---
type: "Bill"
title: "Business Filings"
description: "Business Filings"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 661"
citation: "Florida HB 661 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["partnerships", "procedures", "guardians and guardianship", "limited liability companies"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2018-58"
primary_sponsors: ["Miller"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-11-14"
last_action: "2018-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a3783563-8621-4461-98e7-dc1610335e34"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/00661/ByCategory"
source_hash: "69004f36f907feb47d35e1d55668475e0a19faa5b64d51427c06b69aff9b344c"
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 661 (2018) — Business Filings

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-58.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 661 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/661/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 661 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/661/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 661 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/661/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Oversight, Transparency & Administration Subcommittee) — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **29–2** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Government Accountability Committee) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Transportation & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee) — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Miller — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-11-14** Filed `filing`
- **2017-11-27** Referred to Oversight, Transparency and Administration Subcommittee; Transportation and Tourism Appropriations 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** CS by Oversight, Transparency and Administration Subcommittee; YEAS 13 NAYS 0
- **2018-01-12** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2018-01-12** CS by Oversight, Transparency and Administration Subcommittee read 1st time
- **2018-01-16** Now in Transportation and Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2018-02-09** On Committee agenda-- Transportation and Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee, 02/13/18, 12:30 pm, Sumner Hall
- **2018-02-13** Favorable by Transportation and Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 13 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-13** Now in Government Accountability Committee
- **2018-02-20** On Committee agenda-- Government Accountability Committee, 02/22/18, 9:00 am, Morris Hall
- **2018-02-22** Favorable by- Government Accountability Committee; YEAS 20 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-22** Placed on Calendar
- **2018-02-27** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/02/18
- **2018-03-02** Temporarily postponed, on 2nd Reading
- **2018-03-02** Read 2nd time -HJ 836, 837 `reading-2`
- **2018-03-02** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-05** CS passed; YEAS 114 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-05** In Messages
- **2018-03-05** Referred to Commerce and Tourism; Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Appropriations -SJ 725, 726 `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-05** Received
- **2018-03-06** Withdrawn from Commerce and Tourism; Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2018-03-06** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2018-03-06** Substituted for CS/SB 610
- **2018-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-06** CS passed; YEAS 29 NAYS 2 `passage`
- **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. 2018-58

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a3783563-8621-4461-98e7-dc1610335e34`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).