---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor Vehicle Registration Applications"
description: "Motor Vehicle Registration Applications"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 135"
citation: "Florida HB 135 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["insurance"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2018-42"
primary_sponsors: ["Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-09-05"
last_action: "2018-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/29ae08fc-7caa-4651-82eb-565205e89419"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/00135/ByCategory"
source_hash: "51c1555694595927e68ab29c91bf86cebcdef6037ee42257842d5caea4fac37a"
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 135 (2018) — Motor Vehicle Registration Applications

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-42.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 135 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/135/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 135 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/135/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 135 e1** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/135/BillText/e1/PDF)
4. **H 135 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/135/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Transportation & Infrastructure Subcommittee) — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Government Accountability Committee) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Transportation & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee) — **11–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-09-05** Filed `filing`
- **2017-09-14** Referred to Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee; Transportation and Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee; Government Accountability Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-11-01** On Committee agenda-- Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee, 11/08/17, 4:00 pm, Reed Hall
- **2017-11-08** CS by Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee; YEAS 13 NAYS 0
- **2017-11-09** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2017-11-13** Now in Transportation and Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2017-11-29** On Committee agenda-- Transportation and Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee, 12/06/17, 8:00 am, Reed Hall
- **2017-12-06** Favorable by Transportation and Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-12-06** Now in Government Accountability Committee
- **2018-01-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-09** On Committee agenda-- Government Accountability Committee, 01/11/18, 10:30 am, Morris Hall
- **2018-01-09** CS by Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee read 1st time
- **2018-01-11** Favorable by- Government Accountability Committee; YEAS 21 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-11** Placed on Calendar
- **2018-01-25** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 01/31/18
- **2018-01-31** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-01-31** Amendment(s) adopted (963441)
- **2018-01-31** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-01-31** CS passed as amended; YEAS 113 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2018-02-07** In Messages
- **2018-02-08** Referred to Transportation; Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-08** Received
- **2018-03-06** Withdrawn from Transportation; Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2018-03-06** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2018-03-06** Substituted for CS/SB 290
- **2018-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-06** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-03-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-07** CS passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-07** Ordered enrolled
- **2018-03-14** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2018-03-21** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-22** Chapter No. 2018-42

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/29ae08fc-7caa-4651-82eb-565205e89419`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).