republic-os/legislation/us/states/fl/2018/sb-168.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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Florida SB 168 (2018) — Nonnative Animals

Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-82.

Version chain

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

1. S 168 Filed (filed) — source
2. S 168 e1 (engrossed) — source
3. S 168 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage, Third Reading — 117–0 (pass) · lower
• Favorable — 10–0 (pass) · upper
• Favorable — 19–0 (pass) · upper
• Favorable — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Steube — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-08-17 Filed filing
• 2017-08-28 Referred to Environmental Preservation and Conservation; Appropriations Subcommittee on the Environment and Natural Resources; Appropriations referral-committee
• 2018-01-04 On Committee agenda-- Environmental Preservation and Conservation, 01/09/18, 2:00 pm, 37 Senate Office Building
• 2018-01-09 Introduced introduction
• 2018-01-09 Favorable by Environmental Preservation and Conservation; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-01-09 Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on the Environment and Natural Resources
• 2018-01-19 On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on the Environment and Natural Resources, 01/24/18, 9:00 am, 301 Senate Office Building
• 2018-01-24 Subcommittee Recommendation: Favorable by Appropriations Subcommittee on the Environment and Natural Resources; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
• 2018-01-25 Now in Appropriations
• 2018-01-26 On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 01/31/18, 1:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
• 2018-01-29 On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 02/01/18, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building --Meeting cancelled
• 2018-01-31 Favorable by- Appropriations; YEAS 19 NAYS 0 committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-02-01 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• 2018-02-27 Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/01/18
• 2018-03-01 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2018-03-01 Amendment(s) adopted (476914)
• 2018-03-01 Ordered engrossed
• 2018-03-01 Placed on 3rd reading
• 2018-03-02 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2018-03-02 Passed as amended; YEAS 37 NAYS 0
• 2018-03-02 In Messages
• 2018-03-05 Referred to Calendar referral-committee
• 2018-03-05 Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/06/18
• 2018-03-05 Received
• 2018-03-06 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2018-03-06 Substituted for CS/CS/HB 145
• 2018-03-06 Placed on 3rd reading
• 2018-03-07 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2018-03-07 Passed; YEAS 117 NAYS 0 -HJ 1039, 1040
• 2018-03-07 Ordered enrolled
• 2018-03-16 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
• 2018-03-23 Approved by Governor executive-signature
• 2018-03-26 Chapter No. 2018-82

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bf801dc1-6b92-493c-8613-82826ffc0411. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).