---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of Transportation"
description: "Department of Transportation; Increasing the maximum amount of debt service coverage that must be transferred from the State Transportation Trust Fund to the Right-of-Way Acquisition and Bridge Construction Trust Fund; authorizing the department to provide up to 100 percent of project costs for certain eligible projects in rural areas of opportunity; authorizing installation of an automated license plate recognition system within the right-of-way of any road on the State Highway System for a specified purpose; prohibiting use of such system for certain purposes, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1305"
citation: "Florida HB 1305 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["aviation", "motor vehicles", "planning and development", "ports and harbors", "public business", "public transportation"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-70"
primary_sponsors: ["Abbott"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 62
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-03-01"
last_action: "2023-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/75f31ff2-73de-4934-97af-c329aceb50e3"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1305/ByCategory"
source_hash: "1b22ce865e6c3132ec26109c2f2de7f6b026c0cf10de5457cac275458622e30a"
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 1305 (2023) — Department of Transportation

Department of Transportation; Increasing the maximum amount of debt service coverage that must be transferred from the State Transportation Trust Fund to the Right-of-Way Acquisition and Bridge Construction Trust Fund; authorizing the department to provide up to 100 percent of project costs for certain eligible projects in rural areas of opportunity; authorizing installation of an automated license plate recognition system within the right-of-way of any road on the State Highway System for a specified purpose; prohibiting use of such system for certain purposes, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-70.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1305 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1305/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1305 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1305/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1305 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1305/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 1305 c3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1305/BillText/c3/PDF)
5. **H 1305 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1305/BillText/e1/PDF)
6. **H 1305 e2** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1305/BillText/e2/PDF)
7. **H 1305 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1305/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Infrastructure Strategies Committee) — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **87–28** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **26–14** (pass) · upper
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee) — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **83–32** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Amendment(s) (Transportation & Modals Subcommittee) — **13–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Abbott — primary (person)
- Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Infrastructure Strategies Committee — primary (organization)
- Transportation & Modals Subcommittee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-01** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-06** Referred to Transportation & Modals Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-06** Referred to Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-06** Referred to Infrastructure Strategies Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-06** Now in Transportation & Modals Subcommittee
- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2023-03-27** PCS added to Transportation & Modals Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-29** Favorable with CS by Transportation & Modals Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Reported out of Transportation & Modals Subcommittee
- **2023-03-30** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-03-30** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-30** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2023-03-31** Referred to Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-31** Referred to Infrastructure Strategies Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-31** Now in Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2023-04-06** Added to Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-04-11** Favorable with CS by Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-11** Reported out of Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2023-04-11** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-04-11** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-04-12** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
- **2023-04-12** Referred to Infrastructure Strategies Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-12** Now in Infrastructure Strategies Committee
- **2023-04-13** Added to Infrastructure Strategies Committee agenda
- **2023-04-17** Favorable with CS by Infrastructure Strategies Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-20** Reported out of Infrastructure Strategies Committee
- **2023-04-20** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-04-20** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-04-20** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 3) `reading-1`
- **2023-04-21** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2023-04-21** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-24** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/27/2023)
- **2023-04-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-27** Amendment 598081 adopted
- **2023-04-27** Amendment 055995 adopted as amended
- **2023-04-27** Amendment 095925 adopted
- **2023-04-27** Amendment 236265 superseded by substitute
- **2023-04-27** Amendment 120653 adopted
- **2023-04-27** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-27** CS passed as amended; YEAS 87, NAYS 28 `passage`
- **2023-04-28** In Messages
- **2023-04-28** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-28** Received `enrolled`
- **2023-05-02** Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy `withdrawal`
- **2023-05-02** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-05-02** Substituted for CS/CS/CS/SB 1250
- **2023-05-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-02** Amendment(s) adopted (441338, 809834)
- **2023-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-02** CS passed as amended; YEAS 26 NAYS 14 `passage`
- **2023-05-02** In Messages
- **2023-05-03** Added to Senate Message List
- **2023-05-03** Amendment 686587 Failed
- **2023-05-03** Amendment 809834 Concur
- **2023-05-03** Amendment 463157 Failed
- **2023-05-03** Amendment 441338 Concur
- **2023-05-03** CS passed as amended; YEAS 83, NAYS 32 `passage`
- **2023-05-03** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-09** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-11** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-12** Chapter No. 2023-70; companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 425 (Ch. 2023-197)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/75f31ff2-73de-4934-97af-c329aceb50e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).