---
type: "Bill"
title: "Volunteer Florida, Inc."
description: "Volunteer Florida, Inc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 6033"
citation: "Florida HB 6033 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["volunteers"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2018-73"
primary_sponsors: ["Ponder"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-11-15"
last_action: "2018-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f283ed57-5c7b-45a9-92dc-1ab2b4aa1dbc"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/06033/ByCategory"
source_hash: "62ecbf17af8fd0b8bef095b75b05237524ecee1c73288e91f793597625dda9ce"
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 6033 (2018) — Volunteer Florida, Inc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-73.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 6033 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/6033/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 6033 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/6033/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Government Accountability Committee) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Oversight, Transparency & Administration Subcommittee) — **12–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ponder — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-11-15** Filed `filing`
- **2017-11-27** Referred to Oversight, Transparency and Administration Subcommittee; Government Accountability Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-12** On Committee agenda-- Oversight, Transparency and Administration Subcommittee, 01/17/18, 8:30 am, Morris Hall
- **2018-01-17** Favorable by Oversight, Transparency and Administration Subcommittee; YEAS 12 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-17** 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** Passed; YEAS 111 NAYS 0
- **2018-02-20** In Messages
- **2018-02-20** Referred to Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Appropriations; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-21** Received
- **2018-03-05** Withdrawn from Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Appropriations; Rules `withdrawal`
- **2018-03-05** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2018-03-05** Substituted for SB 1500
- **2018-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-05** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-06** Passed; YEAS 35 NAYS 0
- **2018-03-06** 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. 2018-73

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f283ed57-5c7b-45a9-92dc-1ab2b4aa1dbc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).