republic-os/legislation/us/states/fl/2018/hb-491.md

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Florida HB 491 (2018) — Theft

Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-49.

Version chain

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

1. H 491 Filed (filed) — source
2. H 491 e1 (engrossed) — source
3. H 491 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Favorable (Judiciary Committee) — 19–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage, Third Reading — 114–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• Favorable (Criminal Justice Subcommittee) — 9–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Roth — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-10-31 Filed filing
• 2017-11-08 Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee referral-committee
• 2017-11-29 On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice Subcommittee, 12/06/17, 8:00 am, Sumner Hall
• 2017-12-06 Favorable by Criminal Justice Subcommittee; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-12-06 Now in Judiciary Committee
• 2018-01-09 Introduced introduction
• 2018-01-09 On Committee agenda-- Judiciary Committee, 01/11/18, 8:30 am, Sumner Hall
• 2018-01-11 Favorable by- Judiciary Committee; YEAS 19 NAYS 0 committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-01-11 Placed on Calendar
• 2018-02-22 Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/28/18
• 2018-02-28 Temporarily postponed, on 2nd Reading
• 2018-02-28 Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/02/18
• 2018-03-02 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2018-03-02 Amendment(s) adopted (442385)
• 2018-03-02 Placed on 3rd reading
• 2018-03-05 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2018-03-05 Passed as amended; YEAS 114 NAYS 0
• 2018-03-05 In Messages
• 2018-03-05 Referred to Criminal Justice; Agriculture; Rules referral-committee
• 2018-03-05 Received
• 2018-03-06 Withdrawn from Criminal Justice; Agriculture; Rules withdrawal
• 2018-03-06 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• 2018-03-06 Substituted for CS/SB 776
• 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 Passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0
• 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. 2018-49

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7ef56beb-9b07-4a63-80ac-04f35115ce16. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).