---
type: "Bill"
title: "Leaving the Scene of a Crash Involving Only Damage to Vehicle or Property"
description: "Leaving the Scene of a Crash Involving Only Damage to Vehicle or Property; Authorizes court to order driver convicted of leaving scene of crash to make restitution for specified damage."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 479"
citation: "Florida HB 479 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2025-14"
primary_sponsors: ["Daley"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-07"
last_action: "2025-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8d9876fd-6b28-4418-bc55-a623f05ee8a5"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/479/ByCategory"
source_hash: "ac59236258d1811597a41114dfdbb32b95169b374e75c4dc82c550bd2bceffa4"
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 479 (2025) — Leaving the Scene of a Crash Involving Only Damage to Vehicle or Property

Leaving the Scene of a Crash Involving Only Damage to Vehicle or Property; Authorizes court to order driver convicted of leaving scene of crash to make restitution for specified damage.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2025-14.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 479 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/479/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 479 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/479/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 479 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/479/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **107–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Criminal Justice Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Daley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-07** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-19** Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19** Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- **2025-03-04** Added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda
- **2025-03-04** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2025-03-06** Favorable with CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-07** Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- **2025-03-07** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2025-03-07** CS Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-07** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2025-03-10** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-10** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2025-03-11** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- **2025-03-13** Favorable by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-13** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- **2025-03-13** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2025-03-13** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2025-03-27** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/3/2025)
- **2025-04-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-03** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-03** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2025-04-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-03** CS passed; YEAS 107, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-03** In Messages
- **2025-04-07** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08** Received `enrolled`
- **2025-04-16** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2025-04-16** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2025-04-16** Substituted for CS/SB 1378
- **2025-04-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-16** CS passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-16** Immediately certified
- **2025-04-16** In Messages
- **2025-04-16** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-04-22** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-29** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-01** Chapter No. 2025-14

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8d9876fd-6b28-4418-bc55-a623f05ee8a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).