---
type: "Bill"
title: "Perinatal Mental Health"
description: "Perinatal Mental Health"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 937"
citation: "Florida HB 937 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["health care administration agency", "pregnancy", "wages", "families", "mental health", "emergency medical services", "appropriations"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2018-98"
primary_sponsors: ["Nunez"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 35
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-12-07"
last_action: "2018-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d2d4be6-b984-48d5-be5e-13493337ff59"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/00937/ByCategory"
source_hash: "e7f5a1e3aca791096aef6c0a596fdffc9d6b8394b58a86d6921a504b2486cca1"
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 937 (2018) — Perinatal Mental Health

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-98.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 937 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/937/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 937 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/937/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 937 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/937/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 937 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/937/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Health & Human Services Committee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee) — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Health Innovation Subcommittee) — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nunez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-07** Filed `filing`
- **2017-12-13** Referred to Health Innovation Subcommittee; Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-19** On Committee agenda-- Health Innovation Subcommittee, 01/23/18, 1:30 pm, Mashburn Hall
- **2018-01-23** CS by Health Innovation Subcommittee; YEAS 13 NAYS 0
- **2018-01-25** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2018-01-25** CS by Health Innovation Subcommittee read 1st time
- **2018-01-26** Now in Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2018-02-09** On Committee agenda-- Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee, 02/13/18, 9:30 am, Sumner Hall
- **2018-02-13** CS/CS by Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 12 NAYS 0
- **2018-02-13** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2018-02-14** CS/CS by Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee read 1st time
- **2018-02-19** Now in Health and Human Services Committee
- **2018-02-19** On Committee agenda-- Health and Human Services Committee, 02/21/18, 9:00 am, Morris Hall
- **2018-02-21** Favorable by- Health and Human Services Committee; YEAS 17 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-21** Placed on Calendar
- **2018-02-22** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/28/18
- **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** CS passed; YEAS 113 NAYS 0 -HJ 749, 750 `passage`
- **2018-03-01** In Messages
- **2018-03-05** Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-05** Received
- **2018-03-08** Withdrawn from Health Policy; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2018-03-08** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2018-03-08** Substituted for CS/SB 138
- **2018-03-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-08** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-09** CS passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-09** Ordered enrolled
- **2018-03-21** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2018-03-23** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-27** Chapter No. 2018-98

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0d2d4be6-b984-48d5-be5e-13493337ff59`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).