---
type: "Bill"
title: "Out-of-Country Foreign Money Judgments"
description: "Out-of-Country Foreign Money Judgments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 623"
citation: "Florida HB 623 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["judgments"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2018-37"
primary_sponsors: ["Byrd"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 28
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-11-09"
last_action: "2018-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f55ebe93-94e1-4e63-9840-91cfee05cfaf"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/00623/ByCategory"
source_hash: "631339689a7628c6138dd1dbdeb4690f7f26c078b6de735ac5641cafb983f3a0"
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 623 (2018) — Out-of-Country Foreign Money Judgments

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-37.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 623 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/623/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 623 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/623/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **107–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee) — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Judiciary Committee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Byrd — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-11-09** Filed `filing`
- **2017-11-15** Referred to Civil Justice and Claims Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-11-29** On Committee agenda-- Civil Justice and Claims Subcommittee, 12/06/17, 4:00 pm, Sumner Hall
- **2017-12-06** Favorable by Civil Justice and Claims Subcommittee; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-12-07** 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
- **2018-01-11** Favorable by- Judiciary Committee; YEAS 17 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-11** Placed on Calendar
- **2018-01-18** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 01/24/18
- **2018-01-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-01-24** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-01-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-01-25** Passed; YEAS 107 NAYS 0
- **2018-01-31** In Messages
- **2018-02-01** Referred to Judiciary; Commerce and Tourism; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-01** Received
- **2018-02-21** Withdrawn from Judiciary; Commerce and Tourism; Rules `withdrawal`
- **2018-02-21** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2018-02-21** Substituted for SB 760
- **2018-02-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-21** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-02-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-27** Passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0
- **2018-02-27** Ordered enrolled
- **2018-03-09** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2018-03-19** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-21** Chapter No. 2018-37

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f55ebe93-94e1-4e63-9840-91cfee05cfaf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).