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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Theft"
description: "Theft"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 491"
citation: "Florida HB 491 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["animals", "amusement games or machines", "bees and beekeeping", "theft"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2018-49"
primary_sponsors: ["Roth"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-10-31"
last_action: "2018-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ef56beb-9b07-4a63-80ac-04f35115ce16"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/00491/ByCategory"
source_hash: "9bdca308fbc6e49ab6e91beb0b569aed70312cdbc8855f94d0dd3685bd44e349"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
---
# 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](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/491/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 491 e1** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/491/BillText/e1/PDF)
3. **H 491 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/491/BillText/er/PDF)
## Votes
- Favorable (Judiciary Committee) — **190** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **1140** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **360** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Criminal Justice Subcommittee) — **90** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7ef56beb-9b07-4a63-80ac-04f35115ce16`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).