---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Employment"
description: "State Employment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 651"
citation: "Florida HB 651 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["public officers and employees"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2018-57"
primary_sponsors: ["Yarborough"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-11-13"
last_action: "2018-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a823e38-071d-44c4-9168-5e512c162301"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/00651/ByCategory"
source_hash: "2b7cab54dd095539c24b672a4365c292bcc300f08fdbe7e56eeba5d0c5c186b0"
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 651 (2018) — State Employment

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-57.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 651 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/651/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 651 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/651/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Oversight, Transparency & Administration Subcommittee) — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Government Accountability Committee) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **100–13** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Yarborough — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-11-13** Filed `filing`
- **2017-11-27** Referred to Oversight, Transparency and Administration Subcommittee; Government Accountability Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-08** On Committee agenda-- Oversight, Transparency and Administration Subcommittee, 01/10/18, 8:30 am, Morris Hall
- **2018-01-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-10** Favorable by Oversight, Transparency and Administration Subcommittee; YEAS 13 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-10** Now in Government Accountability Committee
- **2018-01-16** On Committee agenda-- Government Accountability Committee, 01/18/18, 10:30 am, Morris Hall
- **2018-01-18** Favorable by- Government Accountability Committee; YEAS 20 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-18** Placed on Calendar
- **2018-01-25** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 01/31/18
- **2018-01-31** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-01-31** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-01-31** Passed; YEAS 100 NAYS 13
- **2018-02-07** In Messages
- **2018-02-08** Referred to Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government; Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-08** Received
- **2018-03-06** Withdrawn from Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government; Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2018-03-06** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2018-03-06** Substituted for SB 950
- **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** Passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0
- **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. 2018-57

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6a823e38-071d-44c4-9168-5e512c162301`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).