---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of Transportation"
description: "Department of Transportation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 905"
citation: "Florida HB 905 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["public officers", "employees", "and records", "executive branch"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2019-153"
primary_sponsors: ["Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 37
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-02-19"
last_action: "2019-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b87ab08-a2ff-462c-aa16-4074b74e9e08"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/905/ByCategory"
source_hash: "2eea2841d30aa7e3bc76442c463c6ddd4b950431da97c488116c8cd6901ddd56"
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 905 (2019) — Department of Transportation

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2019-153.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 905 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/905/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 905 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/905/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 905 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/905/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 905 c3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/905/BillText/c3/PDF)
5. **H 905 e1** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/905/BillText/e1/PDF)
6. **H 905 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/905/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Transportation & Infrastructure Subcommittee) — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Transportation & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee) — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (State Affairs Committee) — **23–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **114–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-19** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-28** Referred to Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee; Transportation and Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-03-08** On Committee agenda-- Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee, 03/12/19, 12:30 pm, Reed Hall
- **2019-03-12** CS by Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee; YEAS 14 NAYS 0
- **2019-03-13** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2019-03-13** CS by Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee read 1st time
- **2019-03-14** Now in Transportation and Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2019-03-22** On Committee agenda-- Transportation and Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee, 03/26/19, 9:00 am, Reed Hall
- **2019-03-26** CS/CS by Transportation and Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 11 NAYS 0
- **2019-03-28** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2019-03-28** CS/CS by Transportation and Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee read 1st time
- **2019-03-29** Now in State Affairs Committee
- **2019-04-08** On Committee agenda-- State Affairs Committee, 04/10/19, 8:00 am, Morris Hall
- **2019-04-10** CS/CS/CS by- State Affairs Committee; YEAS 23 NAYS 0
- **2019-04-11** Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2019-04-11** Placed on Calendar
- **2019-04-11** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/17/19
- **2019-04-11** CS/CS/CS by State Affairs Committee read 1st time
- **2019-04-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-17** Amendment(s) adopted (329221, 700071)
- **2019-04-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-17** CS passed as amended; YEAS 114 NAYS 1 `passage`
- **2019-04-23** In Messages
- **2019-04-24** Referred to Infrastructure and Security; Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24** Received
- **2019-05-01** Withdrawn from Infrastructure and Security; Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2019-05-01** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2019-05-01** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1044
- **2019-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-01** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2019-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-02** CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2019-05-02** Ordered enrolled
- **2019-06-26** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2019-06-26** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-27** Chapter No. 2019-153, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 385 (Ch. 2019-169), CS/CS/HB 827 (Ch. 2019-86)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2b87ab08-a2ff-462c-aa16-4074b74e9e08`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).