republic-os/legislation/us/states/fl/2018/hb-6501.md

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Bill	Relief/Cristina Alvarez and George Patnode/Department of Health	Relief/Cristina Alvarez and George Patnode/Department of Health	us/states/fl	Florida Legislature	2018	HB 6501	Florida HB 6501 (2018)	bill	relief bills	enacted	2018-162	Toledo	2	31	5	2017-08-21	2018-04-09	openstates	ocd-bill/fbe6c051-733a-4283-a5aa-a1ec48259081	http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/06501/ByCategory	2ad7898725093741ec5047ef6dccdf40697d9ff68ee6c3aa00d868f2f56dc912	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-fl

Florida HB 6501 (2018) — Relief/Cristina Alvarez and George Patnode/Department of Health

Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-162.

Version chain

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

1. H 6501 Filed (filed) — source
2. H 6501 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Favorable (Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee) — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 36–1 (pass) · upper
• Favorable (Judiciary Committee) — 15–1 (pass) · lower
• Favorable (Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee) — 11–2 (pass) · lower
• Passage, Third Reading — 109–4 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Toledo — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-08-21 Filed filing
• 2017-08-30 Referred to Civil Justice and Claims Subcommittee; Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee referral-committee
• 2017-10-18 On Committee agenda-- Civil Justice and Claims Subcommittee, 10/25/17, 1:30 pm, Sumner Hall
• 2017-10-25 Favorable by Civil Justice and Claims Subcommittee; YEAS 14 NAYS 0 committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-10-25 Now in Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee
• 2018-01-09 Introduced introduction
• 2018-02-09 On Committee agenda-- Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee, 02/13/18, 9:30 am, Sumner Hall
• 2018-02-13 Favorable by Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 11 NAYS 2 committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-02-13 Now in Judiciary Committee
• 2018-02-19 On Committee agenda-- Judiciary Committee, 02/21/18, 9:00 am, Sumner Hall
• 2018-02-21 Favorable by- Judiciary Committee; YEAS 15 NAYS 1 committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-02-21 Placed on Calendar
• 2018-02-22 Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/28/18
• 2018-02-28 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2018-02-28 Placed on 3rd reading
• 2018-03-01 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2018-03-01 Passed; YEAS 109 NAYS 4
• 2018-03-01 In Messages
• 2018-03-01 Referred to Judiciary; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations referral-committee
• 2018-03-02 Received
• 2018-03-08 Withdrawn from Judiciary; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations withdrawal
• 2018-03-08 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• 2018-03-08 Substituted for CS/SB 44
• 2018-03-08 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2018-03-08 Placed on 3rd reading
• 2018-03-09 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2018-03-09 Passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 1
• 2018-03-09 Ordered enrolled
• 2018-03-21 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
• 2018-03-23 Approved by Governor executive-signature
• 2018-04-09 Chapter No. 2018-162

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fbe6c051-733a-4283-a5aa-a1ec48259081. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).