---
type: "Bill"
title: "Resign-to-run Law"
description: "Resign-to-run Law"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 186"
citation: "Florida SB 186 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2018-126"
primary_sponsors: ["Hutson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-08-21"
last_action: "2018-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6f6cea87-a476-4242-afd9-d78669a3b998"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/00186/ByCategory"
source_hash: "2b19a8eae0f49a3aba978f22d3140b37bd4ce1d3062c752264e309a61fc597ea"
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 186 (2018) — Resign-to-run Law

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-126.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 186 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/186/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 186 e1** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/186/BillText/e1/HTML)
3. **S 186 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/186/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Favorable — **9–1** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **27–7** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **5–3** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **87–27** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hutson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-08-21** Filed `filing`
- **2017-08-28** Referred to Ethics and Elections; Judiciary; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2017-10-02** On Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections, 10/10/17, 2:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
- **2017-10-10** Favorable by Ethics and Elections; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-10-11** Now in Judiciary
- **2017-10-16** On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 10/24/17, 3:00 pm, 110 Senate Office Building
- **2017-10-24** Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 5 NAYS 3 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-10-25** Now in Rules
- **2018-01-08** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 01/11/18, 9:00 am, 110 Senate Office Building
- **2018-01-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-11** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 9 NAYS 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-11** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2018-01-22** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 01/24/18
- **2018-01-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-01-24** Amendment(s) adopted (732966)
- **2018-01-24** Ordered engrossed
- **2018-01-24** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-01-31** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-01-31** Passed as amended; YEAS 27 NAYS 7
- **2018-02-01** 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/HB 105
- **2018-03-06** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-03-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-07** Passed; YEAS 87 NAYS 27
- **2018-03-07** Ordered enrolled
- **2018-03-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2018-03-30** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-02** Chapter No. 2018-126

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6f6cea87-a476-4242-afd9-d78669a3b998`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).