---
type: "Bill"
title: "Liens Against Motor Vehicles and Vessels"
description: "Liens Against Motor Vehicles and Vessels"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 431"
citation: "Florida HB 431 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["and solicitations"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2019-73"
primary_sponsors: ["Fischer"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 40
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-22"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df6c2e1a-ed6e-4e2e-87a7-2ebad96dd7a4"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/431/ByCategory"
source_hash: "f042ad23b496790dd103af85862878cce5c842a3df8d45ea04b5f076978140e6"
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 431 (2019) — Liens Against Motor Vehicles and Vessels

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2019-73.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 431 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/431/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 431 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/431/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 431 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/431/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 431 c3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/431/BillText/c3/PDF)
5. **H 431 e1** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/431/BillText/e1/PDF)
6. **H 431 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/431/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Transportation & Infrastructure Subcommittee) — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Judiciary Committee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Civil Justice Subcommittee) — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fischer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-22** Filed `filing`
- **2019-01-30** Referred to Civil Justice Subcommittee; Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-04** On Committee agenda-- Civil Justice Subcommittee, 03/06/19, 8:00 am, Sumner Hall
- **2019-03-05** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-03-06** CS by Civil Justice Subcommittee; YEAS 13 NAYS 0
- **2019-03-08** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2019-03-11** Now in Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee
- **2019-03-11** CS by Civil Justice Subcommittee read 1st time
- **2019-03-22** On Committee agenda-- Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee, 03/26/19, 12:00 pm, Reed Hall
- **2019-03-26** CS/CS by Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee; YEAS 12 NAYS 0
- **2019-03-26** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2019-03-27** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2019-03-27** CS/CS by Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee read 1st time
- **2019-04-01** On Committee agenda-- Judiciary Committee, 04/03/19, 9:00 am, Sumner Hall
- **2019-04-03** CS/CS/CS by- Judiciary Committee; YEAS 17 NAYS 0
- **2019-04-04** Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2019-04-04** CS/CS/CS by Judiciary Committee read 1st time
- **2019-04-05** Placed on Calendar
- **2019-04-11** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/17/19
- **2019-04-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-17** Amendment(s) adopted (214153)
- **2019-04-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-17** CS passed as amended; YEAS 114 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-17** Was taken up
- **2019-04-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-17** CS passed as amended; YEAS 113 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-23** In Messages
- **2019-04-24** Referred to Banking and Insurance; Judiciary; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24** Received
- **2019-04-29** Withdrawn from Banking and Insurance; Judiciary; Rules `withdrawal`
- **2019-04-29** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2019-04-29** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 772
- **2019-04-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-29** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2019-04-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-30** CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-30** Ordered enrolled
- **2019-06-05** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2019-06-07** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10** Chapter No. 2019-73

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/df6c2e1a-ed6e-4e2e-87a7-2ebad96dd7a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).