---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcohol or Drug Overdose Prosecutions"
description: "Alcohol or Drug Overdose Prosecutions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 595"
citation: "Florida HB 595 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["crimes", "alcoholic beverages and tobacco"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2019-81"
primary_sponsors: ["Silvers"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0b8da3cc-7a04-4456-b1dc-2084b2ccb07f"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/595/ByCategory"
source_hash: "d1144548a5189102daf610d367cb9f54441d2e625e002cf1eb80ecf615eba912"
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 595 (2019) — Alcohol or Drug Overdose Prosecutions

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2019-81.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 595 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/595/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 595 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/595/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 595 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/595/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 595 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/595/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Judiciary Committee) — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Criminal Justice Subcommittee) — **13–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Silvers — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-30** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-06** Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee; Justice Appropriations Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-03-08** On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice Subcommittee, 03/12/19, 8:30 am, Sumner Hall
- **2019-03-12** CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee; YEAS 13 NAYS 0
- **2019-03-13** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2019-03-13** CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee read 1st time
- **2019-03-14** Original reference(s) removed: Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2019-03-14** CS referred to Judiciary Committee
- **2019-03-14** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2019-03-19** On Committee agenda-- Judiciary Committee, 03/21/19, 8:30 am, Sumner Hall
- **2019-03-21** CS/CS by- Judiciary Committee; YEAS 16 NAYS 0
- **2019-03-22** Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2019-03-25** CS/CS by Judiciary Committee read 1st time
- **2019-03-25** Placed on Calendar
- **2019-04-11** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/17/19
- **2019-04-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-17** CS passed; YEAS 115 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-23** In Messages
- **2019-04-24** Referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24** Withdrawn from Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Rules `withdrawal`
- **2019-04-24** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2019-04-24** Substituted for SB 530
- **2019-04-24** Received
- **2019-04-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-24** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 -SJ 449, 450 `passage`
- **2019-04-24** Ordered enrolled
- **2019-06-05** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2019-06-07** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10** Chapter No. 2019-81

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0b8da3cc-7a04-4456-b1dc-2084b2ccb07f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).