--- type: "Bill" title: "Ballot Measures" description: "Ballot Measures" jurisdiction: "us/states/fl" legislature: "Florida Legislature" session: "2019" identifier: "HB 5" citation: "Florida HB 5 (2019)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["taxation and finance", "electors and elections"] status: "enacted" chapter_law: "2019-64" primary_sponsors: ["DiCeglie"] version_count: 5 action_count: 45 vote_count: 8 first_action: "2019-02-13" last_action: "2019-06-10" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5f49a44-f8d5-4eba-9fce-41dda49db528" source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/5/ByCategory" source_hash: "83a96688157b8ca8e51959c2177e32e21988db4ed6072a3643bfb6833d6de1a0" 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 5 (2019) — Ballot Measures **Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2019-64. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **H 5 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/5/BillText/Filed/PDF) 2. **H 5 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/5/BillText/c1/PDF) 3. **H 5 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/5/BillText/c2/PDF) 4. **H 5 e1** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/5/BillText/e1/PDF) 5. **H 5 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/5/BillText/er/PDF) ## Votes - Passage, Third Reading — **69–44** (pass) · lower - CS/CS/HB 5 — **22–17** (pass) · upper - Favorable (Local, Federal & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee) — **9–3** (pass) · lower - AA - 980309, Quorum — **105–0** (pass) · lower - Favorable With Committee Substitute (State Affairs Committee) — **14–7** (pass) · lower - Third Reading — **29–11** (pass) · upper - Favorable (Ways & Means Committee) — **12–5** (pass) · lower - Senate Message, Passage — **67–43** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - DiCeglie — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2019-02-13** Filed `filing` - **2019-02-20** Referred to Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee; Ways and Means Committee; State Affairs Committee `referral-committee` - **2019-03-01** PCS on Committee agenda-- Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee, 03/05/19, 1:00 pm, 12 HOB - **2019-03-05** Introduced `introduction` - **2019-03-05** CS by Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee; YEAS 9 NAYS 3 - **2019-03-07** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c) - **2019-03-07** Now in Ways and Means Committee - **2019-03-07** CS by Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee read 1st time - **2019-03-08** On Committee agenda-- Ways and Means Committee, 03/12/19, 4:00 pm, Morris Hall - **2019-03-12** Favorable by Ways and Means Committee; YEAS 12 NAYS 5 `committee-passage-favorable` - **2019-03-12** Now in State Affairs Committee - **2019-03-26** On Committee agenda-- State Affairs Committee, 03/28/19, 10:30 am, Morris Hall - **2019-03-28** CS/CS by- State Affairs Committee; YEAS 14 NAYS 7 - **2019-03-29** Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c) - **2019-04-01** CS/CS by State Affairs Committee read 1st time - **2019-04-01** Placed on Calendar - **2019-04-04** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/10/19 - **2019-04-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2019-04-10** Placed on 3rd reading - **2019-04-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2019-04-11** CS passed; YEAS 69 NAYS 44 `passage` - **2019-04-18** In Messages - **2019-04-18** Referred to Community Affairs; Finance and Tax; Appropriations `referral-committee` - **2019-04-22** Received - **2019-05-02** Withdrawn from Community Affairs; Finance and Tax; Appropriations `withdrawal` - **2019-05-02** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading - **2019-05-02** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 336 - **2019-05-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2019-05-02** Amendment(s) adopted (498526) - **2019-05-02** Placed on 3rd reading - **2019-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2019-05-03** Motion to reconsider adopted - **2019-05-03** Amendment(s) reconsidered, adopted as amended (338888) - **2019-05-03** CS passed as amended; YEAS 29 NAYS 11 `passage` - **2019-05-03** In returning messages - **2019-05-03** Amendment(s) to Senate amendment(s) adopted (964263, 980309) -HJ 1269, 1272 - **2019-05-03** Concurred in Senate amendment(s) as amended (338888) - **2019-05-03** CS passed as amended; YEAS 67 NAYS 43 `passage` - **2019-05-03** In returning messages - **2019-05-03** Concurred in House amendment(s) to Senate amendment(s) (964263, 980309) - **2019-05-03** CS passed as amended; YEAS 22 NAYS 17 `passage` - **2019-05-03** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled - **2019-06-06** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor - **2019-06-07** Approved by Governor `executive-signature` - **2019-06-10** Chapter No. 2019-64 ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a5f49a44-f8d5-4eba-9fce-41dda49db528`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).