---
type: "Bill"
title: "Florida Slavery Memorial"
description: "Florida Slavery Memorial"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 67"
citation: "Florida HB 67 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["designations", "historic preservation"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2018-31"
primary_sponsors: ["McGhee", "Lee"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 31
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-08-21"
last_action: "2018-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9f4598a-6a29-4504-bb44-916984c5d8f8"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/00067/ByCategory"
source_hash: "6a98639a5de8f40dbb67e0ee960f92d28f23ab78c24a0a6072d7cbd0b2b8652c"
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 67 (2018) — Florida Slavery Memorial

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-31.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 67 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/67/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 67 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/67/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Government Operations & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee) — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Government Accountability Committee) — **23–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Co-Introduce, Third Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **109–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Oversight, Transparency & Administration Subcommittee) — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McGhee — primary (person)
- Lee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-08-21** Filed `filing`
- **2017-08-30** Referred to Oversight, Transparency and Administration Subcommittee; Government Operations and Technology Appropriations Subcommittee; Government Accountability Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-10-04** On Committee agenda-- Oversight, Transparency and Administration Subcommittee, 10/11/17, 9:00 am, Morris Hall
- **2017-10-11** Favorable by Oversight, Transparency and Administration Subcommittee; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-10-11** Now in Government Operations and Technology Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2017-10-18** On Committee agenda-- Government Operations and Technology Appropriations Subcommittee, 10/25/17, 4:00 pm, Morris Hall
- **2017-10-25** Favorable by Government Operations and Technology Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 12 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-10-25** Now in Government Accountability Committee
- **2017-10-31** On Committee agenda-- Government Accountability Committee, 11/07/17, 1:30 pm, Morris Hall
- **2017-11-07** Favorable by- Government Accountability Committee; YEAS 23 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-11-07** Placed on Calendar
- **2018-01-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **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 109 NAYS 0
- **2018-01-31** In Messages
- **2018-02-01** Referred to Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government; Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-01** Received
- **2018-02-21** Withdrawn from Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government; Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2018-02-21** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2018-02-21** Substituted for SB 286
- **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. 2018-31

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c9f4598a-6a29-4504-bb44-916984c5d8f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).