republic-os/legislation/us/states/fl/2018/hb-1285.md

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Florida HB 1285 (2018) — Florida Business Entities

Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-139.

Version chain

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

1. H 1285 Filed (filed) — source
2. H 1285 e1 (engrossed) — source
3. H 1285 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Passage — 100–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage, Third Reading — 112–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Favorable (Oversight, Transparency & Administration Subcommittee) — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Favorable (Careers & Competition Subcommittee) — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• Favorable (Commerce Committee) — 27–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Albritton — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-07 Filed filing
• 2018-01-09 Introduced introduction
• 2018-01-12 Referred to Careers and Competition Subcommittee; Oversight, Transparency and Administration Subcommittee; Commerce Committee referral-committee
• 2018-01-19 On Committee agenda-- Careers and Competition Subcommittee, 01/23/18, 8:00 am, Webster Hall
• 2018-01-23 Favorable by Careers and Competition Subcommittee; YEAS 14 NAYS 0 committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-01-23 Now in Oversight, Transparency and Administration Subcommittee
• 2018-01-26 On Committee agenda-- Oversight, Transparency and Administration Subcommittee, 01/30/18, 8:30 am, Morris Hall
• 2018-01-30 Favorable by Oversight, Transparency and Administration Subcommittee; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-01-30 Now in Commerce Committee
• 2018-02-06 On Committee agenda-- Commerce Committee, 02/08/18, 10:00 am, Webster Hall
• 2018-02-08 Favorable by- Commerce Committee; YEAS 27 NAYS 0 committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-02-08 Placed on Calendar
• 2018-02-22 Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/28/18
• 2018-02-28 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2018-02-28 Placed on 3rd reading
• 2018-03-01 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2018-03-01 Passed; YEAS 112 NAYS 0
• 2018-03-01 In Messages
• 2018-03-01 Referred to Commerce and Tourism; Judiciary; Rules referral-committee
• 2018-03-01 Received
• 2018-03-05 Withdrawn from Commerce and Tourism; Judiciary; Rules withdrawal
• 2018-03-05 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• 2018-03-05 Substituted for SB 1028
• 2018-03-05 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2018-03-05 Amendment(s) adopted (381798)
• 2018-03-05 Placed on 3rd reading
• 2018-03-06 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2018-03-06 Passed as amended; YEAS 37 NAYS 0
• 2018-03-06 In returning messages
• 2018-03-09 Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (381798) -HJ 1203, 1207
• 2018-03-09 Passed as amended; YEAS 100 NAYS 0
• 2018-03-09 Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
• 2018-03-26 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
• 2018-03-30 Approved by Governor executive-signature
• 2018-04-02 Chapter No. 2018-139

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1900c1de-fb34-4d1a-91fd-0d5f5c2b3cc5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).