---
type: "Bill"
title: "Equitable Distribution of Marital Assets and Liabilities"
description: "Equitable Distribution of Marital Assets and Liabilities"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 639"
citation: "Florida HB 639 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["dissolution of marriage"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2018-56"
primary_sponsors: ["Perez"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-11-13"
last_action: "2018-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58178533-50aa-4b48-a1d4-cc205654fe3d"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/00639/ByCategory"
source_hash: "3b25fa9cc1d5ce09c96f55437587fbd37caed0a30a7b3f92eafae19eefc398d0"
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 639 (2018) — Equitable Distribution of Marital Assets and Liabilities

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-56.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 639 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/639/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 639 e1** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/639/BillText/e1/PDF)
3. **H 639 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/639/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee) — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Judiciary Committee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **112–1** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Perez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-11-13** Filed `filing`
- **2017-11-27** Referred to Civil Justice and Claims Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-08** On Committee agenda-- Civil Justice and Claims Subcommittee, 01/10/18, 8:30 am, Sumner Hall
- **2018-01-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-10** Favorable by Civil Justice and Claims Subcommittee; YEAS 15 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-10** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2018-01-30** On Committee agenda-- Judiciary Committee, 02/01/18, 8:00 am, Sumner Hall
- **2018-02-01** Favorable by- Judiciary Committee; YEAS 17 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-01** Placed on Calendar
- **2018-02-15** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/20/18
- **2018-02-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-20** Amendment(s) adopted (479379)
- **2018-02-20** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-02-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-21** Passed as amended; YEAS 112 NAYS 1
- **2018-02-28** In Messages
- **2018-02-28** Referred to Judiciary; Banking and Insurance; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** Received
- **2018-03-05** Withdrawn from Judiciary; Banking and Insurance; Rules `withdrawal`
- **2018-03-05** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2018-03-05** Substituted for CS/SB 676
- **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 31 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. 2018-56

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/58178533-50aa-4b48-a1d4-cc205654fe3d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).