---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child Support Enforcement"
description: "Child Support Enforcement"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 5303"
citation: "Florida HB 5303 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["social welfare"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2019-161"
primary_sponsors: ["Government Operations and Technology Appropriations Subcommittee"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-03-20"
last_action: "2019-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a0172f16-06a4-4de2-8eb6-c3943693b5b3"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/5303/ByCategory"
source_hash: "5ba12ce8f2df53e117e75b926336a4a6e9dc42e666734c07585c94e78a5a541c"
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 5303 (2019) — Child Support Enforcement

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2019-161.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 5303 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/5303/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 5303 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/5303/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Government Operations & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee) — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Appropriations Committee) — **23–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Government Operations and Technology Appropriations Subcommittee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-20** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-20** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-03-20** Referred to Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-25** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee, 03/27/19, 9:00 am, Webster Hall
- **2019-03-27** Favorable by- Appropriations Committee; YEAS 23 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Placed on Calendar
- **2019-03-28** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/03/19
- **2019-04-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-03** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2019-04-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-04** Passed; YEAS 112 NAYS 0
- **2019-04-04** Immediately certified
- **2019-04-04** In Messages
- **2019-04-05** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-08** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/11/19, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2019-04-09** Received
- **2019-04-11** Favorable by- Appropriations; YEAS 19 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-12** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2019-04-15** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/17/19
- **2019-04-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-17** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2019-04-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-23** Passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0
- **2019-04-23** Ordered enrolled
- **2019-06-26** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2019-06-27** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-28** Chapter No. 2019-161, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 2500 (Ch. 2019-115)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a0172f16-06a4-4de2-8eb6-c3943693b5b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).