republic-os/legislation/us/states/fl/2018/hb-1079.md

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Florida HB 1079 (2018) — Child Welfare

Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-103.

Version chain

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

1. H 1079 Filed (filed) — source
2. H 1079 c1 (committee substitute) — source
3. H 1079 c2 (committee substitute) — source
4. H 1079 e1 (engrossed) — source
5. H 1079 e2 (engrossed) — source
6. H 1079 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Passage, Third Reading — 114–0 (pass) · lower
• Favorable With Committee Substitute (Health & Human Services Committee) — 19–0 (pass) · lower
• Favorable With Committee Substitute (Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee) — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Favorable (Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee) — 11–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Burton — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-12-21 Filed filing
• 2018-01-03 Referred to Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee; Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee referral-committee
• 2018-01-09 Introduced introduction
• 2018-01-12 On Committee agenda-- Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee, 01/17/18, 8:30 am, 12 HOB
• 2018-01-17 CS by Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee; YEAS 13 NAYS 0
• 2018-01-22 Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
• 2018-01-22 CS by Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee read 1st time
• 2018-01-23 Now in Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee
• 2018-02-02 On Committee agenda-- Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee, 02/06/18, 9:30 am, Sumner Hall
• 2018-02-06 Favorable by Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-02-06 Now in Health and Human Services Committee
• 2018-02-13 On Committee agenda-- Health and Human Services Committee, 02/15/18, 8:30 am, Morris Hall
• 2018-02-15 CS/CS by- Health and Human Services Committee; YEAS 19 NAYS 0
• 2018-02-19 Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
• 2018-02-19 CS/CS by Health and Human Services Committee read 1st time
• 2018-02-25 Placed on Calendar
• 2018-02-27 Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/02/18
• 2018-03-02 Read 2nd time -HJ 802, 803 reading-2
• 2018-03-02 Amendment(s) adopted (485041, 588193)
• 2018-03-02 Placed on 3rd reading
• 2018-03-05 Temporarily postponed, on 3rd Reading
• 2018-03-06 Temporarily postponed, on 3rd Reading
• 2018-03-07 Read 3rd time -HJ 1024, 1025 reading-3
• 2018-03-07 Amendment(s) adopted (080479) -HJ 1025, 1035
• 2018-03-07 CS passed as amended; YEAS 114 NAYS 0 passage
• 2018-03-07 In Messages
• 2018-03-07 Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations referral-committee
• 2018-03-07 Received
• 2018-03-07 Withdrawn from Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations withdrawal
• 2018-03-07 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• 2018-03-07 Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1360
• 2018-03-07 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2018-03-07 Placed on 3rd reading
• 2018-03-08 Read 3rd time -SJ 898, 899 reading-3
• 2018-03-08 CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 passage
• 2018-03-08 Ordered enrolled
• 2018-03-21 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
• 2018-03-23 Approved by Governor executive-signature
• 2018-03-27 Chapter No. 2018-103, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 5003 (Ch. 2018-10)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/71cf798c-b45b-4988-8a97-c3e3000fdbee. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).