---
type: "Bill"
title: "Office of Public and Professional Guardians Direct-support Organization"
description: "Office of Public and Professional Guardians Direct-support Organization"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 498"
citation: "Florida SB 498 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["guardians and guardianship"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2018-20"
primary_sponsors: ["Garcia"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 30
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-10-11"
last_action: "2018-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56a472d8-899c-4c8e-b4d5-564e082d70f3"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/00498/ByCategory"
source_hash: "1553aad995eb1817f6214d4b8182b2bfbc1eba8191d1d0e1d6f89ed8bca9870b"
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 498 (2018) — Office of Public and Professional Guardians Direct-support Organization

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-20.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 498 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/498/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 498 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/498/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **112–1** (pass) · lower
- Favorable — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Garcia — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-10-11** Filed `filing`
- **2017-10-26** Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2017-11-06** On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 11/13/17, 4:00 pm, 401 Senate Office Building
- **2017-11-13** Favorable by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 6 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-11-14** Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services
- **2017-11-27** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, 12/07/17, 12:30 pm, 401 Senate Office Building
- **2017-12-07** Subcommittee Recommendation: Favorable by Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
- **2017-12-08** Now in Appropriations
- **2018-01-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-19** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 01/24/18, 2:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
- **2018-01-24** Favorable by- Appropriations; YEAS 20 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-25** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2018-01-30** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/01/18
- **2018-02-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-01** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-02-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-07** Passed; YEAS 35 NAYS 0
- **2018-02-08** In Messages
- **2018-02-15** Referred to Calendar `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-15** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/20/18
- **2018-02-15** Received
- **2018-02-20** Substituted for HB 6057
- **2018-02-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-20** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-02-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-21** Passed; YEAS 112 NAYS 1
- **2018-02-28** 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. 2018-20

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/56a472d8-899c-4c8e-b4d5-564e082d70f3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).