---
type: "Bill"
title: "Voter Registration List Maintenance"
description: "Voter Registration List Maintenance"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 85"
citation: "Florida HB 85 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["procedures"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2018-32"
primary_sponsors: ["Spano"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-08-23"
last_action: "2018-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d2b54be-8ea8-4c04-bd28-a1291134d9be"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/00085/ByCategory"
source_hash: "d9ad89e72b3548b065d031aefe2c953453f677664050e18adb500219893b0942"
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 85 (2018) — Voter Registration List Maintenance

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-32.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 85 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/85/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 85 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/85/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 85 e1** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/85/BillText/e1/PDF)
4. **H 85 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/85/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Public Integrity & Ethics Committee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Transportation & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee) — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Oversight, Transparency & Administration Subcommittee) — **12–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Spano — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-08-23** Filed `filing`
- **2017-08-30** Referred to Oversight, Transparency and Administration Subcommittee; Transportation and Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee; Public Integrity and Ethics 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 12 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-10-11** Now in Transportation and Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2017-10-18** On Committee agenda-- Transportation and Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee, 10/25/17, 10:30 am, Reed Hall
- **2017-10-25** Favorable by Transportation and Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-10-25** Now in Public Integrity and Ethics Committee
- **2018-01-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-16** On Committee agenda-- Public Integrity and Ethics Committee, 01/18/18, 10:30 am, Sumner Hall
- **2018-01-18** CS by- Public Integrity and Ethics Committee; YEAS 17 NAYS 0
- **2018-01-18** Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2018-01-19** Placed on Calendar
- **2018-01-19** CS by Public Integrity and Ethics Committee read 1st time
- **2018-01-25** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 01/31/18
- **2018-01-31** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-01-31** Amendment(s) adopted (782859)
- **2018-01-31** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-01-31** CS passed as amended; YEAS 113 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2018-02-07** In Messages
- **2018-02-07** Referred to Ethics and Elections; Appropriations; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** Received
- **2018-02-08** Withdrawn from Ethics and Elections; Appropriations; Rules `withdrawal`
- **2018-02-08** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2018-02-08** Substituted for CS/SB 276
- **2018-02-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-08** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-02-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-21** CS passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0 -SJ 369, 370 `passage`
- **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. 2018-32, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 87 (Ch. 2018-33)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7d2b54be-8ea8-4c04-bd28-a1291134d9be`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).