---
type: "Bill"
title: "Florida ABLE Program"
description: "Florida ABLE Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 6047"
citation: "Florida HB 6047 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2019-96"
primary_sponsors: ["Roach"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 31
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-02-15"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/32016841-cecf-43b9-9eaf-7ae9b227a38a"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/6047/ByCategory"
source_hash: "7ba464779bc86d1cbf7f447e458be16f1a2cda88326d807eb6775602dbf55417"
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 6047 (2019) — Florida ABLE Program

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2019-96.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 6047 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/6047/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 6047 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/6047/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Health & Human Services Committee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee) — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Health Market Reform Subcommittee) — **14–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Roach — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-15** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-28** Referred to Health Market Reform Subcommittee; Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-03-15** On Committee agenda-- Health Market Reform Subcommittee, 03/19/19, 3:30 pm, Mashburn Hall
- **2019-03-19** Favorable by Health Market Reform Subcommittee; YEAS 14 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-19** Now in Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2019-04-05** On Committee agenda-- Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee, 04/09/19, 8:00 am, Sumner Hall
- **2019-04-09** Favorable by Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-09** Now in Health and Human Services Committee
- **2019-04-12** On Committee agenda-- Health and Human Services Committee, 04/16/19, 2:00 pm, Morris Hall
- **2019-04-16** Favorable by- Health and Human Services Committee; YEAS 17 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-16** Placed on Calendar
- **2019-04-18** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/24/19
- **2019-04-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-24** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2019-04-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-25** Passed; YEAS 110 NAYS 0
- **2019-04-25** In Messages
- **2019-04-25** Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-25** Received
- **2019-05-02** Withdrawn from Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2019-05-02** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2019-05-02** Substituted for SB 1300
- **2019-05-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-02** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2019-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-03** Passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 -SJ 881, 882
- **2019-05-03** 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. 2019-96

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/32016841-cecf-43b9-9eaf-7ae9b227a38a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).