---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurer Guaranty Associations"
description: "Insurer Guaranty Associations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 673"
citation: "Florida HB 673 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2019-83"
primary_sponsors: ["Fischer"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 37
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-02-06"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b55e9421-52b4-49db-bb60-f5f8693e8129"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/673/ByCategory"
source_hash: "dd619d80cbe6cbff3f94e917d911687060aaec48e91f7f9d789e3cbd455b19ea"
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 673 (2019) — Insurer Guaranty Associations

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2019-83.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 673 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/673/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 673 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/673/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 673 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/673/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 673 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/673/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Ways & Means Committee) — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Commerce Committee) — **18–2** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Insurance & Banking Subcommittee) — **8–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fischer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-06** 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 8 NAYS 5
- **2019-03-11** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2019-03-11** CS by Insurance and Banking Subcommittee read 1st time
- **2019-03-12** Original reference(s) removed: Government Operations and Technology Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2019-03-12** CS referred to Ways and Means Committee; Commerce Committee
- **2019-03-12** Now in Ways and Means Committee
- **2019-03-21** On Committee agenda-- Ways and Means Committee, 03/25/19, 12:00 pm, Morris Hall
- **2019-03-25** Favorable by Ways and Means Committee; YEAS 13 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-25** Now in Commerce Committee
- **2019-04-02** On Committee agenda-- Commerce Committee, 04/04/19, 8:00 am, Webster Hall
- **2019-04-04** CS/CS by- Commerce Committee; YEAS 18 NAYS 2
- **2019-04-08** Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2019-04-08** CS/CS by Commerce Committee read 1st time
- **2019-04-10** Placed on Calendar
- **2019-04-18** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/23/19
- **2019-04-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-23** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2019-04-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-24** CS passed; YEAS 114 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-24** In Messages
- **2019-04-24** Referred to Banking and Insurance; Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-25** Received
- **2019-05-01** Withdrawn from Banking and Insurance; Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2019-05-01** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2019-05-01** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 626
- **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
- **2019-06-05** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2019-06-07** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10** Chapter No. 2019-83

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b55e9421-52b4-49db-bb60-f5f8693e8129`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).