---
type: "Bill"
title: "Honor and Remember Flag"
description: "Honor and Remember Flag"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 427"
citation: "Florida HB 427 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2019-145"
primary_sponsors: ["Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee", "Local"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 34
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-22"
last_action: "2019-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ae61310-c51b-4f34-adbb-320df25a7f75"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/427/ByCategory"
source_hash: "39f1a6f8fb3a8a9d1dd3bdc66a3997fa948278fdd54427cc68fe8b7551be22b0"
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 427 (2019) — Honor and Remember Flag

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2019-145.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 427 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/427/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 427 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/427/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 427 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/427/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 427 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/427/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable With Committee Substitute (State Affairs Committee) — **23–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Local, Federal & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee) — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Government Operations & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee — primary (person)
- Local — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-22** Filed `filing`
- **2019-01-30** Referred to Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee; Government Operations and Technology Appropriations Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06** On Committee agenda-- Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee, 02/13/19, 8:30 am, 12 HOB
- **2019-02-13** CS by Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee; YEAS 14 NAYS 0
- **2019-02-13** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2019-02-15** Now in Government Operations and Technology Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2019-03-04** On Committee agenda-- Government Operations and Technology Appropriations Subcommittee, 03/06/19, 3:00 pm, Morris Hall
- **2019-03-05** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-03-05** CS by Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee read 1st time
- **2019-03-06** Favorable by Government Operations and Technology Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-07** Now in State Affairs Committee
- **2019-04-08** On Committee agenda-- State Affairs Committee, 04/10/19, 8:00 am, Morris Hall
- **2019-04-10** CS/CS by- State Affairs Committee; YEAS 23 NAYS 0
- **2019-04-11** Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2019-04-11** Placed on Calendar
- **2019-04-11** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/17/19
- **2019-04-11** CS/CS by State Affairs Committee read 1st time
- **2019-04-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-17** CS passed; YEAS 113 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-23** In Messages
- **2019-04-24** Referred to Military and Veterans Affairs and Space; Community Affairs; Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24** Received
- **2019-04-29** Withdrawn from Military and Veterans Affairs and Space; Community Affairs; Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2019-04-29** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2019-04-29** Substituted for CS/SB 718
- **2019-04-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-29** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2019-04-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-30** CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-30** Ordered enrolled
- **2019-06-13** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2019-06-26** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-27** Chapter No. 2019-145

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7ae61310-c51b-4f34-adbb-320df25a7f75`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).