---
type: "Bill"
title: "Qualified Blind Trusts"
description: "Qualified Blind Trusts"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 702"
citation: "Florida SB 702 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2019-60"
primary_sponsors: ["Lee"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 28
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-02-05"
last_action: "2019-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/29465385-da6a-462d-a1eb-a6f5fa70db60"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/702/ByCategory"
source_hash: "c585c3de8e58dac0cdcf281de17c2df4a298fedb6151284ab7487317d5c5a01a"
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 702 (2019) — Qualified Blind Trusts

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2019-60.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 702 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/702/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 702 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/702/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Favorable — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable — **16–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **4–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-05** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-15** Referred to Ethics and Elections; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-03-07** On Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections, 03/12/19, 4:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
- **2019-03-12** Favorable by Ethics and Elections; YEAS 6 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-12** Now in Governmental Oversight and Accountability
- **2019-03-21** On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 03/26/19, 1:30 pm, 301 Senate Building
- **2019-03-26** Favorable by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 4 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-26** Now in Rules
- **2019-04-05** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/10/19, 10:00 am, 110 Senate Building
- **2019-04-10** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 16 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-10** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2019-04-24** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/26/19
- **2019-04-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-26** Passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0
- **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** Passed; YEAS 112 NAYS 0
- **2019-05-01** Ordered enrolled
- **2019-05-21** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2019-06-04** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-04** Chapter No. 2019-60

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/29465385-da6a-462d-a1eb-a6f5fa70db60`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).