republic-os/legislation/us/states/fl/2018/sb-498.md

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Florida SB 498 (2018) — Office of Public and Professional Guardians Direct-support Organization

Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-20.

Version chain

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

1. S 498 Filed (filed) — source
2. S 498 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Passage, Third Reading — 112–1 (pass) · lower
• Favorable — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Favorable — 20–0 (pass) · upper
• Favorable — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 35–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Garcia — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-10-11 Filed filing
• 2017-10-26 Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations referral-committee
• 2017-11-06 On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 11/13/17, 4:00 pm, 401 Senate Office Building
• 2017-11-13 Favorable by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 6 NAYS 0 committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-11-14 Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services
• 2017-11-27 On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, 12/07/17, 12:30 pm, 401 Senate Office Building
• 2017-12-07 Subcommittee Recommendation: Favorable by Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
• 2017-12-08 Now in Appropriations
• 2018-01-09 Introduced introduction
• 2018-01-19 On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 01/24/18, 2:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
• 2018-01-24 Favorable by- Appropriations; YEAS 20 NAYS 0 committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-01-25 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• 2018-01-30 Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/01/18
• 2018-02-01 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2018-02-01 Placed on 3rd reading
• 2018-02-07 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2018-02-07 Passed; YEAS 35 NAYS 0
• 2018-02-08 In Messages
• 2018-02-15 Referred to Calendar referral-committee
• 2018-02-15 Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/20/18
• 2018-02-15 Received
• 2018-02-20 Substituted for HB 6057
• 2018-02-20 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2018-02-20 Placed on 3rd reading
• 2018-02-21 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2018-02-21 Passed; YEAS 112 NAYS 1
• 2018-02-28 Ordered enrolled
• 2018-03-12 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
• 2018-03-19 Approved by Governor executive-signature
• 2018-03-21 Chapter No. 2018-20

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/56a472d8-899c-4c8e-b4d5-564e082d70f3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).