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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pub. Rec./Voters and Voter Registration"
description: "Pub. Rec./Voters and Voter Registration"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 281"
citation: "Florida HB 281 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["electors and elections"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2019-55"
primary_sponsors: ["Stevenson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 48
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2019-01-15"
last_action: "2019-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a4bc278b-8d7d-4b9a-91ea-5bc5d00cecdf"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/281/ByCategory"
source_hash: "bfc9bd58f4b486709f13650b04ddfd7af56b3ef0ae82f486fa6e2e8b3be7f221"
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 281 (2019) — Pub. Rec./Voters and Voter Registration
**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2019-55.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **H 281 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/281/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 281 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/281/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 281 e1** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/281/BillText/e1/PDF)
4. **H 281 e2** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/281/BillText/e2/PDF)
5. **H 281 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/281/BillText/er/PDF)
## Votes
- Passage, Third Reading — **1100** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Oversight, Transparency & Public Management Subcommittee) — **120** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **2416** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Public Integrity & Ethics Committee) — **160** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **400** (pass) · upper
- Senate Message, Passage — **1062** (pass) · lower
- CS/HB 281 — **380** (pass) · upper
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (State Affairs Committee) — **210** (pass) · lower
- Senate Message, Passage — **1111** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Stevenson — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-01-15** Filed `filing`
- **2019-01-23** Referred to Oversight, Transparency and Public Management Subcommittee; Public Integrity and Ethics Committee; State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-03-11** On Committee agenda-- Oversight, Transparency and Public Management Subcommittee, 03/13/19, 9:00 am, Morris Hall
- **2019-03-13** Favorable by Oversight, Transparency and Public Management Subcommittee; YEAS 12 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-13** Now in Public Integrity and Ethics Committee
- **2019-03-26** On Committee agenda-- Public Integrity and Ethics Committee, 03/28/19, 10:30 am, Sumner Hall
- **2019-03-28** Favorable by Public Integrity and Ethics Committee; YEAS 16 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-29** Now in State Affairs Committee
- **2019-04-02** On Committee agenda-- State Affairs Committee, 04/04/19, 8:00 am, Morris Hall -- Not considered
- **2019-04-04** On Committee agenda-- State Affairs Committee, 04/08/19, 2:00 pm, Morris Hall
- **2019-04-08** CS by- State Affairs Committee; YEAS 21 NAYS 0
- **2019-04-09** Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2019-04-10** Placed on Calendar
- **2019-04-10** CS by State Affairs Committee read 1st time
- **2019-04-22** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/25/19
- **2019-04-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-25** Amendment(s) adopted (433455)
- **2019-04-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-25** CS passed as amended; YEAS 110 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-25** In Messages
- **2019-04-25** Referred to Ethics and Elections; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-25** Received
- **2019-04-26** Withdrawn from Ethics and Elections; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules `withdrawal`
- **2019-04-26** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2019-04-26** Substituted for SB 342
- **2019-04-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-26** CS failed to pass; YEAS 24 NAYS 16
- **2019-04-26** Motion to reconsider adopted
- **2019-04-26** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2019-04-29** Amendment(s) adopted (113608)
- **2019-04-29** CS passed as amended; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-29** In returning messages
- **2019-05-01** Amendment(s) to Senate amendment(s) adopted (425013)
- **2019-05-01** Concurred in Senate amendment(s) as amended (113608) -HJ 1127, 1128
- **2019-05-01** CS passed as amended; YEAS 111 NAYS 1 `passage`
- **2019-05-01** In returning messages
- **2019-05-03** Amendment(s) to House amendment(s) adopted (177606)
- **2019-05-03** Concurred in House amendment(s) to Senate amendment(s) (425013)
- **2019-05-03** CS passed as amended; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2019-05-03** In returning messages
- **2019-05-03** Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (177606) -HJ 1267, 1268
- **2019-05-03** CS passed as amended; YEAS 106 NAYS 2 `passage`
- **2019-05-03** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
- **2019-05-14** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2019-05-23** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-23** Chapter No. 2019-55
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a4bc278b-8d7d-4b9a-91ea-5bc5d00cecdf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).