---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Records/United States Census Bureau"
description: "Public Records/United States Census Bureau"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 7053"
citation: "Florida HB 7053 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2018-77"
primary_sponsors: ["Oversight", "Transparency and Administration Subcommittee"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 24
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-24"
last_action: "2018-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a983c3f-f3c6-4485-8035-6e4902c0a3c4"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/07053/ByCategory"
source_hash: "16a27b461cecfa266b5085196f7db2b3586d6b93a753143b9b891850a557b321"
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 7053 (2018) — Public Records/United States Census Bureau

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-77.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 7053 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/7053/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 7053 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/7053/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Government Accountability Committee) — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Oversight, Transparency & Administration Subcommittee) — **12–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-24** Filed `filing`
- **2018-01-24** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-25** Referred to Government Accountability Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-30** On Committee agenda-- Government Accountability Committee, 02/01/18, 12:00 pm, Morris Hall
- **2018-02-01** Favorable by- Government Accountability Committee; YEAS 19 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 -HJ 619, 620 `reading-2`
- **2018-02-20** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-02-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-21** Passed; YEAS 111 NAYS 0
- **2018-02-28** In Messages
- **2018-02-28** Referred to Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** Received
- **2018-03-01** Withdrawn from Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules `withdrawal`
- **2018-03-01** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2018-03-01** Substituted for SB 1078
- **2018-03-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-01** Passed; YEAS 37 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. 2018-77

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3a983c3f-f3c6-4485-8035-6e4902c0a3c4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).