republic-os/legislation/us/states/fl/2018/hb-961.md

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Florida HB 961 (2018) — Beverage Law

Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-135.

Version chain

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

1. H 961 Filed (filed) — source
2. H 961 c1 (committee substitute) — source
3. H 961 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Passage, Third Reading — 101–13 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Favorable With Committee Substitute (Commerce Committee) — 23–3 (pass) · lower
• Favorable (Careers & Competition Subcommittee) — 8–7 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Gruters — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-12-08 Filed filing
• 2017-12-20 Referred to Careers and Competition Subcommittee; Commerce Committee referral-committee
• 2018-01-09 Introduced introduction
• 2018-01-26 On Committee agenda-- Careers and Competition Subcommittee, 01/30/18, 1:00 pm, Webster Hall
• 2018-01-30 Favorable by Careers and Competition Subcommittee; YEAS 8 NAYS 7 committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-01-30 Now in Commerce Committee
• 2018-02-20 On Committee agenda-- Commerce Committee, 02/22/18, 9:00 am, Webster Hall
• 2018-02-22 CS by- Commerce Committee; YEAS 23 NAYS 3
• 2018-02-22 Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
• 2018-02-22 Placed on Calendar
• 2018-02-22 Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/28/18
• 2018-02-22 CS by Commerce Committee read 1st time
• 2018-02-28 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2018-02-28 Placed on 3rd reading
• 2018-03-01 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2018-03-01 CS passed; YEAS 101 NAYS 13 -HJ 752, 753 passage
• 2018-03-01 In Messages
• 2018-03-01 Referred to Regulated Industries; Commerce and Tourism; Appropriations referral-committee
• 2018-03-02 Received
• 2018-03-07 Withdrawn from Regulated Industries; Commerce and Tourism; Appropriations withdrawal
• 2018-03-07 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• 2018-03-07 Substituted for CS/SB 1224
• 2018-03-07 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2018-03-07 Placed on 3rd reading
• 2018-03-08 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2018-03-08 CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 -SJ 897, 898 passage
• 2018-03-08 Ordered enrolled
• 2018-03-26 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
• 2018-03-30 Approved by Governor executive-signature
• 2018-04-02 Chapter No. 2018-135

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f8446109-6325-4041-8b61-43d48acc0020. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).