---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor Vehicle and Vessel Registration Data"
description: "Motor Vehicle and Vessel Registration Data; Requires tax collectors or third parties contracted with tax collectors to enter into memorandum of understanding with DHSMV & make certain determinations; requires DHSMV to ensure certain technology used by tax collectors protects customer privacy & data; authorizes DHSMV to provide certain technology to tax collectors upon request in order to provide data access & uniform interface functionalities for registration renewal transactions; authorizes use of data & functionality for certain purposes; requires development of data access & uniform interface functionalities by certain date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 139"
citation: "Florida HB 139 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["motor vehicles", "vessels"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-196"
primary_sponsors: ["Tourism"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 43
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-12-29"
last_action: "2021-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4508cfbe-3b46-4fed-820c-3c67cffc542a"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/139/ByCategory"
source_hash: "03f326289d18b85fceac2c195f6c53f24e57ff747058ef79cb3b8fa82a140448"
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 139 (2021) — Motor Vehicle and Vessel Registration Data

Motor Vehicle and Vessel Registration Data; Requires tax collectors or third parties contracted with tax collectors to enter into memorandum of understanding with DHSMV & make certain determinations; requires DHSMV to ensure certain technology used by tax collectors protects customer privacy & data; authorizes DHSMV to provide certain technology to tax collectors upon request in order to provide data access & uniform interface functionalities for registration renewal transactions; authorizes use of data & functionality for certain purposes; requires development of data access & uniform interface functionalities by certain date.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-196.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 139 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/139/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 139 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/139/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 139 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/139/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Commerce Committee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee) — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee) — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **119–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Infrastructure and Energy Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Tourism — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-29** Filed `filing`
- **2021-01-20** Referred to Tourism, Infrastructure and Energy Subcommittee; Infrastructure and Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee; Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2021-03-05** Added to Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-03-18** PCS added to Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-03-22** Favorable with CS by Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee
- **2021-03-23** Reported out of Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee
- **2021-03-24** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2021-03-24** CS Filed
- **2021-03-24** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- **2021-03-26** Referred to Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-26** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-26** Now in Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2021-04-02** Added to Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-04-06** Favorable by Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-06** Reported out of Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2021-04-06** 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 119, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-21** In Messages
- **2021-04-21** Message sent to senate
- **2021-04-21** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21** Received
- **2021-04-22** Withdrawn from Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2021-04-22** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2021-04-22** Substituted for CS/SB 754
- **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. 2021-196

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4508cfbe-3b46-4fed-820c-3c67cffc542a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).