---
type: "Bill"
title: "OGSR/Public Research Facility/Animal Research"
description: "OGSR/Public Research Facility/Animal Research"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 7018"
citation: "Florida SB 7018 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["industry"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2019-25"
primary_sponsors: ["Education"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-28"
last_action: "2019-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/38f3e6bf-6ee0-417c-9922-97cc7aa0ac4b"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/7018/ByCategory"
source_hash: "1c3e426660f74bd44e5892ad8af075858b185504ba4988c38069cb377e42408d"
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 7018 (2019) — OGSR/Public Research Facility/Animal Research

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2019-25.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 7018 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/7018/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 7018 pb** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/7018/BillText/pb/HTML)
3. **S 7018 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/7018/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Submitted and Reported Favorably as Committee Bill — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable — **17–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Education — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-28** Submitted for consideration by Education
- **2019-01-28** On Committee agenda-- Education, 02/05/19, 10:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2019-02-05** Submitted as Committee Bill and Reported Favorably by Education; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
- **2019-02-06** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-08** Referred to Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-12** On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 02/19/19, 2:30 pm, 301 Senate Building
- **2019-02-19** Favorable by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 3 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-19** Now in Rules
- **2019-03-05** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-03-08** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 03/13/19, 10:00 am, 110 Senate Building
- **2019-03-13** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 17 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-13** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2019-04-08** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/10/19
- **2019-04-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-10** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2019-04-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-17** Passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0
- **2019-04-23** Immediately certified
- **2019-04-23** In Messages
- **2019-04-26** Referred to Calendar `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-26** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/29/19
- **2019-04-26** Received
- **2019-04-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-29** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2019-04-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-30** Passed; YEAS 114 NAYS 0
- **2019-04-30** Ordered enrolled
- **2019-05-14** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2019-05-14** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-15** Chapter No. 2019-25

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/38f3e6bf-6ee0-417c-9922-97cc7aa0ac4b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).