---
type: "Bill"
title: "Military-friendly Initiatives"
description: "Military-friendly Initiatives"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 620"
citation: "Florida SB 620 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["public business", "industry", "relations", "taxation and finance"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2019-144"
primary_sponsors: ["Broxson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 33
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2019-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/15d22878-7443-4294-a77f-69c0427c31cb"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/620/ByCategory"
source_hash: "06e56267d1208aa9b3e316cbcc28596b96f5dc7082e2de24bce0652b5edbc6f6"
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 620 (2019) — Military-friendly Initiatives

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2019-144.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 620 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/620/BillText/Filed/HTML)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **17–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Broxson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-30** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-15** Referred to Military and Veterans Affairs and Space; Innovation, Industry, and Technology; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-03-29** On Committee agenda-- Military and Veterans Affairs and Space, 04/03/19, 4:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
- **2019-04-03** CS by Military and Veterans Affairs and Space; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
- **2019-04-04** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2019-04-04** Now in Innovation, Industry, and Technology
- **2019-04-04** CS by Military and Veterans Affairs and Space read 1st time
- **2019-04-05** On Committee agenda-- Innovation, Industry, and Technology, 04/10/19, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
- **2019-04-10** Favorable by Innovation, Industry, and Technology; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-11** Now in Rules
- **2019-04-18** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/23/19, 2:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
- **2019-04-23** CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 17 NAYS 0
- **2019-04-24** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2019-04-24** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2019-04-24** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/26/19
- **2019-04-24** CS/CS by Rules read 1st time
- **2019-04-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-26** Amendment(s) adopted (507250)
- **2019-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-26** CS passed as amended; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `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** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2019-05-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-01** CS passed; YEAS 113 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2019-05-01** Ordered enrolled
- **2019-06-14** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2019-06-26** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-27** Chapter No. 2019-144

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/15d22878-7443-4294-a77f-69c0427c31cb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).