republic-os/legislation/us/states/fl/2018/hb-651.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, chapter_law, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

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Bill	State Employment	State Employment	us/states/fl	Florida Legislature	2018	HB 651	Florida HB 651 (2018)	bill	public officers and employees	enacted	2018-57	Yarborough	2	27	4	2017-11-13	2018-03-22	openstates	ocd-bill/6a823e38-071d-44c4-9168-5e512c162301	http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/00651/ByCategory	2b7cab54dd095539c24b672a4365c292bcc300f08fdbe7e56eeba5d0c5c186b0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-fl

Florida HB 651 (2018) — State Employment

Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-57.

Version chain

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

1. H 651 Filed (filed) — source
2. H 651 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• Favorable (Oversight, Transparency & Administration Subcommittee) — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• Favorable (Government Accountability Committee) — 20–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage, Third Reading — 100–13 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Yarborough — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-11-13 Filed filing
• 2017-11-27 Referred to Oversight, Transparency and Administration Subcommittee; Government Accountability Committee referral-committee
• 2018-01-08 On Committee agenda-- Oversight, Transparency and Administration Subcommittee, 01/10/18, 8:30 am, Morris Hall
• 2018-01-09 Introduced introduction
• 2018-01-10 Favorable by Oversight, Transparency and Administration Subcommittee; YEAS 13 NAYS 0 committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-01-10 Now in Government Accountability Committee
• 2018-01-16 On Committee agenda-- Government Accountability Committee, 01/18/18, 10:30 am, Morris Hall
• 2018-01-18 Favorable by- Government Accountability Committee; YEAS 20 NAYS 0 committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-01-18 Placed on Calendar
• 2018-01-25 Placed on Special Order Calendar, 01/31/18
• 2018-01-31 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2018-01-31 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2018-01-31 Passed; YEAS 100 NAYS 13
• 2018-02-07 In Messages
• 2018-02-08 Referred to Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government; Appropriations referral-committee
• 2018-02-08 Received
• 2018-03-06 Withdrawn from Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government; Appropriations withdrawal
• 2018-03-06 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• 2018-03-06 Substituted for SB 950
• 2018-03-06 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2018-03-06 Placed on 3rd reading
• 2018-03-07 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2018-03-07 Passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0
• 2018-03-07 Ordered enrolled
• 2018-03-14 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
• 2018-03-21 Approved by Governor executive-signature
• 2018-03-22 Chapter No. 2018-57

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6a823e38-071d-44c4-9168-5e512c162301. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).