---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alachua County"
description: "Alachua County"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 745"
citation: "Florida HB 745 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["local bills"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2019-173"
primary_sponsors: ["Watson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 30
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-02-11"
last_action: "2019-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/548e2996-7c4c-4958-b3c2-8d282117b7d0"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/745/ByCategory"
source_hash: "a6f6ff7a75df9b0989164cb4931d217d84281e2eca3b68544432bb5224326f02"
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 745 (2019) — Alachua County

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2019-173.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 745 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/745/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 745 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/745/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (State Affairs Committee) — **23–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Business & Professions Subcommittee) — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Local Bills — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **114–1** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Local, Federal & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee) — **13–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Watson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-11** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-20** Referred to Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee; Business and Professions Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-01** On Committee agenda-- Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee, 03/05/19, 1:00 pm, 12 HOB
- **2019-03-05** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-03-05** Favorable by Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee; YEAS 13 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-05** Now in Business and Professions Subcommittee
- **2019-03-08** On Committee agenda-- Business and Professions Subcommittee, 03/12/19, 12:30 pm, Webster Hall
- **2019-03-12** Favorable by Business and Professions Subcommittee; YEAS 13 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-12** Now in State Affairs Committee
- **2019-03-19** On Committee agenda-- State Affairs Committee, 03/21/19, 12:00 pm, Morris Hall
- **2019-03-21** Favorable by- State Affairs Committee; YEAS 23 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-21** Placed on Calendar
- **2019-04-04** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/10/19
- **2019-04-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-10** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2019-04-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-11** Passed; YEAS 114 NAYS 1
- **2019-04-11** In Messages
- **2019-04-12** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-16** Received
- **2019-04-29** Placed on Local Calendar, 05/01/19
- **2019-05-01** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2019-05-01** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2019-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-01** Passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0
- **2019-05-01** Ordered enrolled
- **2019-05-09** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2019-05-10** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-08** Chapter No. 2019-173

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/548e2996-7c4c-4958-b3c2-8d282117b7d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).