---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Accountancy"
description: "Public Accountancy"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 977"
citation: "Florida HB 977 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2019-89"
primary_sponsors: ["Stevenson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-02-20"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b7aad08-beba-44e1-a767-5aff69d33807"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/977/ByCategory"
source_hash: "cae5e02ca9f896bc7a4a68034070980bdc93cdfd186564e13cfe2df9ab471d2d"
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 977 (2019) — Public Accountancy

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2019-89.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 977 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/977/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 977 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/977/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 977 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/977/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Business & Professions Subcommittee) — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Commerce Committee) — **20–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stevenson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-20** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-28** Referred to Business and Professions Subcommittee; Government Operations and Technology Appropriations Subcommittee; Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-03-22** On Committee agenda-- Business and Professions Subcommittee, 03/26/19, 12:00 pm, Webster Hall
- **2019-03-26** CS by Business and Professions Subcommittee; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
- **2019-03-27** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2019-03-27** CS by Business and Professions Subcommittee read 1st time
- **2019-03-28** Original reference(s) removed: Government Operations and Technology Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2019-03-28** CS referred to Commerce Committee
- **2019-03-28** Now in Commerce Committee
- **2019-04-02** On Committee agenda-- Commerce Committee, 04/04/19, 8:00 am, Webster Hall
- **2019-04-04** Favorable by- Commerce Committee; YEAS 20 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-04** 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** CS passed; YEAS 117 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-23** In Messages
- **2019-04-24** Referred to Innovation, Industry, and Technology; Banking and Insurance; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24** Received
- **2019-05-02** Withdrawn from Innovation, Industry, and Technology; Banking and Insurance; Rules `withdrawal`
- **2019-05-02** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2019-05-02** Substituted for CS/SB 1252
- **2019-05-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-02** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2019-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-03** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2019-05-03** 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. 2019-89

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2b7aad08-beba-44e1-a767-5aff69d33807`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).