---
type: "Bill"
title: "Autonomous Vehicles"
description: "Autonomous Vehicles; Authorizes operation of low-speed autonomous delivery vehicle on certain streets & roads; authorizes operation of low-speed autonomous delivery vehicle on streets or roads with posted speed limit of up to 45 miles per hour under specified conditions; provides requirements for low-speed autonomous delivery vehicles; provides certain fully autonomous vehicles are not subject to certain provisions of law or regulations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1289"
citation: "Florida HB 1289 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["banks and banking", "motor vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-233"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 48
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-24"
last_action: "2021-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35e576dc-64f5-4c98-b2f7-258a244909dc"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1289/ByCategory"
source_hash: "78e84de948da5af173c645bb0c22b0666a003ce2bc440f5aa39704827b2a36c8"
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 1289 (2021) — Autonomous Vehicles

Autonomous Vehicles; Authorizes operation of low-speed autonomous delivery vehicle on certain streets & roads; authorizes operation of low-speed autonomous delivery vehicle on streets or roads with posted speed limit of up to 45 miles per hour under specified conditions; provides requirements for low-speed autonomous delivery vehicles; provides certain fully autonomous vehicles are not subject to certain provisions of law or regulations.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-233.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1289 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1289/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1289 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1289/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1289 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1289/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 1289 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1289/BillText/e1/PDF)
5. **H 1289 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1289/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Commerce Committee) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **39–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Commerce Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-24** Filed `filing`
- **2021-02-28** Referred to Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-28** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-28** Now in Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee
- **2021-03-02** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2021-03-30** Added to Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-04-01** Favorable with CS by Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee
- **2021-04-01** Reported out of Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee
- **2021-04-01** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2021-04-01** CS Filed
- **2021-04-01** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- **2021-04-02** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-02** Now in Commerce Committee
- **2021-04-12** Added to Commerce Committee agenda
- **2021-04-14** Favorable with CS by Commerce Committee
- **2021-04-15** Reported out of Commerce Committee
- **2021-04-15** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2021-04-15** CS Filed
- **2021-04-15** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
- **2021-04-16** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2021-04-16** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2021-04-19** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/22/2021)
- **2021-04-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-22** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2021-04-22** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2021-04-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-23** CS passed; YEAS 113, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-23** In Messages
- **2021-04-23** Message sent to senate
- **2021-04-23** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-23** Received
- **2021-04-26** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2021-04-26** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2021-04-26** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1620
- **2021-04-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-26** Amendment(s) adopted (597986, 812490)
- **2021-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-26** CS passed as amended; YEAS 39 NAYS 1 `passage`
- **2021-04-26** In Messages
- **2021-04-29** Added to Senate Message List
- **2021-04-29** Amendment 812490 Concur
- **2021-04-29** Amendment 597986 Concur
- **2021-04-29** CS passed as amended; YEAS 116, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-29** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
- **2021-04-29** Message sent to senate
- **2021-06-28** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2021-06-29** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-06** Chapter No. 2021-233

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/35e576dc-64f5-4c98-b2f7-258a244909dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).