---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pub. Rec./Health Care Facilities"
description: "Pub. Rec./Health Care Facilities"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 551"
citation: "Florida HB 551 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["public records"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2018-53"
primary_sponsors: ["Oversight", "Transparency and Administration Subcommittee"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 34
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-11-07"
last_action: "2018-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b91ec5f-cc98-47bb-ad74-afc2cb8ce4be"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/00551/ByCategory"
source_hash: "a8b693b66aaf600fb4272bd380b0c1010d7b9748413c1f3dbf7b343ebd242452"
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 551 (2018) — Pub. Rec./Health Care Facilities

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-53.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 551 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/551/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 551 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/551/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 551 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/551/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 551 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/551/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Oversight, Transparency & Administration Subcommittee) — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Government Accountability Committee) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Health Innovation Subcommittee) — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Oversight — primary (person)
- Transparency and Administration Subcommittee — 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; Health Innovation 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** CS by Oversight, Transparency and Administration Subcommittee; YEAS 11 NAYS 0
- **2017-12-07** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2017-12-08** Now in Health Innovation Subcommittee
- **2018-01-08** On Committee agenda-- Health Innovation Subcommittee, 01/10/18, 12:30 pm, Mashburn Hall
- **2018-01-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-09** CS by Oversight, Transparency and Administration Subcommittee read 1st time
- **2018-01-10** CS/CS by Health Innovation Subcommittee; YEAS 14 NAYS 0
- **2018-01-12** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2018-01-12** CS/CS by Health Innovation Subcommittee read 1st time
- **2018-01-16** Now in Government Accountability Committee
- **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 21 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-24** Placed on Calendar
- **2018-02-08** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/14/18
- **2018-02-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-14** CS passed; YEAS 110 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2018-02-20** In Messages
- **2018-02-20** Referred to Health Policy; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-21** Received
- **2018-03-06** Withdrawn from Health Policy; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules `withdrawal`
- **2018-03-06** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2018-03-06** Substituted for CS/SB 906
- **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 `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. 2018-53

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3b91ec5f-cc98-47bb-ad74-afc2cb8ce4be`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).