---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of Transportation"
description: "Department of Transportation; Provides & revises DOT authority & responsibilities; revises provisions regarding prepaid toll accounts, Florida DOT Financing Corporation projects, & public transit providers, projects, & vehicles; prohibits certain DOT actions & expenditures; provides responsibilities of DOC & DOT with respect thereto; authorizes DOC & DOT to adopt rules; requires certain unallocated funds for New Starts Transit Program to be reallocated for purpose of Strategic Intermodal System."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1301"
citation: "Florida HB 1301 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["aviation", "executive branch", "judicial branch", "ports and harbors", "public transportation", "relations", "torts"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2024-57"
primary_sponsors: ["Abbott", "Berfield"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 60
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-05"
last_action: "2024-04-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc8de6d9-2050-467b-9cd3-dd0bd6089cef"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1301/ByCategory"
source_hash: "a1bcfd169d571b867d5a7c54288b6f05d7a1aa508d750faef1a32536beccfaae"
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 1301 (2024) — Department of Transportation

Department of Transportation; Provides & revises DOT authority & responsibilities; revises provisions regarding prepaid toll accounts, Florida DOT Financing Corporation projects, & public transit providers, projects, & vehicles; prohibits certain DOT actions & expenditures; provides responsibilities of DOC & DOT with respect thereto; authorizes DOC & DOT to adopt rules; requires certain unallocated funds for New Starts Transit Program to be reallocated for purpose of Strategic Intermodal System.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-57.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1301 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1301/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1301 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1301/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1301 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1301/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 1301 c3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1301/BillText/c3/PDF)
5. **H 1301 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1301/BillText/e1/PDF)
6. **H 1301 e2** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1301/BillText/e2/PDF)
7. **H 1301 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1301/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **39–1** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **79–32** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **82–33** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-05** Filed `filing`
- **2024-01-09** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2024-01-13** Referred to Transportation & Modals Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-13** Referred to Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-13** Referred to Infrastructure Strategies Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-13** Now in Transportation & Modals Subcommittee
- **2024-01-23** Added to Transportation & Modals Subcommittee agenda
- **2024-01-25** Favorable with CS by Transportation & Modals Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-26** Reported out of Transportation & Modals Subcommittee
- **2024-01-26** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2024-01-26** CS Filed `filing`
- **2024-01-26** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2024-01-29** Referred to Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-29** Referred to Infrastructure Strategies Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-29** Now in Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2024-02-01** Added to Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee agenda
- **2024-02-05** Favorable with CS by Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-06** Reported out of Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2024-02-06** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2024-02-06** CS Filed `filing`
- **2024-02-07** Referred to Infrastructure Strategies Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07** Now in Infrastructure Strategies Committee
- **2024-02-07** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
- **2024-02-13** Added to Infrastructure Strategies Committee agenda
- **2024-02-15** Favorable with CS by Infrastructure Strategies Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-16** Reported out of Infrastructure Strategies Committee
- **2024-02-16** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2024-02-16** CS Filed `filing`
- **2024-02-19** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 3) `reading-1`
- **2024-02-21** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2024-02-21** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-22** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/27/2024)
- **2024-02-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-27** Amendment 241181 adopted
- **2024-02-27** Amendment 921611 superseded by substitute
- **2024-02-27** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-27** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** CS passed as amended; YEAS 82, NAYS 33 `passage`
- **2024-02-28** In Messages
- **2024-02-28** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28** Received `enrolled`
- **2024-03-06** Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy `withdrawal`
- **2024-03-06** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2024-03-06** Substituted for CS/CS/CS/SB 1226
- **2024-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-06** Amendment(s) adopted (299830)
- **2024-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-06** CS passed as amended; YEAS 39 NAYS 1 `passage`
- **2024-03-06** Reconsidered
- **2024-03-06** Amendment(s) reconsidered, adopted as amended (299830)
- **2024-03-06** CS passed as amended; YEAS 33 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-06** In Messages
- **2024-03-07** Added to Senate Message List
- **2024-03-07** Amendment 299830 Concur
- **2024-03-07** CS passed as amended; YEAS 79, NAYS 32 `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-04-02** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-03** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-03** Chapter No. 2024-57; companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 287 (Ch. 2024-173)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bc8de6d9-2050-467b-9cd3-dd0bd6089cef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).