republic-os/legislation/us/states/fl/2018/hb-449.md

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Bill	Children's Initiatives	Children's Initiatives	us/states/fl	Florida Legislature	2018	HB 449	Florida HB 449 (2018)	bill	tampa city of social services miami city of	enacted	2018-148	Stafford	2	30	5	2017-10-25	2018-04-09	openstates	ocd-bill/2c603070-8d7e-4461-8f76-aae067fd963e	http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/00449/ByCategory	a9409a93b714972710f0708c2648a698cc5b1d40c476703c75722a634833f5d7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-fl

Florida HB 449 (2018) — Children's Initiatives

Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-148.

Version chain

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

1. H 449 Filed (filed) — source
2. H 449 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• Favorable (Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee) — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage, Third Reading — 112–0 (pass) · lower
• Favorable (Health & Human Services Committee) — 18–0 (pass) · lower
• Favorable (Local, Federal & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee) — 10–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Stafford — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-10-25 Filed filing
• 2017-11-01 Referred to Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee; Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee referral-committee
• 2017-11-29 On Committee agenda-- Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee, 12/06/17, 4:00 pm, 12 HOB
• 2017-12-06 Favorable by Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee; YEAS 13 NAYS 0 committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-12-07 Now in Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee
• 2018-01-09 Introduced introduction
• 2018-01-22 On Committee agenda-- Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee, 01/24/18, 8:30 am, 12 HOB
• 2018-01-24 Favorable by Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-01-24 Now in Health and Human Services Committee
• 2018-01-30 On Committee agenda-- Health and Human Services Committee, 02/01/18, 9:30 am, Morris Hall
• 2018-02-01 Favorable by- Health and Human Services Committee; YEAS 18 NAYS 0 committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-02-01 Placed on Calendar
• 2018-02-08 Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/14/18
• 2018-02-14 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2018-02-14 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2018-02-14 Passed; YEAS 112 NAYS 0 -HJ 578, 579
• 2018-02-20 In Messages
• 2018-02-20 Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Community Affairs; Rules referral-committee
• 2018-02-21 Received
• 2018-03-08 Withdrawn from Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Community Affairs; Rules withdrawal
• 2018-03-08 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• 2018-03-08 Substituted for SB 720 -SJ 908, 909
• 2018-03-08 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2018-03-08 Placed on 3rd reading
• 2018-03-09 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2018-03-09 Passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0
• 2018-03-09 Ordered enrolled
• 2018-03-26 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
• 2018-04-06 Approved by Governor executive-signature
• 2018-04-09 Chapter No. 2018-148

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2c603070-8d7e-4461-8f76-aae067fd963e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).