republic-os/legislation/us/states/fl/2019/hb-977.md

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Florida HB 977 (2019) — Public Accountancy

Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2019-89.

Version chain

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

1. H 977 Filed (filed) — source
2. H 977 c1 (committee substitute) — source
3. H 977 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Passage, Third Reading — 117–0 (pass) · lower
• Favorable With Committee Substitute (Business & Professions Subcommittee) — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Favorable (Commerce Committee) — 20–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Stevenson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-20 Filed filing
• 2019-02-28 Referred to Business and Professions Subcommittee; Government Operations and Technology Appropriations Subcommittee; Commerce Committee referral-committee
• 2019-03-05 Introduced introduction
• 2019-03-22 On Committee agenda-- Business and Professions Subcommittee, 03/26/19, 12:00 pm, Webster Hall
• 2019-03-26 CS by Business and Professions Subcommittee; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
• 2019-03-27 Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
• 2019-03-27 CS by Business and Professions Subcommittee read 1st time
• 2019-03-28 Original reference(s) removed: Government Operations and Technology Appropriations Subcommittee
• 2019-03-28 CS referred to Commerce Committee
• 2019-03-28 Now in Commerce Committee
• 2019-04-02 On Committee agenda-- Commerce Committee, 04/04/19, 8:00 am, Webster Hall
• 2019-04-04 Favorable by- Commerce Committee; YEAS 20 NAYS 0 committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-04 Placed on Calendar
• 2019-04-11 Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/17/19
• 2019-04-17 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2019-04-17 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2019-04-17 CS passed; YEAS 117 NAYS 0 passage
• 2019-04-23 In Messages
• 2019-04-24 Referred to Innovation, Industry, and Technology; Banking and Insurance; Rules referral-committee
• 2019-04-24 Received
• 2019-05-02 Withdrawn from Innovation, Industry, and Technology; Banking and Insurance; Rules withdrawal
• 2019-05-02 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• 2019-05-02 Substituted for CS/SB 1252
• 2019-05-02 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2019-05-02 Placed on 3rd reading
• 2019-05-03 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2019-05-03 CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 passage
• 2019-05-03 Ordered enrolled
• 2019-06-05 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
• 2019-06-07 Approved by Governor executive-signature
• 2019-06-10 Chapter No. 2019-89

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2b7aad08-beba-44e1-a767-5aff69d33807. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).