republic-os/legislation/us/states/fl/2018/hb-7059.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	Optometry	Optometry	us/states/fl	Florida Legislature	2018	HB 7059	Florida HB 7059 (2018)	bill	optometrists	enacted	2018-78	Health and Human Services Committee	3	22	3	2018-01-25	2018-03-22	openstates	ocd-bill/fe0402ff-7610-49af-b4a1-7d227902fe60	http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/07059/ByCategory	d725619077d76b27856ae2c79b970369ea2df93dc5423a401b9a6b3328d346d5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-fl

Florida HB 7059 (2018) — Optometry

Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-78.

Version chain

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

1. H 7059 Filed (filed) — source
2. H 7059 e1 (engrossed) — source
3. H 7059 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Passage, Third Reading — 110–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• Favorable (Health & Human Services Committee) — 18–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Health and Human Services Committee — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-25 Filed filing
• 2018-01-25 Introduced introduction
• 2018-01-26 Referred to Calendar referral-committee
• 2018-02-08 Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/14/18
• 2018-02-14 Read 2nd time -HJ 583, 584 reading-2
• 2018-02-14 Amendment(s) adopted (063587)
• 2018-02-14 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2018-02-14 Passed as amended; YEAS 110 NAYS 0
• 2018-02-20 In Messages
• 2018-02-20 Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations; Rules referral-committee
• 2018-02-21 Received
• 2018-03-02 Withdrawn from Health Policy; Appropriations; Rules withdrawal
• 2018-03-02 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• 2018-03-02 Substituted for CS/CS/SB 520
• 2018-03-02 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2018-03-02 Placed on 3rd reading
• 2018-03-03 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2018-03-03 Passed; YEAS 34 NAYS 0 -SJ 576, 577
• 2018-03-03 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. 2018-78

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fe0402ff-7610-49af-b4a1-7d227902fe60. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).