---
type: "Bill"
title: "Ratification of Department of Elderly Affairs Rules"
description: "Ratification of Department of Elderly Affairs Rules"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 7028"
citation: "Florida SB 7028 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["administrative procedures"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2018-122"
primary_sponsors: ["Rules"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-02-28"
last_action: "2018-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/12becc38-29ed-4b7e-aaf1-96b6cb02a184"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/07028/ByCategory"
source_hash: "d8218e1710812fe3d813c75e118679c5bb7c5607c385b5e7fb2e58f5643a2390"
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 7028 (2018) — Ratification of Department of Elderly Affairs Rules

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-122.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 7028 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/7028/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 7028 pb** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/7028/BillText/pb/HTML)
3. **S 7028 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/7028/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Favorable — **18–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Submitted and Reported Favorably as Committee Bill — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **108–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rules — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-28** Submitted for consideration by Rules
- **2018-02-28** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 03/01/18, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2018-03-01** Submitted as Committee Bill and Reported Favorably by Rules; YEAS 13 NAYS 0
- **2018-03-01** Filed `filing`
- **2018-03-01** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-01** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 03/02/18, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2018-03-01** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-03-02** Favorable by- Appropriations; YEAS 18 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-02** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2018-03-02** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/02/18
- **2018-03-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-02** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-05** Passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0
- **2018-03-05** In Messages
- **2018-03-09** Received
- **2018-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-09** Passed; YEAS 108 NAYS 1
- **2018-03-09** Ordered enrolled
- **2018-03-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2018-03-26** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-27** Chapter No. 2018-122

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/12becc38-29ed-4b7e-aaf1-96b6cb02a184`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).