---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local Government Financial Reporting"
description: "Local Government Financial Reporting"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 861"
citation: "Florida HB 861 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["relations", "municipalities"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2019-56"
primary_sponsors: ["Roach", "Fernandez-Barquin"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 37
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-02-15"
last_action: "2019-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df9f8a8a-2efa-416d-ad96-8bf6531efc8d"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/861/ByCategory"
source_hash: "ed499b0fd7074ded68f85e563b557633cb88f2108af7903d194401af554d308c"
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 861 (2019) — Local Government Financial Reporting

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2019-56.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 861 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/861/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 861 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/861/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Appropriations Committee) — **29–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Local, Federal & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee) — **13–1** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **115–1** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **38–1** (pass) · upper
- Senate Message, Quorum — **105–0** (pass) · lower
- Returning Messages — **37–1** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (State Affairs Committee) — **20–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Roach — primary (person)
- Fernandez-Barquin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-15** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-28** Referred to Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee; Appropriations Committee; State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-03-08** On Committee agenda-- Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee, 03/12/19, 8:30 am, 12 HOB
- **2019-03-12** Favorable by Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee; YEAS 13 NAYS 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-12** Now in Appropriations Committee
- **2019-03-29** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee, 04/02/19, 3:30 pm, Webster Hall
- **2019-04-02** Favorable by Appropriations Committee; YEAS 29 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Now in State Affairs Committee
- **2019-04-04** On Committee agenda-- State Affairs Committee, 04/08/19, 2:00 pm, Morris Hall
- **2019-04-08** Favorable by- State Affairs Committee; YEAS 20 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-08** 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** Passed; YEAS 115 NAYS 1
- **2019-04-23** In Messages
- **2019-04-24** Referred to Community Affairs; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24** Received
- **2019-05-02** Withdrawn from Community Affairs; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules `withdrawal`
- **2019-05-02** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2019-05-02** Substituted for SB 1616
- **2019-05-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-02** Amendment(s) adopted (300314)
- **2019-05-02** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2019-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-03** Passed as amended; YEAS 38 NAYS 1
- **2019-05-03** In returning messages
- **2019-05-03** Refused to concur in 1 amendment(s) (300314) -HJ 1289, 1295
- **2019-05-03** Requested Senate to recede
- **2019-05-03** In returning messages
- **2019-05-03** Receded from 1 amendment(s) (300314)
- **2019-05-03** Passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 1
- **2019-05-03** Ordered enrolled
- **2019-05-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2019-05-23** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-23** Chapter No. 2019-56, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 7014 (Ch. 2019-15)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/df9f8a8a-2efa-416d-ad96-8bf6531efc8d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).