---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor Vehicle Racing"
description: "Motor Vehicle Racing"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 611"
citation: "Florida HB 611 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2019-125"
primary_sponsors: ["Mercado", "Plakon"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-31"
last_action: "2019-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ee1bd55-9516-43e3-bacd-25ad68b4218b"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/611/ByCategory"
source_hash: "9a9d74f6b8024912b4bccfccff7395d70211a02f2b520d355fda034a3f633ec6"
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 611 (2019) — Motor Vehicle Racing

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2019-125.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 611 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/611/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 611 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/611/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 611 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/611/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Criminal Justice Subcommittee) — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **114–1** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Judiciary Committee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mercado — primary (person)
- Plakon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-31** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-06** Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee; Justice Appropriations Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-03-15** On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice Subcommittee, 03/19/19, 8:00 am, Sumner Hall
- **2019-03-19** CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee; YEAS 13 NAYS 0
- **2019-03-19** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2019-03-20** CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee read 1st time
- **2019-03-20** Original reference(s) removed: Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2019-03-20** CS referred to Judiciary Committee
- **2019-03-20** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2019-04-05** On Committee agenda-- Judiciary Committee, 04/09/19, 2:00 pm, Sumner Hall
- **2019-04-09** Favorable by- Judiciary Committee; YEAS 17 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-10** 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** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-17** CS passed; YEAS 114 NAYS 1 `passage`
- **2019-04-23** In Messages
- **2019-04-24** Referred to Infrastructure and Security; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24** Received
- **2019-04-25** Withdrawn from Infrastructure and Security; Rules `withdrawal`
- **2019-04-25** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2019-04-25** Substituted for CS/SB 116
- **2019-04-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-25** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2019-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-26** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 -SJ 571, 572 `passage`
- **2019-04-26** Ordered enrolled
- **2019-06-13** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2019-06-24** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-25** Chapter No. 2019-125

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7ee1bd55-9516-43e3-bacd-25ad68b4218b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).