---
type: "Bill"
title: "Ratification of Rules of the Department of Financial Services"
description: "Ratification of Rules of the Department of Financial Services"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 983"
citation: "Florida HB 983 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["public officers", "employees", "and records", "executive branch"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2019-139"
primary_sponsors: ["Casello", "Willhite"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 29
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-02-20"
last_action: "2019-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/670e2ebe-5027-4fb7-a9fe-3d3b3f487329"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/983/ByCategory"
source_hash: "618091f8f23bd0687068a7723818369bbdb82dcf60fbfb9b7823530132d68e98"
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 983 (2019) — Ratification of Rules of the Department of Financial Services

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2019-139.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 983 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/983/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 983 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/983/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Oversight, Transparency & Public Management Subcommittee) — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Commerce Committee) — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Insurance & Banking Subcommittee) — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Casello — primary (person)
- Willhite — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-20** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-28** Referred to Insurance and Banking Subcommittee; Oversight, Transparency and Public Management Subcommittee; Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-03-11** On Committee agenda-- Insurance and Banking Subcommittee, 03/13/19, 12:30 pm, Sumner Hall
- **2019-03-13** Favorable by Insurance and Banking Subcommittee; YEAS 13 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-13** Now in Oversight, Transparency and Public Management Subcommittee
- **2019-03-21** On Committee agenda-- Oversight, Transparency and Public Management Subcommittee, 03/25/19, 3:00 pm, Morris Hall
- **2019-03-25** Favorable by Oversight, Transparency and Public Management Subcommittee; YEAS 13 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-25** 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 19 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** Passed; YEAS 117 NAYS 0
- **2019-04-23** In Messages
- **2019-04-24** Referred to Banking and Insurance; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24** Received
- **2019-04-26** Withdrawn from Banking and Insurance; Rules `withdrawal`
- **2019-04-26** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2019-04-26** Substituted for SB 1210
- **2019-04-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-26** Passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0
- **2019-04-26** Ordered enrolled
- **2019-06-25** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2019-06-25** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-26** Chapter No. 2019-139

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/670e2ebe-5027-4fb7-a9fe-3d3b3f487329`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).