---
type: "Bill"
title: "Nonnative Animals"
description: "Nonnative Animals"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 168"
citation: "Florida SB 168 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["fishing (saltwater)", "amusement games or machines", "finances", "appropriations", "wildlife"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2018-82"
primary_sponsors: ["Steube"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-08-17"
last_action: "2018-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf801dc1-6b92-493c-8613-82826ffc0411"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/00168/ByCategory"
source_hash: "475fbaa185b63f873039f13b313c8db861c03447316502f2724b2088973faaea"
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 168 (2018) — Nonnative Animals

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-82.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 168 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/168/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 168 e1** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/168/BillText/e1/HTML)
3. **S 168 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/168/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Steube — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-08-17** Filed `filing`
- **2017-08-28** Referred to Environmental Preservation and Conservation; Appropriations Subcommittee on the Environment and Natural Resources; Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-04** On Committee agenda-- Environmental Preservation and Conservation, 01/09/18, 2:00 pm, 37 Senate Office Building
- **2018-01-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-09** Favorable by Environmental Preservation and Conservation; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-09** 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: Favorable by Appropriations Subcommittee on the Environment and Natural Resources; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
- **2018-01-25** Now in Appropriations
- **2018-01-26** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 01/31/18, 1:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
- **2018-01-29** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 02/01/18, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building --Meeting cancelled
- **2018-01-31** Favorable by- Appropriations; YEAS 19 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-01** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **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 (476914)
- **2018-03-01** Ordered engrossed
- **2018-03-01** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-03-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-02** Passed as amended; YEAS 37 NAYS 0
- **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 CS/CS/HB 145
- **2018-03-06** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-03-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-07** Passed; YEAS 117 NAYS 0 -HJ 1039, 1040
- **2018-03-07** Ordered enrolled
- **2018-03-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2018-03-23** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-26** Chapter No. 2018-82

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bf801dc1-6b92-493c-8613-82826ffc0411`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).