---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pub. Rec./Public Utility Held Customer Information and Data"
description: "Pub. Rec./Public Utility Held Customer Information and Data"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 591"
citation: "Florida HB 591 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2019-38"
primary_sponsors: ["Energy and Utilities Subcommittee"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-29"
last_action: "2019-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e5a414e6-27f2-467c-b110-9280db6762de"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/591/ByCategory"
source_hash: "1fe76a7707541e065b3bf3b4b52d3e6aff2470f87ef214330bed9e482ba69e7e"
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 591 (2019) — Pub. Rec./Public Utility Held Customer Information and Data

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2019-38.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 591 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/591/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 591 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/591/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 591 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/591/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Energy & Utilities Subcommittee) — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Oversight, Transparency & Public Management Subcommittee) — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Commerce Committee) — **24–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Energy and Utilities Subcommittee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-29** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-06** 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
- **2019-02-22** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2019-02-27** 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** Favorable by Oversight, Transparency and Public Management Subcommittee; YEAS 13 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-06** 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** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2019-03-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-03-27** CS passed; YEAS 114 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
- **2019-05-01** Withdrawn from Innovation, Industry, and Technology; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules `withdrawal`
- **2019-05-01** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2019-05-01** Substituted for CS/SB 600
- **2019-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-01** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2019-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-02** CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2019-05-02** 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. 2019-38

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e5a414e6-27f2-467c-b110-9280db6762de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).