---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pub. Rec./Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles"
description: "Pub. Rec./Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles; Provides exemptions from public records requirements for secure login credentials, Internet protocol addresses, geolocation data, & other certain information held by DHSMV; provides retroactive application; provides for future legislative review & repeal; provides statement of public necessity."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1315"
citation: "Florida HB 1315 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["public officers", "employees", "and records"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-236"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 44
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-25"
last_action: "2021-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7eab66a0-4de1-426b-8f50-d1ef0ae81171"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1315/ByCategory"
source_hash: "bcbab7d8c5160314858097ca44df7b0eef98717d3d00f9709053d3e2707d76bd"
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 1315 (2021) — Pub. Rec./Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles

Pub. Rec./Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles; Provides exemptions from public records requirements for secure login credentials, Internet protocol addresses, geolocation data, & other certain information held by DHSMV; provides retroactive application; provides for future legislative review & repeal; provides statement of public necessity.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-236.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1315 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1315/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1315 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1315/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1315 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1315/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee) — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Government Operations Subcommittee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **118–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Commerce Committee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Government Operations Subcommittee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-25** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-02** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2021-03-05** Referred to Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-05** Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-05** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-05** Now in Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee
- **2021-03-18** Added to Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-03-22** Favorable by Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-22** Reported out of Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee
- **2021-03-22** Now in Government Operations Subcommittee
- **2021-03-26** Added to Government Operations Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-03-30** Favorable with CS by Government Operations Subcommittee
- **2021-03-31** Reported out of Government Operations Subcommittee
- **2021-03-31** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2021-03-31** CS Filed
- **2021-03-31** 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 by Commerce Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-14** Reported out of Commerce Committee
- **2021-04-14** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2021-04-14** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2021-04-15** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/20/2021)
- **2021-04-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-20** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2021-04-20** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2021-04-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-21** CS passed; YEAS 118, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-21** In Messages
- **2021-04-21** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21** Message sent to senate
- **2021-04-21** Received
- **2021-04-22** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2021-04-22** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2021-04-22** Substituted for CS/SB 1326
- **2021-04-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-22** CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-22** In Messages
- **2021-04-22** Ordered enrolled
- **2021-06-28** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2021-06-29** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-06** Chapter No. 2021-236; companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 1313 (Ch. 2021-235)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7eab66a0-4de1-426b-8f50-d1ef0ae81171`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).