--- type: "Bill" title: "Department of Transportation" description: "Department of Transportation; Repealing a provision relating to applications for funding for technical assistance relating to areas in and around a proposed multiuse corridor interchange; clarifying that the Department of Revenue is responsible for a certain transfer from the State Treasury to the General Revenue Fund of a portion of documentary stamp tax distributions credited to the State Transportation Trust Fund; revising a limitation on an annual transfer from the State Transportation Trust Fund to the Right-of-Way Acquisition and Bridge Construction Trust Fund; requiring drivers to change lanes when approaching a road and bridge maintenance or construction vehicle displaying warning lights on the roadside without advance signs and channelizing devices; deleting a requirement that the department provide space and video conference capability at each of the department’s district offices as an alternative to physical appearance by a person requesting a hearing before the Commercial Motor Vehicle Review Board within the department, etc." jurisdiction: "us/states/fl" legislature: "Florida Legislature" session: "2021" identifier: "SB 1126" citation: "Florida SB 1126 (2021)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["aviation", "motor vehicles", "public transportation", "relations", "taxation and finance"] status: "enacted" chapter_law: "2021-186" primary_sponsors: ["Harrell"] version_count: 3 action_count: 35 vote_count: 5 first_action: "2021-02-08" last_action: "2021-07-06" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6de3b01f-44df-41be-b06d-170401fa441c" source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1126/ByCategory" source_hash: "92b19b66cca23438d8dde4c282da93348ae7fb8a1119452ee3bf7652ed03edd8" 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 SB 1126 (2021) — Department of Transportation Department of Transportation; Repealing a provision relating to applications for funding for technical assistance relating to areas in and around a proposed multiuse corridor interchange; clarifying that the Department of Revenue is responsible for a certain transfer from the State Treasury to the General Revenue Fund of a portion of documentary stamp tax distributions credited to the State Transportation Trust Fund; revising a limitation on an annual transfer from the State Transportation Trust Fund to the Right-of-Way Acquisition and Bridge Construction Trust Fund; requiring drivers to change lanes when approaching a road and bridge maintenance or construction vehicle displaying warning lights on the roadside without advance signs and channelizing devices; deleting a requirement that the department provide space and video conference capability at each of the department’s district offices as an alternative to physical appearance by a person requesting a hearing before the Commercial Motor Vehicle Review Board within the department, etc. **Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-186. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **S 1126 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1126/BillText/Filed/HTML) 2. **S 1126 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1126/BillText/c1/HTML) 3. **S 1126 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1126/BillText/er/HTML) ## Votes - Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper - Favorable — **7–0** (pass) · upper - Favorable with Committee Substitute — **10–0** (pass) · upper - Favorable with Committee Substitute — **19–0** (pass) · upper - Passage, Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Harrell — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2021-02-08** Filed `filing` - **2021-02-18** Referred to Transportation; Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Appropriations `referral-committee` - **2021-03-02** Introduced `introduction` - **2021-03-05** On Committee agenda-- Transportation, 03/10/21, 8:00 am, 110 Senate Building - **2021-03-10** Favorable by Transportation; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable` - **2021-03-11** Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development - **2021-03-19** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development, 03/24/21, 2:30 pm, 110 Senate Building - **2021-03-24** Subcommittee Recommendation: CS by Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 - **2021-03-26** Now in Appropriations - **2021-04-12** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/15/21, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building - **2021-04-14** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/19/21, 10:00 am, 412 Knott Building - **2021-04-15** CS by- Appropriations; YEAS 19 NAYS 0 - **2021-04-18** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) - **2021-04-19** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading - **2021-04-19** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/21/21 - **2021-04-20** CS by Appropriations read 1st time - **2021-04-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2021-04-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2021-04-21** CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage` - **2021-04-21** In Messages - **2021-04-26** Bill referred to House Calendar - **2021-04-26** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/27/2021) - **2021-04-26** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) - **2021-04-27** Amendment 244671 filed - **2021-04-27** Amendment 244671 withdrawn - **2021-04-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2021-04-27** Placed on 3rd reading - **2021-04-27** Added to Third Reading Calendar - **2021-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2021-04-28** CS passed; YEAS 115, NAYS 0 `passage` - **2021-04-28** Message sent to senate - **2021-04-28** 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. 2021-186, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 100 (Ch. 2021-161), SB 2502 (Ch. 2021-37) ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); 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Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).