---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sale of Firearms"
description: "Sale of Firearms"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 55"
citation: "Florida HB 55 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["enforcement officers"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2018-144"
primary_sponsors: ["Oversight", "Transparency and Administration Subcommittee"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-08-18"
last_action: "2018-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e7e4938-8979-4202-8599-b110beb8b1f9"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/00055/ByCategory"
source_hash: "d45ff00599625d9ddf613eb77be7e1490515b1544e1cf8e4c259ca7acba73851"
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 55 (2018) — Sale of Firearms

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-144.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 55 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/55/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 55 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/55/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 55 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/55/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Oversight, Transparency & Administration Subcommittee) — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **110–2** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Government Accountability Committee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Judiciary Committee) — **19–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Oversight — primary (person)
- Transparency and Administration Subcommittee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-08-18** Filed `filing`
- **2017-08-30** Referred to Oversight, Transparency and Administration Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee; 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** CS by Oversight, Transparency and Administration Subcommittee; YEAS 10 NAYS 0
- **2017-12-07** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2017-12-08** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2018-01-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-09** On Committee agenda-- Judiciary Committee, 01/11/18, 8:30 am, Sumner Hall
- **2018-01-09** CS by Oversight, Transparency and Administration Subcommittee read 1st time
- **2018-01-11** Favorable by Judiciary Committee; YEAS 19 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-11** Now in Government Accountability Committee
- **2018-01-16** On Committee agenda-- Government Accountability Committee, 01/18/18, 10:30 am, Morris Hall
- **2018-01-18** Favorable by- Government Accountability Committee; YEAS 18 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 2 `passage`
- **2018-02-07** In Messages
- **2018-02-07** Referred to Judiciary; Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** Received
- **2018-02-08** Withdrawn from Judiciary; Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2018-02-08** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2018-02-08** Substituted for CS/SB 152
- **2018-02-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-08** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-09** CS passed; YEAS 36 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. 2018-144

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4e7e4938-8979-4202-8599-b110beb8b1f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).