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Bill	Homelessness	Homelessness; Provides requirements for continuum of care catchment areas & lead agencies; requires continuums of care to create continuum of care plans; revises requirements for certain grants; establishes grant-in-aid program to help continuums of care prevent & end homelessness; provides program requirements.	us/states/fl	Florida Legislature	2020	HB 163	Florida HB 163 (2020)	bill	social welfare	enacted	2020-44	Altman	2	31	5	2019-09-13	2020-06-19	openstates	ocd-bill/188860ae-db07-491e-8088-50ad86989d89	http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/163/ByCategory	2fc3f63f7ff9efb17d3bb596ab4f1c93dc5c8b35d545972651d966d0ee310b02	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-fl

Florida HB 163 (2020) — Homelessness

Homelessness; Provides requirements for continuum of care catchment areas & lead agencies; requires continuums of care to create continuum of care plans; revises requirements for certain grants; establishes grant-in-aid program to help continuums of care prevent & end homelessness; provides program requirements.

Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2020-44.

Version chain

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

1. H 163 Filed (filed) — source
2. H 163 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Passage, Third Reading — 118–0 (pass) · lower
• Favorable (Health & Human Services Committee) — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Favorable (Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee) — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Favorable (Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee) — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 38–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Altman — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-09-13 Filed filing
• 2019-09-25 Referred to Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee; Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee referral-committee
• 2019-10-17 On Committee agenda-- Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee, 10/24/19, 9:30 am, 12 HOB
• 2019-10-24 Favorable by Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee; YEAS 14 NAYS 0 committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-10-24 Now in Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee
• 2020-01-14 Introduced introduction
• 2020-01-31 On Committee agenda-- Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee, 02/04/20, 12:00 pm, Sumner Hall
• 2020-02-04 Favorable by Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-02-04 Now in Health and Human Services Committee
• 2020-02-10 On Committee agenda-- Health and Human Services Committee, 02/12/20, 10:00 am, Morris Hall
• 2020-02-12 Favorable by- Health and Human Services Committee; YEAS 17 NAYS 0 committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-02-14 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-03-03 Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/06/20
• 2020-03-06 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2020-03-06 Placed on 3rd reading
• 2020-03-09 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2020-03-09 Passed; YEAS 118 NAYS 0 passage
• 2020-03-09 In Messages
• 2020-03-09 Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations referral-committee
• 2020-03-09 Withdrawn from Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations withdrawal
• 2020-03-09 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• 2020-03-09 Substituted for CS/SB 68
• 2020-03-09 Received
• 2020-03-09 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2020-03-09 Placed on 3rd reading
• 2020-03-10 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2020-03-10 Passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 passage
• 2020-03-10 Ordered enrolled
• 2020-06-03 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
• 2020-06-18 Approved by Governor executive-signature
• 2020-06-19 Chapter No. 2020-44

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/188860ae-db07-491e-8088-50ad86989d89. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).