republic-os/legislation/us/states/fl/2018/hb-1217.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	Deployed Parent Custody and Visitation	Deployed Parent Custody and Visitation	us/states/fl	Florida Legislature	2018	HB 1217	Florida HB 1217 (2018)	bill	support of dependents child custody	enacted	2018-69	Metz	6	38	5	2018-01-04	2018-03-22	openstates	ocd-bill/06ff0370-1968-4a25-a9e7-1b1763466cc9	http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/01217/ByCategory	c4c54ce8240469789fbc413b61047bc27da3173c4b8aa9deea9bc4d2fc8e7d97	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-fl

Florida HB 1217 (2018) — Deployed Parent Custody and Visitation

Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-69.

Version chain

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

1. H 1217 Filed (filed) — source
2. H 1217 c1 (committee substitute) — source
3. H 1217 c2 (committee substitute) — source
4. H 1217 e1 (engrossed) — source
5. H 1217 e2 (engrossed) — source
6. H 1217 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage, Third Reading — 109–0 (pass) · lower
• Favorable With Committee Substitute (Judiciary Committee) — 20–0 (pass) · lower
• Favorable (Local, Federal & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee) — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• Favorable With Committee Substitute (Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee) — 12–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Metz — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-04 Filed filing
• 2018-01-09 Introduced introduction
• 2018-01-12 Referred to Civil Justice and Claims Subcommittee; Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee referral-committee
• 2018-01-19 On Committee agenda-- Civil Justice and Claims Subcommittee, 01/23/18, 3:30 pm, Sumner Hall
• 2018-01-23 CS by Civil Justice and Claims Subcommittee; YEAS 12 NAYS 0
• 2018-01-24 Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
• 2018-01-24 CS by Civil Justice and Claims Subcommittee read 1st time
• 2018-01-25 Now in Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee
• 2018-01-25 On Committee agenda-- Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee, 01/29/18, 3:00 pm, 12 HOB
• 2018-01-29 Favorable by Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-01-29 Now in Judiciary Committee
• 2018-02-05 On Committee agenda-- Judiciary Committee, 02/07/18, 9:00 am, Sumner Hall
• 2018-02-07 CS/CS by- Judiciary Committee; YEAS 20 NAYS 0
• 2018-02-08 Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
• 2018-02-08 CS/CS by Judiciary Committee read 1st time
• 2018-02-13 Placed on Calendar
• 2018-02-15 Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/20/18
• 2018-02-20 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2018-02-20 Amendment(s) adopted (334303, 748139) -HJ 626, 630
• 2018-02-20 Placed on 3rd reading
• 2018-02-21 Temporarily postponed, on 3rd Reading
• 2018-02-28 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2018-02-28 Amendment(s) adopted (197269, 438239, 618025, 761825, 812479) -HJ 705, 706
• 2018-02-28 CS passed as amended; YEAS 109 NAYS 0 passage
• 2018-02-28 In Messages
• 2018-02-28 Referred to Judiciary; Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security; Rules referral-committee
• 2018-02-28 Received
• 2018-03-06 Withdrawn from Judiciary; Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security; Rules withdrawal
• 2018-03-06 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• 2018-03-06 Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1598
• 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 CS passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0 passage
• 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. 2018-69

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/06ff0370-1968-4a25-a9e7-1b1763466cc9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).