---
type: "Bill"
title: "Autonomous Vehicles"
description: "Autonomous Vehicles"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 311"
citation: "Florida HB 311 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["public transportation", "motor vehicles", "insurance"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2019-101"
primary_sponsors: ["Fischer"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 35
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-17"
last_action: "2019-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/380b9a84-997b-4791-a42d-92e09ec873c1"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/311/ByCategory"
source_hash: "d34b29593314cfc5ba76e0f80d52a797cc10d6d8e5c394f713503b35a4d7f8c9"
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 311 (2019) — Autonomous Vehicles

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2019-101.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 311 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/311/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 311 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/311/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 311 e1** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/311/BillText/e1/PDF)
4. **H 311 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/311/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Transportation & Infrastructure Subcommittee) — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (State Affairs Committee) — **20–1** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Transportation & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee) — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fischer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-17** Filed `filing`
- **2019-01-23** Referred to Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee; Transportation and Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-04** On Committee agenda-- Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee, 03/06/19, 3:00 pm, Reed Hall
- **2019-03-05** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-03-06** Favorable by Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee; YEAS 14 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-06** Now in Transportation and Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2019-03-15** On Committee agenda-- Transportation and Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee, 03/19/19, 8:00 am, Reed Hall
- **2019-03-19** Favorable by Transportation and Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-19** Now in State Affairs Committee
- **2019-03-26** On Committee agenda-- State Affairs Committee, 03/28/19, 10:30 am, Morris Hall -- Temporarily postponed
- **2019-04-02** On Committee agenda-- State Affairs Committee, 04/04/19, 8:00 am, Morris Hall
- **2019-04-04** CS by- State Affairs Committee; YEAS 20 NAYS 1
- **2019-04-05** Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2019-04-08** Placed on Calendar
- **2019-04-08** CS by State Affairs Committee read 1st time
- **2019-04-18** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/23/19
- **2019-04-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-23** Amendment(s) adopted (483839) -HJ 769,772
- **2019-04-23** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2019-04-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-24** CS passed as amended; YEAS 110 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-24** In Messages
- **2019-04-24** Referred to Infrastructure and Security; Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-25** Received
- **2019-04-30** Withdrawn from Infrastructure and Security; Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2019-04-30** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2019-04-30** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 932
- **2019-04-30** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-30** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2019-05-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-01** CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2019-05-01** Ordered enrolled
- **2019-06-05** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2019-06-13** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-13** Chapter No. 2019-101

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/380b9a84-997b-4791-a42d-92e09ec873c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).