) adopted (245684)
- **2018-03-08** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-09** CS passed as amended; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-09** In returning messages
- **2018-03-09** Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (245684)
- **2018-03-09** CS passed as amended; YEAS 102 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-09** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
- **2018-03-26** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2018-04-06** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-09** Chapter No. 2018-153

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3a7be3e5-f260-45c2-a7b0-45c55a95cbb4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).