republic-os/legislation/us/states/fl/2018/sb-186.md

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Florida SB 186 (2018) — Resign-to-run Law

Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-126.

Version chain

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

1. S 186 Filed (filed) — source
2. S 186 e1 (engrossed) — source
3. S 186 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Favorable — 9–1 (pass) · upper
• Favorable — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 27–7 (pass) · upper
• Favorable — 5–3 (pass) · upper
• Passage, Third Reading — 87–27 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Hutson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-08-21 Filed filing
• 2017-08-28 Referred to Ethics and Elections; Judiciary; Rules referral-committee
• 2017-10-02 On Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections, 10/10/17, 2:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
• 2017-10-10 Favorable by Ethics and Elections; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-10-11 Now in Judiciary
• 2017-10-16 On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 10/24/17, 3:00 pm, 110 Senate Office Building
• 2017-10-24 Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 5 NAYS 3 committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-10-25 Now in Rules
• 2018-01-08 On Committee agenda-- Rules, 01/11/18, 9:00 am, 110 Senate Office Building
• 2018-01-09 Introduced introduction
• 2018-01-11 Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 9 NAYS 1 committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-01-11 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• 2018-01-22 Placed on Special Order Calendar, 01/24/18
• 2018-01-24 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2018-01-24 Amendment(s) adopted (732966)
• 2018-01-24 Ordered engrossed
• 2018-01-24 Placed on 3rd reading
• 2018-01-31 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2018-01-31 Passed as amended; YEAS 27 NAYS 7
• 2018-02-01 In Messages
• 2018-03-05 Referred to Calendar referral-committee
• 2018-03-05 Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/06/18
• 2018-03-05 Received
• 2018-03-06 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2018-03-06 Substituted for CS/HB 105
• 2018-03-06 Placed on 3rd reading
• 2018-03-07 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2018-03-07 Passed; YEAS 87 NAYS 27
• 2018-03-07 Ordered enrolled
• 2018-03-16 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
• 2018-03-30 Approved by Governor executive-signature
• 2018-04-02 Chapter No. 2018-126

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6f6cea87-a476-4242-afd9-d78669a3b998. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).