---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fire Safety"
description: "Fire Safety"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 394"
citation: "Florida SB 394 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["fire prevention and control", "continuing care retirement communities", "taxation"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2018-18"
primary_sponsors: ["Bracy"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-10-03"
last_action: "2018-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed30c001-bb8d-434d-98a0-880082d6da9a"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/00394/ByCategory"
source_hash: "0e6e2ece13e63ca209c49817a876f51af28f8d8cb22e183ae6999f1804da4a4e"
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 394 (2018) — Fire Safety

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-18.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 394 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/394/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 394 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/394/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 394 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/394/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bracy — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-10-03** Filed `filing`
- **2017-10-25** Referred to Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Health Policy; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-18** On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 01/23/18, 3:30 pm, 401 Senate Office Building
- **2018-01-23** CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
- **2018-01-24** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2018-01-24** CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability read 1st time
- **2018-01-26** Now in Health Policy
- **2018-02-01** On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 02/06/18, 11:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2018-02-06** Favorable by Health Policy; YEAS 6 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-06** Now in Rules
- **2018-02-19** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/22/18, 10:00 am, 110 Senate Office Building
- **2018-02-22** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 13 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-22** 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** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-03-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-02** CS passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-02** In Messages
- **2018-03-04** Referred to Calendar `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-04** Received
- **2018-03-05** Substituted for CS/HB 309
- **2018-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-05** CS passed; YEAS 114 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-05** 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. 2018-18

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ed30c001-bb8d-434d-98a0-880082d6da9a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).