---
type: "Bill"
title: "Young Farmers and Ranchers"
description: "Young Farmers and Ranchers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 872"
citation: "Florida SB 872 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ranches", "agents and repossession services", "and wastewater"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2018-85"
primary_sponsors: ["Grimsley"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 36
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-11-14"
last_action: "2018-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d78a1193-2d42-422f-9cf5-874d6801e58a"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/00872/ByCategory"
source_hash: "0047c44c7566775ed0198ee904b19e4dcba7f03b8be4ab6192ed2ef8db4fbe35"
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 872 (2018) — Young Farmers and Ranchers

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-85.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 872 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/872/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 872 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/872/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 872 e1** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/872/BillText/e1/HTML)
4. **S 872 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/872/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Returning Messages — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Grimsley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-11-14** Filed `filing`
- **2017-11-29** Referred to Agriculture; Appropriations Subcommittee on the Environment and Natural Resources; Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-08** On Committee agenda-- Agriculture, 01/11/18, 9:00 am, 301 Senate Office Building
- **2018-01-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-11** Favorable by Agriculture; YEAS 6 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-11** Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on the Environment and Natural Resources
- **2018-01-19** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on the Environment and Natural Resources, 01/24/18, 9:00 am, 301 Senate Office Building
- **2018-01-24** Subcommittee Recommendation: CS by Appropriations Subcommittee on the Environment and Natural Resources; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
- **2018-01-29** Now in Appropriations
- **2018-02-19** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 02/22/18, 2:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
- **2018-02-22** CS by- Appropriations; YEAS 19 NAYS 0
- **2018-02-23** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2018-02-26** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2018-02-26** CS by Appropriations 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 35 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-02** 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/HB 645
- **2018-03-06** Amendment(s) adopted (846075)
- **2018-03-06** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-03-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-07** CS passed as amended; YEAS 114 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-07** In returning messages
- **2018-03-09** Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (846075)
- **2018-03-09** CS passed as amended; YEAS 36 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-09** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
- **2018-03-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2018-03-23** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-26** Chapter No. 2018-85

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d78a1193-2d42-422f-9cf5-874d6801e58a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).