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type: "Bill"
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title: "Public Accountancy"
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description: "Public Accountancy"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
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legislature: "Florida Legislature"
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session: "2019"
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identifier: "HB 977"
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citation: "Florida HB 977 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2019-89"
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primary_sponsors: ["Stevenson"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 31
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2019-02-20"
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last_action: "2019-06-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b7aad08-beba-44e1-a767-5aff69d33807"
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source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/977/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "cae5e02ca9f896bc7a4a68034070980bdc93cdfd186564e13cfe2df9ab471d2d"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
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---
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# Florida HB 977 (2019) — Public Accountancy
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2019-89.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **H 977 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/977/BillText/Filed/PDF)
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2. **H 977 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/977/BillText/c1/PDF)
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3. **H 977 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/977/BillText/er/PDF)
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## Votes
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- Passage, Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Business & Professions Subcommittee) — **9–0** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Favorable (Commerce Committee) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Stevenson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-20** Filed `filing`
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- **2019-02-28** Referred to Business and Professions Subcommittee; Government Operations and Technology Appropriations Subcommittee; Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-05** Introduced `introduction`
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- **2019-03-22** On Committee agenda-- Business and Professions Subcommittee, 03/26/19, 12:00 pm, Webster Hall
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- **2019-03-26** CS by Business and Professions Subcommittee; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
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- **2019-03-27** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
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- **2019-03-27** CS by Business and Professions Subcommittee read 1st time
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- **2019-03-28** Original reference(s) removed: Government Operations and Technology Appropriations Subcommittee
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- **2019-03-28** CS referred to Commerce Committee
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- **2019-03-28** Now in Commerce Committee
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- **2019-04-02** On Committee agenda-- Commerce Committee, 04/04/19, 8:00 am, Webster Hall
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- **2019-04-04** Favorable by- Commerce Committee; YEAS 20 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-04-04** Placed on Calendar
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- **2019-04-11** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/17/19
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- **2019-04-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2019-04-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2019-04-17** CS passed; YEAS 117 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2019-04-23** In Messages
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- **2019-04-24** Referred to Innovation, Industry, and Technology; Banking and Insurance; Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2019-04-24** Received
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- **2019-05-02** Withdrawn from Innovation, Industry, and Technology; Banking and Insurance; Rules `withdrawal`
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- **2019-05-02** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2019-05-02** Substituted for CS/SB 1252
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- **2019-05-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2019-05-02** Placed on 3rd reading
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- **2019-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2019-05-03** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2019-05-03** Ordered enrolled
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- **2019-06-05** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
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- **2019-06-07** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2019-06-10** Chapter No. 2019-89
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2b7aad08-beba-44e1-a767-5aff69d33807`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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