---
type: "Bill"
title: "Homeowners' Insurance Policy Disclosures"
description: "Homeowners' Insurance Policy Disclosures"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 617"
citation: "Florida HB 617 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2019-82"
primary_sponsors: ["Newton"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-31"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6fee0bb3-39a8-41f9-b1f6-ceb66761a885"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/617/ByCategory"
source_hash: "d1ab042567cae1ae947d944b9cd89bb826cf291a1c2c70455d014f13219ec5db"
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 617 (2019) — Homeowners' Insurance Policy Disclosures

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2019-82.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 617 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/617/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 617 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/617/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 617 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/617/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Government Operations & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee) — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Insurance & Banking Subcommittee) — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Commerce Committee) — **20–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Newton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-31** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-13** Referred to Insurance and Banking Subcommittee; Government Operations and Technology Appropriations Subcommittee; Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-03-05** On Committee agenda-- Insurance and Banking Subcommittee, 03/07/19, 9:15 am, Sumner Hall
- **2019-03-07** CS by Insurance and Banking Subcommittee; YEAS 12 NAYS 0
- **2019-03-07** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2019-03-07** CS by Insurance and Banking Subcommittee read 1st time
- **2019-03-08** Now in Government Operations and Technology Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2019-03-22** On Committee agenda-- Government Operations and Technology Appropriations Subcommittee, 03/26/19, 12:00 pm, Morris Hall
- **2019-03-26** Favorable by Government Operations and Technology Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-26** Now in Commerce Committee
- **2019-04-02** On Committee agenda-- Commerce Committee, 04/04/19, 8:00 am, Webster Hall
- **2019-04-04** Favorable by- Commerce Committee; YEAS 20 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-04** 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 113 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-23** In Messages
- **2019-04-24** Referred to Banking and Insurance; Community Affairs; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24** Received
- **2019-04-30** Withdrawn from Banking and Insurance; Community Affairs; Rules `withdrawal`
- **2019-04-30** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2019-04-30** Substituted for CS/SB 380
- **2019-04-30** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-30** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2019-05-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-01** CS passed; YEAS 33 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2019-05-01** 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. 2019-82

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6fee0bb3-39a8-41f9-b1f6-ceb66761a885`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).