---
type: "Bill"
title: "Judicial Process"
description: "Judicial Process"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 91"
citation: "Florida HB 91 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["civil practice and procedure"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2019-67"
primary_sponsors: ["Civil Justice Subcommittee"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 34
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-12-12"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0aaaafa6-5b6a-4b8f-8e9d-654dc7fed89d"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/91/ByCategory"
source_hash: "e06f0985698b552ebe174f0d1dd59f06a7085f96a07162b6229b3b631392abc9"
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 91 (2019) — Judicial Process

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2019-67.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 91 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/91/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 91 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/91/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 91 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/91/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 91 e1** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/91/BillText/e1/PDF)
5. **H 91 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/91/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Civil Justice Subcommittee) — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Judiciary Committee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **109–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Civil Justice Subcommittee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-12** Filed `filing`
- **2019-01-03** Referred to Civil Justice Subcommittee; Justice Appropriations Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06** On Committee agenda-- Civil Justice Subcommittee, 02/13/19, 4:00 pm, Sumner Hall
- **2019-02-13** CS by Civil Justice Subcommittee; YEAS 14 NAYS 0
- **2019-02-14** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2019-02-15** Original reference(s) removed: Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2019-02-15** CS referred to Judiciary Committee
- **2019-02-15** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2019-03-05** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-03-05** On Committee agenda-- Judiciary Committee, 03/07/19, 3:00 pm, Sumner Hall
- **2019-03-05** CS by Civil Justice Subcommittee read 1st time
- **2019-03-07** CS/CS by- Judiciary Committee; YEAS 17 NAYS 0
- **2019-03-08** Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2019-03-11** Placed on Calendar
- **2019-03-11** CS/CS by Judiciary Committee read 1st time
- **2019-03-14** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/20/19
- **2019-03-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-20** Amendment(s) adopted (431701)
- **2019-03-20** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2019-03-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-03-21** CS passed as amended; YEAS 109 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2019-03-27** In Messages
- **2019-03-28** Referred to Judiciary; Community Affairs; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-02** Received
- **2019-04-03** Withdrawn from Judiciary; Community Affairs; Rules `withdrawal`
- **2019-04-03** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2019-04-03** Substituted for CS/CS/CS/SB 462
- **2019-04-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-03** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-04** 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. 2019-67

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0aaaafa6-5b6a-4b8f-8e9d-654dc7fed89d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).