---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of Corrections' Direct-Support Organization"
description: "Department of Corrections' Direct-Support Organization"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 6059"
citation: "Florida HB 6059 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["agencies"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2018-143"
primary_sponsors: ["Plakon"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-12-15"
last_action: "2018-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/44ff0b76-f0eb-4bc2-aec6-0600422bfff1"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/06059/ByCategory"
source_hash: "57cd8fac3cef85cf97295c53de8340f8a5d36595d7e67b0a55812580bcf5a257"
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 6059 (2018) — Department of Corrections' Direct-Support Organization

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-143.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 6059 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/6059/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 6059 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/6059/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Judiciary Committee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Criminal Justice Subcommittee) — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Plakon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-15** Filed `filing`
- **2018-01-03** Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-11** On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice Subcommittee, 01/16/18, 11:30 am, Sumner Hall
- **2018-01-16** Favorable by Criminal Justice Subcommittee; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-16** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2018-01-23** On Committee agenda-- Judiciary Committee, 01/25/18, 9:00 am, Sumner Hall
- **2018-01-25** Favorable by- Judiciary Committee; YEAS 18 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-25** 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 112 NAYS 0
- **2018-02-20** In Messages
- **2018-02-20** Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-21** Received
- **2018-03-06** Withdrawn from Criminal Justice; Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2018-03-06** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2018-03-06** Substituted for SB 938
- **2018-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-06** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-08** Passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0
- **2018-03-08** Ordered enrolled
- **2018-03-26** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2018-03-30** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-02** Chapter No. 2018-143

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/44ff0b76-f0eb-4bc2-aec6-0600422bfff1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).