---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibition Against Contracting with Scrutinized Companies"
description: "Prohibition Against Contracting with Scrutinized Companies"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 545"
citation: "Florida HB 545 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["purchasing", "international affairs"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2018-52"
primary_sponsors: ["Fine", "Moskowitz"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-11-07"
last_action: "2018-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a3b99d0-9ffd-491e-9a03-bc58691d5bb4"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/00545/ByCategory"
source_hash: "e74d4dab8104976672ed493a89f6fc4ff0575d841ec63436e9f02146765858a6"
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 545 (2018) — Prohibition Against Contracting with Scrutinized Companies

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-52.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 545 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/545/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 545 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/545/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Oversight, Transparency & Administration Subcommittee) — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **35–1** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Government Accountability Committee) — **20–2** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **109–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fine — primary (person)
- Moskowitz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-11-07** Filed `filing`
- **2017-11-15** Referred to Oversight, Transparency and Administration Subcommittee; Government Accountability Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-11-29** On Committee agenda-- Oversight, Transparency and Administration Subcommittee, 12/06/17, 4:00 pm, Morris Hall
- **2017-12-06** Favorable by Oversight, Transparency and Administration Subcommittee; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-12-06** Now in Government Accountability Committee
- **2018-01-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-22** On Committee agenda-- Government Accountability Committee, 01/24/18, 11:30 am, Morris Hall
- **2018-01-24** Favorable by- Government Accountability Committee; YEAS 20 NAYS 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-24** 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** Passed; YEAS 109 NAYS 3
- **2018-02-07** In Messages
- **2018-02-08** Referred to Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government; Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-08** Received
- **2018-02-28** Withdrawn from Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government; Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2018-02-28** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2018-02-28** Substituted for SB 780
- **2018-02-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-28** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-03-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-01** Passed; YEAS 35 NAYS 1
- **2018-03-01** 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. 2018-52

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9a3b99d0-9ffd-491e-9a03-bc58691d5bb4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).