republic-os/legislation/us/states/fl/2018/hb-281.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	Incarcerated Parents	Incarcerated Parents	us/states/fl	Florida Legislature	2018	HB 281	Florida HB 281 (2018)	bill	mental health child dependency	enacted	2018-45	Williams Daniels	3	31	5	2017-10-10	2018-03-22	openstates	ocd-bill/7d4065cf-6f05-447f-86e2-4c2762f426b9	http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/00281/ByCategory	676f1dc6955556f181e11640c2e82103a40787f41046c3b7d88a343885a1794b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-fl

Florida HB 281 (2018) — Incarcerated Parents

Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-45.

Version chain

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

1. H 281 Filed (filed) — source
2. H 281 e1 (engrossed) — source
3. H 281 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Favorable (Health & Human Services Committee) — 18–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage, Third Reading — 112–0 (pass) · lower
• Favorable (Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee) — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• Favorable (Appropriations Committee) — 29–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 36–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Williams — primary (person)
• Daniels — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-10-10 Filed filing
• 2017-10-18 Referred to Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee; Appropriations Committee; Health and Human Services Committee referral-committee
• 2017-11-01 On Committee agenda-- Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee, 11/08/17, 1:30 pm, 12 HOB
• 2017-11-08 Favorable by Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee; YEAS 14 NAYS 0 committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-11-08 Now in Appropriations Committee
• 2018-01-05 On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee, 01/09/18, 4:30 pm, Webster Hall
• 2018-01-09 Introduced introduction
• 2018-01-09 Favorable by Appropriations Committee; YEAS 29 NAYS 0 committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-01-09 Now in Health and Human Services Committee
• 2018-01-16 On Committee agenda-- Health and Human Services Committee, 01/18/18, 8:00 am, Morris Hall
• 2018-01-18 Favorable by- Health and Human Services Committee; YEAS 18 NAYS 0 committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-01-18 Placed on Calendar
• 2018-01-25 Placed on Special Order Calendar, 01/31/18
• 2018-01-31 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2018-01-31 Amendment(s) adopted (791755)
• 2018-01-31 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2018-01-31 Passed as amended; YEAS 112 NAYS 0
• 2018-02-07 In Messages
• 2018-02-08 Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Judiciary; Rules referral-committee
• 2018-02-08 Received
• 2018-03-05 Withdrawn from Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Judiciary; Rules withdrawal
• 2018-03-05 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• 2018-03-05 Substituted for CS/SB 522
• 2018-03-05 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2018-03-05 Placed on 3rd reading
• 2018-03-06 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2018-03-06 Passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0 -SJ 767, 768
• 2018-03-06 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. 2018-45

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7d4065cf-6f05-447f-86e2-4c2762f426b9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).