---
type: "Bill"
title: "OGSR/Ethics Complaints and Investigations"
description: "OGSR/Ethics Complaints and Investigations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 7041"
citation: "Florida HB 7041 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["public meetings"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2018-76"
primary_sponsors: ["Oversight", "Transparency and Administration Subcommittee"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 24
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-17"
last_action: "2018-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d54248ab-51bc-4447-b49e-06453db789c6"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/07041/ByCategory"
source_hash: "9e2cb26f2f694167692eea9e0ede242a9b92d8f6e935ec29b9a9927daa1089fb"
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 7041 (2018) — OGSR/Ethics Complaints and Investigations

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-76.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 7041 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/7041/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 7041 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/7041/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Oversight, Transparency & Administration Subcommittee) — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Government Accountability Committee) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Oversight — primary (person)
- Transparency and Administration Subcommittee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-17** Filed `filing`
- **2018-01-18** Referred to Government Accountability Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-18** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-22** On Committee agenda-- Government Accountability Committee, 01/24/18, 11:30 am, Morris Hall
- **2018-01-24** Favorable by- Government Accountability Committee; YEAS 20 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-24** Placed on Calendar
- **2018-02-08** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/14/18
- **2018-02-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-14** Passed; YEAS 111 NAYS 0
- **2018-02-20** In Messages
- **2018-02-20** Referred to Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-21** Received
- **2018-02-28** Withdrawn from Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules `withdrawal`
- **2018-02-28** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2018-02-28** Substituted for SB 7020
- **2018-02-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-28** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-03-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-01** Passed; YEAS 35 NAYS 0
- **2018-03-01** 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. 2018-76

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d54248ab-51bc-4447-b49e-06453db789c6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).