---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alarm Confirmation"
description: "Alarm Confirmation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 539"
citation: "Florida HB 539 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["alarms"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2018-51"
primary_sponsors: ["Cortes"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-11-06"
last_action: "2018-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b9445492-fd4d-41ba-ab69-c077b6b8bb01"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/00539/ByCategory"
source_hash: "87c196a48ed5d63ae1613e09731e61ec19fae590549a8d28612667704621f009"
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 539 (2018) — Alarm Confirmation

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-51.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 539 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/539/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 539 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/539/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 539 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/539/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Commerce Committee) — **23–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Careers & Competition Subcommittee) — **13–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cortes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-11-06** Filed `filing`
- **2017-11-15** Referred to Careers and Competition Subcommittee; Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-05** On Committee agenda-- Careers and Competition Subcommittee, 01/09/18, 1:00 pm, Webster Hall
- **2018-01-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-09** CS by Careers and Competition Subcommittee; YEAS 13 NAYS 0
- **2018-01-11** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2018-01-11** CS by Careers and Competition 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 23 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 114 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2018-02-07** In Messages
- **2018-02-08** Referred to Regulated Industries; Community Affairs; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-08** Received
- **2018-03-06** Withdrawn from Regulated Industries; Community Affairs; Rules `withdrawal`
- **2018-03-06** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2018-03-06** Substituted for CS/SB 876
- **2018-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-06** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-03-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-07** CS passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0 -SJ 845, 846 `passage`
- **2018-03-07** Ordered enrolled
- **2018-03-14** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2018-03-21** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-22** Chapter No. 2018-51

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b9445492-fd4d-41ba-ab69-c077b6b8bb01`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).