---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vessel Safety Inspection Decals"
description: "Vessel Safety Inspection Decals"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 1132"
citation: "Florida SB 1132 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["finances", "boats and boating"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2018-27"
primary_sponsors: ["Hutson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 34
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-12-06"
last_action: "2018-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5b3576a9-f962-420a-9e90-f18fda4c1cad"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/01132/ByCategory"
source_hash: "cb9005f660e10a20bba70d96a5d79e6b3058443daf1a559e4e59ebc1075628ee"
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 SB 1132 (2018) — Vessel Safety Inspection Decals

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-27.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 1132 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/1132/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 1132 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/1132/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 1132 e1** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/1132/BillText/e1/HTML)
4. **S 1132 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/1132/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **115–2** (pass) · lower
- Favorable — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **20–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hutson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-06** Filed `filing`
- **2017-12-18** Referred to Environmental Preservation and Conservation; Appropriations Subcommittee on the Environment and Natural Resources; Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-11** On Committee agenda-- Environmental Preservation and Conservation, 01/16/18, 10:00 am, 37 Senate Office Building
- **2018-01-16** Favorable by Environmental Preservation and Conservation; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-16** Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on the Environment and Natural Resources
- **2018-01-19** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on the Environment and Natural Resources, 01/24/18, 9:00 am, 301 Senate Office Building
- **2018-01-24** Subcommittee Recommendation: CS by Appropriations Subcommittee on the Environment and Natural Resources; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
- **2018-01-29** Now in Appropriations
- **2018-02-19** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 02/22/18, 2:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
- **2018-02-22** CS by- Appropriations; YEAS 20 NAYS 0
- **2018-02-23** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2018-02-26** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2018-02-26** CS by Appropriations read 1st time
- **2018-02-27** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/01/18
- **2018-03-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-01** Amendment(s) adopted (959000)
- **2018-03-01** Ordered engrossed
- **2018-03-01** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-03-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-02** CS passed as amended; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-02** In Messages
- **2018-03-05** Referred to Calendar `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-05** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/06/18
- **2018-03-05** Received
- **2018-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-06** Substituted for HB 915
- **2018-03-06** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-03-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-07** CS passed; YEAS 115 NAYS 2 -HJ 1065, 1066 `passage`
- **2018-03-07** Ordered enrolled
- **2018-03-12** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2018-03-19** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-21** Chapter No. 2018-27

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5b3576a9-f962-420a-9e90-f18fda4c1cad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).