---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pub. Rec./Lottery Winners"
description: "Pub. Rec./Lottery Winners; Creates 90 day public record exemption for names of certain lottery winners & allows such winners to waive exemption."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 159"
citation: "Florida HB 159 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["executive branch"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2022-134"
primary_sponsors: ["Davis"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-09-21"
last_action: "2022-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8878e563-6d67-472c-b333-8eeabc8b0da9"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/159/ByCategory"
source_hash: "816756d6676b970ec9e99e5d53d0eb9c06a67ca2bbd1c07b4afe771f52cdcb2b"
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 HB 159 (2022) — Pub. Rec./Lottery Winners

Pub. Rec./Lottery Winners; Creates 90 day public record exemption for names of certain lottery winners & allows such winners to waive exemption.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2022-134.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 159 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/159/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 159 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/159/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **37–1** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Government Operations Subcommittee) — **14–1** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **114–1** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (State Affairs Committee) — **22–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Davis — primary (person)
- Joseph — cosponsor (person)
- Morales — cosponsor (person)
- Nixon — cosponsor (person)
- Woodson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-09-21** Filed `filing`
- **2021-09-29** Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-09-29** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-09-29** Now in Government Operations Subcommittee
- **2021-10-13** Added to Government Operations Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-10-20** Favorable by Government Operations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-10-20** Reported out of Government Operations Subcommittee
- **2021-10-20** Now in State Affairs Committee
- **2022-01-11** Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
- **2022-01-11** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2022-01-13** Favorable by State Affairs Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-13** Reported out of State Affairs Committee
- **2022-01-13** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2022-01-13** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2022-01-27** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/1/2022)
- **2022-02-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-01** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2022-02-01** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2022-02-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-02** Passed; YEAS 114, NAYS 1 `passage`
- **2022-02-09** In Messages
- **2022-02-10** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-10** Received
- **2022-02-17** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2022-02-17** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2022-02-17** Substituted for SB 170
- **2022-02-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-17** Passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 1 `passage`
- **2022-02-17** Immediately certified
- **2022-02-17** In Messages
- **2022-02-17** Ordered enrolled
- **2022-05-10** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2022-05-25** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-26** Chapter No. 2022-134

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8878e563-6d67-472c-b333-8eeabc8b0da9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).