republic-os/legislation/us/states/fl/2018/sb-740.md

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Bill	Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services	Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services	us/states/fl	Florida Legislature	2018	SB 740	Florida SB 740 (2018)	bill	agriculture fuel and other pollutant taxes recovery agents and repossession services investigators and investigative services (private) driver licenses advertising dixie county telephones webster city of forestry foods bradford county alarms agents and repossession services protection telemarketing security services (private) weapons and firearms tax collectors officers security officers and security services (private) amusement games or machines financial institutions motels studies solicitation fuel special fuel and other pollutant taxes apalachicola city of taxation fishing (saltwater) apopka city of pest control pollutant taxes seeds	enacted	2018-84	Stargel	5	37	5	2017-11-02	2018-03-26	openstates	ocd-bill/b541817b-a0a2-4370-9741-3dd04205bb9a	http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/00740/ByCategory	23523a602067a8a48e58640497ef1fdbf2360edd0c8ea0dbc919eeefc7edfd2d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-fl

Florida SB 740 (2018) — Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services

Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-84.

Version chain

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

1. S 740 Filed (filed) — source
2. S 740 c1 (committee substitute) — source
3. S 740 c2 (committee substitute) — source
4. S 740 e1 (engrossed) — source
5. S 740 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Passage, Third Reading — 116–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• Favorable — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Favorable with Committee Substitute — 20–0 (pass) · upper
• Favorable with Committee Substitute — 6–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Stargel — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-11-02 Filed filing
• 2017-11-15 Referred to Agriculture; Appropriations Subcommittee on the Environment and Natural Resources; Appropriations referral-committee
• 2018-01-08 On Committee agenda-- Agriculture, 01/11/18, 9:00 am, 301 Senate Office Building
• 2018-01-09 Introduced introduction
• 2018-01-11 CS by Agriculture; YEAS 6 NAYS 0
• 2018-01-11 Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• 2018-01-11 CS by Agriculture read 1st time
• 2018-01-16 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
• 2018-02-12 On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 02/15/18, 1:00 pm, 412 Knott Building --Not Considered
• 2018-02-19 On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 02/22/18, 2:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
• 2018-02-22 CS/CS by- Appropriations; YEAS 20 NAYS 0
• 2018-02-26 Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• 2018-02-26 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• 2018-02-26 CS/CS by Appropriations read 1st time
• 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 (317386, 455400) -SJ 423, 424
• 2018-03-01 Ordered engrossed
• 2018-03-01 Placed on 3rd reading
• 2018-03-02 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2018-03-02 CS passed as amended; YEAS 34 NAYS 0 passage
• 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 -HJ 1004, 1005 reading-2
• 2018-03-06 Substituted for CS/CS/HB 553
• 2018-03-06 Placed on 3rd reading
• 2018-03-07 Read 3rd time -HJ 1040, 1041 reading-3
• 2018-03-07 CS passed; YEAS 116 NAYS 0 passage
• 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. 2018-84, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 568 (Ch. 2018-23)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b541817b-a0a2-4370-9741-3dd04205bb9a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).