---
type: "Bill"
title: "Homestead Waivers"
description: "Homestead Waivers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 512"
citation: "Florida SB 512 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["estates and trusts"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2018-22"
primary_sponsors: ["Young"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-10-11"
last_action: "2018-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4db2d767-cccd-4cdf-9704-eab2f1421cfd"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/00512/ByCategory"
source_hash: "4da76e39aad0abc7849bf1f79abf90e61bdeef379bdaed6cf1688e3ce2c735d4"
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 512 (2018) — Homestead Waivers

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-22.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 512 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/512/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 512 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/512/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 512 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/512/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **12–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Young — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-10-11** Filed `filing`
- **2017-10-26** Referred to Community Affairs; Judiciary; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2017-10-30** On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 11/07/17, 10:00 am, 301 Senate Office Building
- **2017-11-07** Favorable by Community Affairs; YEAS 6 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-11-08** Now in Judiciary
- **2017-11-27** On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 12/05/17, 2:00 pm, 110 Senate Office Building
- **2017-12-05** Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-12-06** Now in Rules
- **2018-01-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-29** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/01/18, 11:30 am, 110 Senate Office Building
- **2018-02-01** CS by- Rules; YEAS 12 NAYS 0
- **2018-02-01** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2018-02-07** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2018-02-07** CS by Rules read 1st time
- **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 38 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 421
- **2018-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-05** CS passed; YEAS 113 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. 2018-22

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4db2d767-cccd-4cdf-9704-eab2f1421cfd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).