---
type: "Bill"
title: "Lights Displayed on Fire Department Vehicles"
description: "Lights Displayed on Fire Department Vehicles; Authorizes certain government-owned fire department vehicles to show or display blue lights."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 463"
citation: "Florida HB 463 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2024-29"
primary_sponsors: ["Bartleman", "Melo"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-11-15"
last_action: "2024-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0583d52a-1116-4dc6-9e9e-965124eec904"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/463/ByCategory"
source_hash: "89500d564931cebd622d12eb135c32a371d9fdc83bb736b939a1c593aad451d7"
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 463 (2024) — Lights Displayed on Fire Department Vehicles

Lights Displayed on Fire Department Vehicles; Authorizes certain government-owned fire department vehicles to show or display blue lights.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-29.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 463 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/463/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 463 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/463/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 463 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/463/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **118–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bartleman — primary (person)
- Melo — primary (person)
- Transportation & Modals Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Bankson — cosponsor (person)
- Basabe — cosponsor (person)
- Casello — cosponsor (person)
- Eskamani — cosponsor (person)
- López, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Michael — cosponsor (person)
- Mooney — cosponsor (person)
- Woodson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-11-15** Filed `filing`
- **2023-11-22** Referred to Transportation & Modals Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-11-22** Referred to Infrastructure Strategies Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-11-22** Now in Transportation & Modals Subcommittee
- **2024-01-08** PCS added to Transportation & Modals Subcommittee agenda
- **2024-01-09** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2024-01-10** Favorable with CS by Transportation & Modals Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-11** Reported out of Transportation & Modals Subcommittee
- **2024-01-11** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2024-01-11** CS Filed `filing`
- **2024-01-11** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2024-01-16** Referred to Infrastructure Strategies Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-16** Now in Infrastructure Strategies Committee
- **2024-01-19** Added to Infrastructure Strategies Committee agenda
- **2024-01-23** Favorable by Infrastructure Strategies Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-23** Reported out of Infrastructure Strategies Committee
- **2024-01-23** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2024-01-23** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-12** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/15/2024)
- **2024-02-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-15** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-15** CS passed; YEAS 118, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-02-15** In Messages
- **2024-02-16** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-20** Received `enrolled`
- **2024-03-04** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2024-03-04** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2024-03-04** Substituted for SB 1158
- **2024-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-04** CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-04** In Messages
- **2024-03-04** 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. 2024-29

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0583d52a-1116-4dc6-9e9e-965124eec904`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).