---
type: "Bill"
title: "Reports Concerning Seized or Forfeited Property"
description: "Reports Concerning Seized or Forfeited Property"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 547"
citation: "Florida HB 547 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["forfeitures"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2018-92"
primary_sponsors: ["Killebrew"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-11-07"
last_action: "2018-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fdca7f3c-557b-4a23-9bb6-4104f2465979"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/00547/ByCategory"
source_hash: "5d5b28d56a7447e99ca79f0f7dfea16b98fc6b36b14370b2c9e3156e8212a191"
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 547 (2018) — Reports Concerning Seized or Forfeited Property

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-92.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 547 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/547/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 547 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/547/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 547 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/547/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Criminal Justice Subcommittee) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Judiciary Committee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Killebrew — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-11-07** Filed `filing`
- **2017-11-15** Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-22** On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice Subcommittee, 01/24/18, 8:00 am, Sumner Hall
- **2018-01-24** CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
- **2018-01-26** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2018-01-26** CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee read 1st time
- **2018-01-29** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2018-01-30** On Committee agenda-- Judiciary Committee, 02/01/18, 8:00 am, Sumner Hall
- **2018-02-01** Favorable by- Judiciary Committee; YEAS 17 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-01** Placed on Calendar
- **2018-02-15** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/20/18
- **2018-02-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-20** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-02-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-21** CS passed; YEAS 114 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2018-02-28** In Messages
- **2018-02-28** Referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** Received
- **2018-03-07** Withdrawn from Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2018-03-07** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2018-03-07** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1678
- **2018-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-07** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-08** CS passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Ordered enrolled
- **2018-03-21** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2018-03-23** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-27** Chapter No. 2018-92

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fdca7f3c-557b-4a23-9bb6-4104f2465979`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).