---
type: "Bill"
title: "Towing and Storage"
description: "Towing and Storage; Revises provisions relating to towing & storing of vehicles & vessels, including establishing maximum rates for certain cleanup & disposal; excluding or failing to designate certain wrecker operators; authorizing fees; revising requirements relating to removal of vehicles or vessels; revising requirements for liens, notices of lien, sale, notices of sale, & types of payment; requiring operator to accept & maintain certain documents, rate sheets, & invoices; revising criminal penalties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 179"
citation: "Florida HB 179 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["(vetoed)", "commercial relations"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2024-27"
primary_sponsors: ["Andrade", "Bell"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 49
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-10-16"
last_action: "2024-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b904c605-957e-4a29-822c-410dcacd5fc9"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/179/ByCategory"
source_hash: "e0be53ebcc11b5e8143baf4cc7e40c2c9129f73acbb67eedc54fe580a6bc2213"
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 179 (2024) — Towing and Storage

Towing and Storage; Revises provisions relating to towing & storing of vehicles & vessels, including establishing maximum rates for certain cleanup & disposal; excluding or failing to designate certain wrecker operators; authorizing fees; revising requirements relating to removal of vehicles or vessels; revising requirements for liens, notices of lien, sale, notices of sale, & types of payment; requiring operator to accept & maintain certain documents, rate sheets, & invoices; revising criminal penalties.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-27.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 179 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/179/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 179 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/179/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 179 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/179/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 179 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/179/BillText/e1/PDF)
5. **H 179 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/179/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Andrade — primary (person)
- Bell — primary (person)
- Infrastructure Strategies Committee — primary (organization)
- Transportation & Modals Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Barnaby — cosponsor (person)
- Caruso — cosponsor (person)
- López, J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-10-16** Filed `filing`
- **2023-11-02** Referred to Transportation & Modals Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-11-02** Referred to Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-11-02** Referred to Infrastructure Strategies Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-11-02** Now in Transportation & Modals Subcommittee
- **2024-01-09** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2024-01-17** PCS added to Transportation & Modals Subcommittee agenda
- **2024-01-19** Favorable with CS by Transportation & Modals Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-24** Reported out of Transportation & Modals Subcommittee
- **2024-01-24** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2024-01-24** CS Filed `filing`
- **2024-01-24** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2024-01-25** Referred to Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-25** Referred to Infrastructure Strategies Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-25** Now in Civil Justice Subcommittee
- **2024-01-30** Added to Civil Justice Subcommittee agenda
- **2024-02-01** Favorable by Civil Justice Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-01** Reported out of Civil Justice Subcommittee
- **2024-02-01** Now in Infrastructure Strategies Committee
- **2024-02-13** Added to Infrastructure Strategies Committee agenda
- **2024-02-15** Favorable with CS by Infrastructure Strategies Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-19** Reported out of Infrastructure Strategies Committee
- **2024-02-19** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2024-02-19** CS Filed `filing`
- **2024-02-19** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `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 203501 adopted
- **2024-02-27** Amendment 203501 adopted
- **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 115, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-02-28** In Messages
- **2024-02-28** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28** Received `enrolled`
- **2024-03-01** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2024-03-01** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2024-03-01** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 774
- **2024-03-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-01** CS passed; YEAS 33 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-01** In Messages
- **2024-03-01** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-21** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-22** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-22** Chapter No. 2024-27

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b904c605-957e-4a29-822c-410dcacd5fc9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).