--- type: "Bill" title: "Emergency Communications" description: "Emergency Communications; Renaming the E911 Board as the Emergency Communications Board; authorizing the board to establish schedules for implementing certain NG911 systems and improvements; revising the composition of a committee that reviews requests for proposals from the board regarding independent accounting firm selections; extending the date by which the Division of Telecommunications within the Department of Management Services must develop a plan to upgrade 911 public safety answering points, etc." jurisdiction: "us/states/fl" legislature: "Florida Legislature" session: "2023" identifier: "SB 1418" citation: "Florida SB 1418 (2023)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: [] status: "enacted" chapter_law: "2023-55" primary_sponsors: ["Bradley", "Fiscal Policy", "Regulated Industries"] version_count: 6 action_count: 36 vote_count: 5 first_action: "2023-03-02" last_action: "2023-05-12" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0bb4b7b9-9465-45d1-b6fc-ca8fa5554a07" source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1418/ByCategory" source_hash: "f26b838baf82ab7fc5a92f21ee67f12737d4a4c4c858d07e96d00769dfa49c56" 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 1418 (2023) — Emergency Communications Emergency Communications; Renaming the E911 Board as the Emergency Communications Board; authorizing the board to establish schedules for implementing certain NG911 systems and improvements; revising the composition of a committee that reviews requests for proposals from the board regarding independent accounting firm selections; extending the date by which the Division of Telecommunications within the Department of Management Services must develop a plan to upgrade 911 public safety answering points, etc. **Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-55. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **S 1418 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1418/BillText/Filed/HTML) 2. **S 1418 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1418/BillText/c1/HTML) 3. **S 1418 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1418/BillText/c2/HTML) 4. **S 1418 c3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1418/BillText/c3/HTML) 5. **S 1418 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1418/BillText/e1/HTML) 6. **S 1418 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1418/BillText/er/HTML) ## Votes - Favorable with Committee Substitute — **8–0** (pass) · upper - Passage, Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower - Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper - Favorable with Committee Substitute — **19–0** (pass) · upper - Favorable with Committee Substitute — **14–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government — primary (organization) - Bradley — primary (person) - Fiscal Policy — primary (person) - Regulated Industries — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2023-03-02** Filed `filing` - **2023-03-09** Referred to Regulated Industries; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Fiscal Policy `referral-committee` - **2023-03-14** Introduced `introduction` - **2023-03-30** On Committee agenda-- Regulated Industries, 04/04/23, 2:00 pm, 401 Senate Building - **2023-04-04** CS by Regulated Industries; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 - **2023-04-06** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) - **2023-04-06** Now in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government - **2023-04-11** CS by Regulated Industries read 1st time - **2023-04-13** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government, 04/18/23, 12:00 pm, 110 Senate Building - **2023-04-18** CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; YEAS 14 NAYS 0 - **2023-04-20** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) - **2023-04-20** Now in Fiscal Policy - **2023-04-20** On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 04/25/23, 10:00 am, 412 Knott Building - **2023-04-25** CS/CS/CS by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 19 NAYS 0 - **2023-04-25** CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government read 1st time - **2023-04-26** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) - **2023-04-26** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading - **2023-04-26** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/28/23 - **2023-04-26** CS/CS/CS by Fiscal Policy read 1st time - **2023-04-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2023-04-28** Amendment(s) adopted (273744) - **2023-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2023-04-28** CS passed as amended; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 `passage` - **2023-04-28** In Messages - **2023-05-01** Bill referred to House Calendar - **2023-05-01** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (5/2/2023) - **2023-05-01** 1st Reading (Engrossed 1) `reading-1` - **2023-05-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2023-05-02** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3` - **2023-05-02** Added to Third Reading Calendar - **2023-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2023-05-03** CS passed; YEAS 116, NAYS 0 `passage` - **2023-05-03** Ordered enrolled `enrolled` - **2023-05-09** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt` - **2023-05-11** Approved by Governor `executive-signature` - **2023-05-12** Chapter No. 2023-55 ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0bb4b7b9-9465-45d1-b6fc-ca8fa5554a07`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).