---
type: "Bill"
title: "Death Benefits"
description: "Death Benefits"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 7098"
citation: "Florida SB 7098 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["public officers", "employees", "and records", "veterans", "military affairs and related matters"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2019-24"
primary_sponsors: ["Governmental Oversight and Accountability"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 32
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-03-28"
last_action: "2019-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d4bf812-7d0f-4284-80d9-11fba015029a"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/7098/ByCategory"
source_hash: "b5d482aec12bb0e8aa64a94c89f91e9722c708ffeedf6ff8cb67f24ed570ac98"
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 7098 (2019) — Death Benefits

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2019-24.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 7098 pb** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/7098/BillText/pb/HTML)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Submitted and Reported Favorably as Committee Bill — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **16–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Governmental Oversight and Accountability — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-28** Submitted for consideration by Governmental Oversight and Accountability
- **2019-03-28** On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 04/02/19, 10:00 am, 301 Senate Building
- **2019-04-02** Submitted as Committee Bill and Reported Favorably by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 5 NAYS 0
- **2019-04-02** Filed `filing`
- **2019-04-03** Referred to Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-04-11** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government, 04/16/19, 9:00 am, 110 Senate Building
- **2019-04-15** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/18/19, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2019-04-16** Subcommittee Recommendation: Favorable by Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
- **2019-04-16** Now in Appropriations
- **2019-04-18** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/18/19, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2019-04-18** CS by- Appropriations; YEAS 16 NAYS 0
- **2019-04-19** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2019-04-22** CS by Appropriations read 1st time
- **2019-04-22** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2019-04-22** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/24/19
- **2019-04-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-24** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2019-04-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-25** CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-25** 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** CS passed; YEAS 115 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-30** Ordered enrolled
- **2019-05-06** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2019-05-10** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-13** Chapter No. 2019-24

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5d4bf812-7d0f-4284-80d9-11fba015029a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).