---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor Vehicles"
description: "Motor Vehicles"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 215"
citation: "Florida HB 215 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["drones", "motorcycles and mopeds", "autocycles", "information technology", "transportation", "macists", "insurance", "educational facilities", "affairs", "robots", "driver licenses"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2018-130"
primary_sponsors: ["Payne"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-10-02"
last_action: "2018-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1fd93335-cc0e-4baf-a3c1-1bf25f2d75cd"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/00215/ByCategory"
source_hash: "b46a5607eb32b0017526671eb9a3b716670f45f7088bd928b9a8bb57520c0957"
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 215 (2018) — Motor Vehicles

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-130.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 215 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/215/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 215 e1** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/215/BillText/e1/PDF)
3. **H 215 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/215/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Transportation & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee) — **13–1** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **91–10** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **105–1** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Transportation & Infrastructure Subcommittee) — **12–2** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Government Accountability Committee) — **19–2** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **33–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Payne — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-10-02** Filed `filing`
- **2017-10-12** Referred to Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee; Transportation and Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee; Government Accountability Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-10-18** On Committee agenda-- Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee, 10/25/17, 4:00 pm, Reed Hall
- **2017-10-25** Favorable by Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee; YEAS 12 NAYS 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-10-25** Now in Transportation and Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2017-11-08** On Committee agenda-- Transportation and Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee, 11/15/17, 8:30 am, 116 Knott Building
- **2017-11-15** Favorable by Transportation and Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 13 NAYS 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-11-15** 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
- **2018-01-11** Favorable by- Government Accountability Committee; YEAS 19 NAYS 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-11** Placed on Calendar
- **2018-01-18** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 01/24/18
- **2018-01-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-01-24** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-01-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-01-25** Passed; YEAS 105 NAYS 1
- **2018-01-31** In Messages
- **2018-02-01** Referred to Transportation; Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-01** Received
- **2018-03-08** Withdrawn from Transportation; Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2018-03-08** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2018-03-08** Substituted for CS/SB 504
- **2018-03-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-08** Amendment(s) adopted (622474)
- **2018-03-08** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-09** Amendment(s) reconsidered, adopted as amended (622474)
- **2018-03-09** Passed as amended; YEAS 33 NAYS 3
- **2018-03-09** In returning messages
- **2018-03-09** Concurred in 2 amendment(s) (269940, 622474) -HJ 1181, 1185
- **2018-03-09** Passed as amended; YEAS 91 NAYS 10
- **2018-03-09** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
- **2018-03-26** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2018-03-30** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-02** Chapter No. 2018-130

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1fd93335-cc0e-4baf-a3c1-1bf25f2d75cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).