---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vessels"
description: "Vessels"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 1666"
citation: "Florida SB 1666 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["reclamation", "and use", "vessels"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2019-54"
primary_sponsors: ["Flores"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-03-01"
last_action: "2019-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/64ed8786-02bc-493a-b8ae-a12802decaa9"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/1666/ByCategory"
source_hash: "a39515e273cae9531b3e8dc244a4f800648c887f76b3fe75d9ac723e3ba52195"
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 SB 1666 (2019) — Vessels

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2019-54.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 1666 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/1666/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 1666 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/1666/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 1666 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/1666/BillText/c2/HTML)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- CS/CS/CS/SB 1666 — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **17–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Flores — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-01** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-08** Referred to Environment and Natural Resources; Community Affairs; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-03-21** On Committee agenda-- Environment and Natural Resources, 03/26/19, 4:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
- **2019-03-26** CS by Environment and Natural Resources; YEAS 5 NAYS 0
- **2019-03-28** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2019-03-28** Now in Community Affairs
- **2019-03-28** On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 04/02/19, 2:00 pm, 301 Senate Building
- **2019-04-02** CS by Environment and Natural Resources read 1st time
- **2019-04-02** CS/CS by Community Affairs; YEAS 5 NAYS 0
- **2019-04-04** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2019-04-04** Now in Rules
- **2019-04-04** CS/CS by Community Affairs read 1st time
- **2019-04-05** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/10/19, 10:00 am, 110 Senate Building
- **2019-04-10** CS/CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 17 NAYS 0
- **2019-04-10** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2019-04-12** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2019-04-16** CS/CS/CS by Rules read 1st time
- **2019-04-24** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/26/19
- **2019-04-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-26** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2019-04-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-29** CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 -SJ 585, 586 `passage`
- **2019-04-29** In Messages
- **2019-04-29** Referred to Calendar `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-29** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/30/19
- **2019-04-29** Received
- **2019-04-30** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-30** Amendment(s) adopted (247177, 407017)
- **2019-04-30** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2019-05-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-01** CS passed as amended; YEAS 114 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2019-05-01** In returning messages
- **2019-05-02** Concurred in 2 amendment(s) (247177, 407017)
- **2019-05-02** CS passed as amended; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2019-05-02** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
- **2019-05-21** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2019-05-23** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-24** Chapter No. 2019-54

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/64ed8786-02bc-493a-b8ae-a12802decaa9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).