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type: "Bill"
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title: "Homelessness"
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
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legislature: "Florida Legislature"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "HB 163"
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citation: "Florida HB 163 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["social welfare"]
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2020-44"
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primary_sponsors: ["Altman"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 31
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2019-09-13"
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last_action: "2020-06-19"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/188860ae-db07-491e-8088-50ad86989d89"
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source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/163/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "2fc3f63f7ff9efb17d3bb596ab4f1c93dc5c8b35d545972651d966d0ee310b02"
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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 163 (2020) — Homelessness
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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.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2020-44.
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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 163 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/163/BillText/Filed/PDF)
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2. **H 163 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/163/BillText/er/PDF)
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## Votes
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- Passage, Third Reading — **118–0** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable (Health & Human Services Committee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable (Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee) — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable (Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee) — **14–0** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Altman — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-09-13** Filed `filing`
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- **2019-09-25** Referred to Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee; Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2019-10-17** On Committee agenda-- Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee, 10/24/19, 9:30 am, 12 HOB
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- **2019-10-24** Favorable by Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee; YEAS 14 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-10-24** Now in Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee
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- **2020-01-14** Introduced `introduction`
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- **2020-01-31** On Committee agenda-- Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee, 02/04/20, 12:00 pm, Sumner Hall
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- **2020-02-04** Favorable by Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-02-04** Now in Health and Human Services Committee
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- **2020-02-10** On Committee agenda-- Health and Human Services Committee, 02/12/20, 10:00 am, Morris Hall
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- **2020-02-12** Favorable by- Health and Human Services Committee; YEAS 17 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-02-14** Placed on Calendar
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- **2020-03-03** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/06/20
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- **2020-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2020-03-06** Placed on 3rd reading
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- **2020-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2020-03-09** Passed; YEAS 118 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2020-03-09** In Messages
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- **2020-03-09** Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2020-03-09** Withdrawn from Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations `withdrawal`
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- **2020-03-09** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2020-03-09** Substituted for CS/SB 68
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- **2020-03-09** Received
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- **2020-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2020-03-09** Placed on 3rd reading
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- **2020-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2020-03-10** Passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2020-03-10** Ordered enrolled
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- **2020-06-03** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
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- **2020-06-18** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2020-06-19** Chapter No. 2020-44
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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/188860ae-db07-491e-8088-50ad86989d89`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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