---
type: "Bill"
title: "Election Administration"
description: "Election Administration"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 7066"
citation: "Florida SB 7066 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["electors and elections", "criminal procedure and corrections"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2019-162"
primary_sponsors: ["Ethics and Elections"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 39
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-02-28"
last_action: "2019-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a33807d9-102a-4c98-9a02-daa065a331a2"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/7066/ByCategory"
source_hash: "b1fd9dab625d268e1ef0010b8d1727f4f78b458ad40e120457ef6c2dae04362c"
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 7066 (2019) — Election Administration

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2019-162.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 7066 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/7066/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 7066 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/7066/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 7066 pb** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/7066/BillText/pb/HTML)
4. **S 7066 e1** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/7066/BillText/e1/HTML)
5. **S 7066 e2** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/7066/BillText/e2/HTML)
6. **S 7066 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/7066/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Senate Message, Passage — **67–42** (pass) · lower
- CS/SB 7066 — **22–17** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **101–13** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **39–1** (pass) · upper
- A1 - 842530, Amendment, Second Reading — **23–17** (pass) · upper
- Submitted and Reported Favorably as Committee Bill — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **15–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ethics and Elections — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-28** Submitted for consideration by Ethics and Elections
- **2019-02-28** On Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections, 03/05/19, 2:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
- **2019-03-05** Submitted as Committee Bill and Reported Favorably by Ethics and Elections; YEAS 6 NAYS 0
- **2019-03-06** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-08** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-04-18** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/23/19, 2:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
- **2019-04-23** CS by- Rules; YEAS 15 NAYS 1
- **2019-04-23** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2019-04-23** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2019-04-23** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/25/19
- **2019-04-24** CS by Rules read 1st time
- **2019-04-25** Retained on Special Order Calendar
- **2019-04-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-26** Amendment(s) adopted (842530)
- **2019-04-26** Ordered engrossed
- **2019-04-26** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2019-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-26** CS passed as amended; YEAS 39 NAYS 1 `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** Amendment(s) adopted (704217)
- **2019-05-01** CS passed as amended; YEAS 101 NAYS 13 `passage`
- **2019-05-01** In returning messages
- **2019-05-02** Amendment(s) to House amendment(s) adopted (766844)
- **2019-05-02** Concurred in House amendment(s) as amended (704217)
- **2019-05-02** CS passed as amended; YEAS 22 NAYS 17 `passage`
- **2019-05-02** In returning messages
- **2019-05-03** Concurred in Senate amendment(s) to House amendment(s) (766844) -HJ 1259, 1263
- **2019-05-03** CS passed as amended; YEAS 67 NAYS 42 `passage`
- **2019-05-03** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
- **2019-06-14** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2019-06-28** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-01** Chapter No. 2019-162

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a33807d9-102a-4c98-9a02-daa065a331a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).