---
type: "Bill"
title: "Federal Immigration Enforcement"
description: "Federal Immigration Enforcement"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 168"
citation: "Florida SB 168 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2019-102"
primary_sponsors: ["Gruters"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 49
vote_count: 16
first_action: "2018-12-18"
last_action: "2019-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e9542787-c17a-4469-9317-3c21890065b2"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/168/ByCategory"
source_hash: "f73a1ba5ccc0e1684158b864e824129ca565d9fd4546eed853609391f08d5d31"
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 168 (2019) — Federal Immigration Enforcement

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2019-102.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 168 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/168/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 168 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/168/BillText/c1/HTML)

## Votes

- AA - 409995, Adoption, Second Reading — **40–67** (fail) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **69–45** (pass) · lower
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **5–3** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **4–2** (pass) · upper
- AAH - 760394, Amendment — **18–21** (fail) · upper
- CS/CS/CS/SB 168 — **22–18** (pass) · upper
- Senate Message, Passage — **68–45** (pass) · lower
- AAH - 268980, Amendment — **17–21** (fail) · upper
- Third Reading — **22–18** (pass) · upper
- AA - 055621, Adoption, Second Reading — **43–67** (fail) · lower
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **9–8** (pass) · upper
- A15 - 943906, Amendment, Second Reading — **17–21** (fail) · upper
- A3 - 945124, Amendment, Second Reading — **19–17** (pass) · upper
- A14 - 589678, Amendment, Second Reading — **17–22** (fail) · upper
- A6 - 256712, Amendment, Second Reading — **16–22** (fail) · upper
- AAH - 150942, Amendment — **17–21** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gruters — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-18** Filed `filing`
- **2019-01-10** Referred to Judiciary; Infrastructure and Security; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 02/11/19, 4:30 pm, 110 Senate Building --Temporarily Postponed
- **2019-02-12** On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 02/19/19, 12:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
- **2019-02-19** CS by Judiciary; YEAS 4 NAYS 2
- **2019-02-21** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2019-02-22** Now in Infrastructure and Security
- **2019-03-05** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-03-05** CS by Judiciary read 1st time
- **2019-03-07** On Committee agenda-- Infrastructure and Security, 03/12/19, 4:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
- **2019-03-12** CS/CS by Infrastructure and Security; YEAS 5 NAYS 3
- **2019-03-13** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2019-03-14** Now in Rules
- **2019-03-14** CS/CS by Infrastructure and Security read 1st time
- **2019-04-12** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/17/19, 2:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
- **2019-04-17** CS/CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 9 NAYS 8
- **2019-04-18** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2019-04-22** CS/CS/CS by Rules read 1st time
- **2019-04-22** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2019-04-23** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/25/19
- **2019-04-25** Read 2nd time -SJ 478, 492 `reading-2`
- **2019-04-25** Amendment(s) failed (248466, 256712, 363492, 390296, 434128, 440066, 460234, 589678, 774036, 810340, 856714, 916830, 934022, 943906) -SJ 478, 492, 493, 494
- **2019-04-25** Amendment(s) adopted (169200, 532616, 771258, 794338, 945124) -SJ 493, 494
- **2019-04-25** Ordered engrossed
- **2019-04-25** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2019-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-26** CS passed as amended; YEAS 22 NAYS 18 `passage`
- **2019-04-26** 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) failed (014045, 033447, 051735, 055621, 074985, 151259, 218917, 283467, 291071, 315213, 376137, 409995, 533779, 536943, 549519, 551777, 634673, 716479, 767961, 830785, 862339, 883389, 964599) -HJ 1084, 1097
- **2019-04-30** Amendment(s) adopted (159253) -HJ 1087, 1097
- **2019-04-30** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2019-05-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-01** CS passed as amended; YEAS 69 NAYS 45 `passage`
- **2019-05-01** In returning messages
- **2019-05-02** Amendment(s) to House amendment(s) adopted (406006)
- **2019-05-02** Concurred in House amendment(s) as amended (159253)
- **2019-05-02** CS passed as amended; YEAS 22 NAYS 18 `passage`
- **2019-05-02** In returning messages
- **2019-05-02** Amendment(s) failed (506159)
- **2019-05-02** Concurred in Senate amendment(s) to House amendment(s) (406006)
- **2019-05-02** CS passed as amended; YEAS 68 NAYS 45 `passage`
- **2019-05-02** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
- **2019-06-13** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2019-06-14** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-17** Chapter No. 2019-102

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e9542787-c17a-4469-9317-3c21890065b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).