---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transportation"
description: "Transportation; Authorizing governing bodies of municipalities and counties to abandon and convey their interests in certain roads and rights-of-way dedicated in a recorded residential subdivision plat to community development districts under specified conditions; providing that certain governmental entities may not prohibit certain vendors from responding to competitive solicitations of certain contractual services; revising provisions authorizing vehicles and equipment to show or display flashing lights; prohibiting the Department of Transportation and contractors and subcontractors of the department from purchasing specified substances from a borrow pit unless specified conditions are satisfied, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 1194"
citation: "Florida SB 1194 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ports and harbors", "reclamation", "and use"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-188"
primary_sponsors: ["Hooper"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 61
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2021-02-10"
last_action: "2021-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/97fb03ee-06a7-4e75-9421-823d36e66949"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1194/ByCategory"
source_hash: "22a7b84cc3b8e8ceb72ac1ce38ff05d01813dd127a52b756c2ad3b32f783ab74"
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 1194 (2021) — Transportation

Transportation; Authorizing governing bodies of municipalities and counties to abandon and convey their interests in certain roads and rights-of-way dedicated in a recorded residential subdivision plat to community development districts under specified conditions; providing that certain governmental entities may not prohibit certain vendors from responding to competitive solicitations of certain contractual services; revising provisions authorizing vehicles and equipment to show or display flashing lights; prohibiting the Department of Transportation and contractors and subcontractors of the department from purchasing specified substances from a borrow pit unless specified conditions are satisfied, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-188.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 1194 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1194/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 1194 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1194/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 1194 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1194/BillText/c2/HTML)
4. **S 1194 c3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1194/BillText/c3/HTML)
5. **S 1194 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1194/BillText/e1/HTML)
6. **S 1194 e2** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1194/BillText/e2/HTML)
7. **S 1194 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1194/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AA - 180773, Adoption — **39–76** (fail) · lower
- Passage — **75–40** (pass) · lower
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **16–0** (pass) · upper
- AA - 046421, Adoption — **38–75** (fail) · lower
- Returning Messages — **21–17** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **87–26** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hooper — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-10** Filed `filing`
- **2021-02-18** Referred to Transportation; Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-03-19** On Committee agenda-- Transportation, 03/24/21, 8:30 am, 110 Senate Building
- **2021-03-24** CS by Transportation; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
- **2021-03-25** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2021-03-25** CS by Transportation read 1st time
- **2021-03-30** Original reference(s) removed: Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development
- **2021-03-30** Remaining references corrected to Appropriations; Rules
- **2021-03-30** 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/CS by Appropriations; YEAS 20 NAYS 0
- **2021-04-16** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2021-04-19** Now in Rules
- **2021-04-19** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/20/21, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2021-04-20** CS/CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 16 NAYS 0
- **2021-04-20** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2021-04-20** CS/CS/CS by Rules read 1st time
- **2021-04-20** CS/CS by Appropriations read 1st time
- **2021-04-21** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2021-04-21** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/22/21
- **2021-04-22** Read 2nd time -SJ 613, 614 `reading-2`
- **2021-04-22** Amendment(s) adopted (934812)
- **2021-04-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-22** CS passed as amended; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-22** 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** Amendment 788553 filed
- **2021-04-26** Amendment 672415 filed
- **2021-04-26** 1st Reading (Engrossed 1)
- **2021-04-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-27** Amendment 672415 adopted
- **2021-04-27** Amendment 788553 withdrawn
- **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 as amended; YEAS 87, NAYS 26 `passage`
- **2021-04-28** Message sent to senate
- **2021-04-28** In returning messages
- **2021-04-28** Amendment(s) to House amendment(s) adopted (116138)
- **2021-04-28** Amendment(s) to House amendment(s) failed (560340)
- **2021-04-28** Concurred in House amendment(s) as amended (672415)
- **2021-04-28** CS passed as amended; YEAS 21 NAYS 17 `passage`
- **2021-04-28** In Messages
- **2021-04-28** Amendment 961805 filed
- **2021-04-28** Amendment 046421 filed
- **2021-04-28** Amendment 180773 filed
- **2021-04-28** Added to Senate Message List
- **2021-04-28** Amendment 961805 Failed
- **2021-04-28** Amendment 046421 Failed
- **2021-04-28** Amendment 180773 Failed
- **2021-04-28** Amendment 116138 Concur
- **2021-04-28** Concurred in Senate amendment(s) to House amendment(s)
- **2021-04-28** CS passed as amended; YEAS 75, NAYS 40 `passage`
- **2021-04-28** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
- **2021-04-28** 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. 2021-188

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/97fb03ee-06a7-4e75-9421-823d36e66949`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).