---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pub. Meetings/Pub. Records/Local Government Utilities"
description: "Pub. Meetings/Pub. Records/Local Government Utilities"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 327"
citation: "Florida HB 327 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["public business"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2019-37"
primary_sponsors: ["Energy and Utilities Subcommittee"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 37
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-17"
last_action: "2019-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c1158ed-0473-4dfd-bb2c-c281e8484dce"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/327/ByCategory"
source_hash: "5d66eb81e16cb4ade50c74aeef3dd8e1a8f4c2c0b66f4ae2def23c3a347e925a"
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 HB 327 (2019) — Pub. Meetings/Pub. Records/Local Government Utilities

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2019-37.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 327 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/327/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 327 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/327/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 327 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/327/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 327 e1** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/327/BillText/e1/PDF)
5. **H 327 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/327/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Commerce Committee) — **24–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Oversight, Transparency & Public Management Subcommittee) — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Energy & Utilities Subcommittee) — **12–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Energy and Utilities Subcommittee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-17** Filed `filing`
- **2019-01-23** Referred to Energy and Utilities Subcommittee; Oversight, Transparency and Public Management Subcommittee; Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** On Committee agenda-- Energy and Utilities Subcommittee, 02/20/19, 4:00 pm, Webster Hall
- **2019-02-20** CS by Energy and Utilities Subcommittee; YEAS 12 NAYS 0
- **2019-02-21** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2019-02-25** Now in Oversight, Transparency and Public Management Subcommittee
- **2019-03-04** On Committee agenda-- Oversight, Transparency and Public Management Subcommittee, 03/06/19, 8:00 am, Morris Hall
- **2019-03-05** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-03-05** CS by Energy and Utilities Subcommittee read 1st time
- **2019-03-06** CS/CS by Oversight, Transparency and Public Management Subcommittee; YEAS 14 NAYS 0
- **2019-03-07** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2019-03-07** CS/CS by Oversight, Transparency and Public Management Subcommittee read 1st time
- **2019-03-08** Now in Commerce Committee
- **2019-03-12** On Committee agenda-- Commerce Committee, 03/14/19, 9:00 am, Webster Hall
- **2019-03-14** Favorable by- Commerce Committee; YEAS 24 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-14** Placed on Calendar
- **2019-03-21** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/27/19
- **2019-03-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-27** Amendment(s) adopted (139957)
- **2019-03-27** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2019-03-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-03-27** CS passed as amended; YEAS 113 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-03** In Messages
- **2019-04-04** Referred to Innovation, Industry, and Technology; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-04** Received
- **2019-04-10** Withdrawn from Innovation, Industry, and Technology; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules `withdrawal`
- **2019-04-10** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2019-04-10** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 450
- **2019-04-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-10** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2019-04-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-17** CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-23** Immediately certified
- **2019-04-23** Ordered enrolled
- **2019-05-13** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2019-05-14** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-15** Chapter No. 2019-37

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2c1158ed-0473-4dfd-bb2c-c281e8484dce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).