--- type: "Bill" title: "Services Provided by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles or Its Agents" description: "Services Provided by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles or Its Agents; Providing that a certain affidavit establishes a presumption of ownership and right of possession to a motor vehicle or mobile home when the previous owner of the motor vehicle or mobile home died testate; prohibiting the department or a tax collector from charging a fee for reissuance of certain certificates of title; authorizing certain disabled veterans to be issued a military license plate or specialty license plate in lieu of a “DV” license plate; authorizing the department to design, issue, and regulate the use of temporary tags when the existing owner of a vehicle has submitted an application to transfer a valid out-of-state title that is subject to a lien, etc." jurisdiction: "us/states/fl" legislature: "Florida Legislature" session: "2024" identifier: "SB 736" citation: "Florida SB 736 (2024)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: [] status: "enacted" chapter_law: "2024-272" primary_sponsors: ["Fiscal Policy", "Trumbull"] version_count: 5 action_count: 35 vote_count: 5 first_action: "2023-12-06" last_action: "2024-07-01" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8718a15b-31af-409a-9aa7-002a713c418e" source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/736/ByCategory" source_hash: "ba858e68d1ca72a385813c89975cb8d9007d9757e13547ec35611d9453e2b54f" 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 736 (2024) — Services Provided by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles or Its Agents Services Provided by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles or Its Agents; Providing that a certain affidavit establishes a presumption of ownership and right of possession to a motor vehicle or mobile home when the previous owner of the motor vehicle or mobile home died testate; prohibiting the department or a tax collector from charging a fee for reissuance of certain certificates of title; authorizing certain disabled veterans to be issued a military license plate or specialty license plate in lieu of a “DV” license plate; authorizing the department to design, issue, and regulate the use of temporary tags when the existing owner of a vehicle has submitted an application to transfer a valid out-of-state title that is subject to a lien, etc. **Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-272. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **S 736 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/736/BillText/Filed/HTML) 2. **S 736 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/736/BillText/c1/HTML) 3. **S 736 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/736/BillText/c2/HTML) 4. **S 736 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/736/BillText/e1/HTML) 5. **S 736 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/736/BillText/er/HTML) ## Votes - Third Reading — **35–0** (pass) · upper - Favorable with Committee Substitute — **7–0** (pass) · upper - Passage, Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower - Favorable — **6–0** (pass) · upper - Favorable with Committee Substitute — **16–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development — primary (organization) - Fiscal Policy — primary (person) - Trumbull — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2023-12-06** Filed `filing` - **2023-12-15** Referred to Transportation; Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Fiscal Policy `referral-committee` - **2024-01-09** Introduced `introduction` - **2024-01-12** On Committee agenda-- Transportation, 01/17/24, 8:30 am, 110 Senate Building - **2024-01-17** Favorable by Transportation; YEAS 6 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable` - **2024-01-17** Now in Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development - **2024-02-05** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development, 02/08/24, 10:45 am, 110 Senate Building - **2024-02-08** CS by Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 - **2024-02-12** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) - **2024-02-12** Now in Fiscal Policy - **2024-02-13** CS by Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development read 1st time - **2024-02-19** On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 02/22/24, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building - **2024-02-22** CS/CS by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 16 NAYS 0 - **2024-02-23** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) - **2024-02-27** CS/CS by Fiscal Policy read 1st time - **2024-02-28** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading - **2024-02-28** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/01/24 - **2024-03-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2024-03-01** Amendment(s) adopted (362680) - **2024-03-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2024-03-01** CS passed as amended; YEAS 35 NAYS 0 `passage` - **2024-03-01** In Messages - **2024-03-04** Bill referred to House Calendar - **2024-03-04** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/5/2024) - **2024-03-04** 1st Reading (Engrossed 1) `reading-1` - **2024-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2024-03-05** Amendment 884301 not allowed for consideration - **2024-03-05** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3` - **2024-03-05** Added to Third Reading Calendar - **2024-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2024-03-06** CS passed; YEAS 113, NAYS 0 `passage` - **2024-03-06** Ordered enrolled `enrolled` - **2024-06-17** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt` - **2024-06-28** Approved by Governor `executive-signature` - **2024-07-01** Chapter No. 2024-272 ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8718a15b-31af-409a-9aa7-002a713c418e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).