---
type: "Bill"
title: "Florida Insurance Code Exemption for Nonprofit Religious Organizations"
description: "Florida Insurance Code Exemption for Nonprofit Religious Organizations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 660"
citation: "Florida SB 660 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["macists", "religion"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2018-25"
primary_sponsors: ["Brandes"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-10-26"
last_action: "2018-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0998994b-b3c6-4034-9605-0536d4c622c8"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/00660/ByCategory"
source_hash: "68dd91af81604cc0f6e069cf94cc5e8b36971dde2d0464c26358b103ce2cb3e3"
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 660 (2018) — Florida Insurance Code Exemption for Nonprofit Religious Organizations

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-25.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 660 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/660/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 660 e1** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/660/BillText/e1/HTML)
3. **S 660 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/660/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Favorable — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **89–27** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brandes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-10-26** Filed `filing`
- **2017-11-08** Referred to Banking and Insurance; Judiciary; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2017-12-05** On Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 12/05/17, 10:00 am, 110 Senate Office Building --Not Considered
- **2018-01-05** On Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 01/10/18, 9:00 am, 110 Senate Office Building
- **2018-01-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-10** Favorable by Banking and Insurance; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-10** Now in Judiciary
- **2018-01-12** On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 01/18/18, 10:00 am, 110 Senate Office Building
- **2018-01-18** Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-18** Now in Rules
- **2018-01-22** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 01/25/18, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Office Building
- **2018-01-25** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 12 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-25** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2018-02-06** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/08/18
- **2018-02-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-08** Amendment(s) adopted (394130)
- **2018-02-08** Ordered engrossed
- **2018-02-08** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-02-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-21** Passed as amended; YEAS 37 NAYS 0
- **2018-02-27** 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/CS/HB 1021
- **2018-03-06** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-03-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-07** Passed; YEAS 89 NAYS 27
- **2018-03-07** Ordered enrolled -SJ 881, 882
- **2018-03-12** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2018-03-19** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-21** Chapter No. 2018-25

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0998994b-b3c6-4034-9605-0536d4c622c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).