---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Records and Public Meetings/School Safety"
description: "Public Records and Public Meetings/School Safety"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 1940"
citation: "Florida SB 1940 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["public meetings"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2018-1"
primary_sponsors: ["Galvano"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-02-28"
last_action: "2018-03-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/318c5667-e255-4d19-bc56-58e2265f28b2"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/01940/ByCategory"
source_hash: "6bcde9e943759189568def753dd4d185e9777969626963df8b304cfc9744600a"
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 1940 (2018) — Public Records and Public Meetings/School Safety

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-1.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 1940 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/1940/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 1940 e1** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/1940/BillText/e1/HTML)
3. **S 1940 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/1940/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **114–2** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **13–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Galvano — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-28** Filed `filing`
- **2018-02-28** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 03/01/18, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2018-02-28** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-03-01** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 13 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-01** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2018-03-01** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/02/18
- **2018-03-02** Retained on Special Order Calendar for 03/03/2018
- **2018-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-03** Amendment(s) adopted (172090)
- **2018-03-03** Ordered engrossed
- **2018-03-03** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-05** Passed as amended; YEAS 36 NAYS 0
- **2018-03-05** 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** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-03-07** Read 3rd time -HJ 1037, 1038 `reading-3`
- **2018-03-07** Passed; YEAS 114 NAYS 2
- **2018-03-07** Ordered enrolled
- **2018-03-08** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2018-03-09** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-09** Chapter No. 2018-1, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 7026 (Ch. 2018-3)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/318c5667-e255-4d19-bc56-58e2265f28b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).