---
type: "Bill"
title: "Registered Contractor Licensing"
description: "Registered Contractor Licensing"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 763"
citation: "Florida HB 763 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2019-84"
primary_sponsors: ["Watson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 31
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-02-13"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2d817e8-072e-45e5-8aa8-b394b36c83b1"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/763/ByCategory"
source_hash: "9ab0718cfc47fe0c12f2e7b0b9e280f9e7117474c303c5830a32e851b1e35ff3"
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 763 (2019) — Registered Contractor Licensing

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2019-84.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 763 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/763/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 763 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/763/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Government Operations & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee) — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Commerce Committee) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Business & Professions Subcommittee) — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Watson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-13** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-20** Referred to Business and Professions Subcommittee; Government Operations and Technology Appropriations Subcommittee; Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-03-15** On Committee agenda-- Business and Professions Subcommittee, 03/19/19, 11:30 am, Webster Hall
- **2019-03-19** Favorable by Business and Professions Subcommittee; YEAS 14 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-19** Now in Government Operations and Technology Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2019-03-28** On Committee agenda-- Government Operations and Technology Appropriations Subcommittee, 04/01/19, 12:00 pm, Morris Hall
- **2019-04-01** Favorable by Government Operations and Technology Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 12 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-01** Now in Commerce Committee
- **2019-04-08** On Committee agenda-- Commerce Committee, 04/10/19, 8:15 am, Webster Hall
- **2019-04-10** Favorable by- Commerce Committee; YEAS 22 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-10** 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 112 NAYS 0
- **2019-04-25** In Messages
- **2019-04-25** Referred to Innovation, Industry, and Technology; Community Affairs; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-25** Received
- **2019-04-30** Withdrawn from Innovation, Industry, and Technology; Community Affairs; Rules `withdrawal`
- **2019-04-30** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2019-04-30** Substituted for SB 604
- **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** Passed; YEAS 33 NAYS 0 -SJ 676, 677
- **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. 2019-84

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a2d817e8-072e-45e5-8aa8-b394b36c83b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).