---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amusement Rides"
description: "Amusement Rides; Provides & revises requirements related to amusement rides, including amusement ride managers, permanent amusement ride annual permits, temporary amusement ride permits, testing of amusement rides, exemptions from safety standards, inspection standards, & compliance certifications; revises standards for rules adopted by DACS relating to amusement rides; provides procedures for introduction & examination of witnesses & evidence in examinations & investigations conducted by DACS; revises civil penalties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1275"
citation: "Florida HB 1275 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["business organizations"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2020-141"
primary_sponsors: ["Pritchett"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-01-10"
last_action: "2020-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d08f6ec9-51b3-4dc0-88a6-1a01ec10496e"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1275/ByCategory"
source_hash: "0fcf3e5b94325135869790022b03fb5dbee18a557c7798b4527f0bf1bd3694c3"
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 1275 (2020) — Amusement Rides

Amusement Rides; Provides & revises requirements related to amusement rides, including amusement ride managers, permanent amusement ride annual permits, temporary amusement ride permits, testing of amusement rides, exemptions from safety standards, inspection standards, & compliance certifications; revises standards for rules adopted by DACS relating to amusement rides; provides procedures for introduction & examination of witnesses & evidence in examinations & investigations conducted by DACS; revises civil penalties.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2020-141.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1275 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1275/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1275 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1275/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1275 e1** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1275/BillText/e1/PDF)
4. **H 1275 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1275/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Business & Professions Subcommittee) — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Commerce Committee) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pritchett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-10** Filed `filing`
- **2020-01-14** Introduced `introduction`
- **2020-01-17** Referred to Business and Professions Subcommittee; Agriculture and Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee; Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-24** On Committee agenda-- Business and Professions Subcommittee, 01/28/20, 12:00 pm, Webster Hall
- **2020-01-28** Favorable by Business and Professions Subcommittee; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-01-28** Now in Agriculture and Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2020-01-30** On Committee agenda-- Agriculture and Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee, 02/03/20, 3:00 pm, Morris Hall
- **2020-02-03** CS by Agriculture and Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
- **2020-02-04** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2020-02-04** CS by Agriculture and Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee read 1st time
- **2020-02-05** Now in Commerce Committee
- **2020-02-11** On Committee agenda-- Commerce Committee, 02/13/20, 9:00 am, Webster Hall
- **2020-02-13** Favorable by- Commerce Committee; YEAS 22 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-14** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-20** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/26/20
- **2020-02-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-26** Amendment(s) adopted (179027, 466517)
- **2020-02-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-26** CS passed as amended; YEAS 115 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-03** In Messages
- **2020-03-05** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-05** Received
- **2020-03-12** Withdrawn from Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2020-03-12** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2020-03-12** Substituted for CS/SB 1228
- **2020-03-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-12** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2020-03-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-13** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-13** Ordered enrolled
- **2020-06-17** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2020-06-29** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-30** Chapter No. 2020-141

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d08f6ec9-51b3-4dc0-88a6-1a01ec10496e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).