---
type: "Bill"
title: "Indemnification and Insurance Obligations of Commuter Rail Transportation Providers"
description: "Indemnification and Insurance Obligations of Commuter Rail Transportation Providers; Authorizes agencies, in conjunction with the operation of certain commuter rail services, to assume certain indemnification & insurance obligations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 867"
citation: "Florida HB 867 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["public transportation"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2025-119"
primary_sponsors: ["Lopez, V."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 44
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-20"
last_action: "2025-06-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ca75c61-6043-4934-86a6-4c24ec678ce2"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/867/ByCategory"
source_hash: "1c0314f65f3fa104b93bedfafcbffd23a6580180624b3d2030ddbe0d6e03d72e"
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 867 (2025) — Indemnification and Insurance Obligations of Commuter Rail Transportation Providers

Indemnification and Insurance Obligations of Commuter Rail Transportation Providers; Authorizes agencies, in conjunction with the operation of certain commuter rail services, to assume certain indemnification & insurance obligations.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2025-119.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 867 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/867/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 867 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/867/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 867 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/867/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **35–2** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Lopez, V. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-20** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-02** Referred to Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-02** Referred to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-02** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-02** Now in Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee
- **2025-03-04** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2025-03-10** Added to Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee agenda
- **2025-03-12** Favorable with CS by Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-12** Reported out of Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee
- **2025-03-12** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2025-03-12** CS Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-13** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2025-03-14** Referred to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-14** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-14** Now in Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
- **2025-03-25** Added to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee agenda
- **2025-03-27** Favorable by Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-27** Reported out of Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
- **2025-03-27** Now in Commerce Committee
- **2025-04-03** Added to Commerce Committee agenda
- **2025-04-07** Favorable by Commerce Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-07** Reported out of Commerce Committee
- **2025-04-07** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2025-04-07** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2025-04-10** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/16/2025)
- **2025-04-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-16** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-16** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2025-04-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-16** CS passed; YEAS 114, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-16** In Messages
- **2025-04-16** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-22** Received `enrolled`
- **2025-04-24** Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy `withdrawal`
- **2025-04-24** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2025-04-24** Substituted for CS/SB 916
- **2025-04-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-24** CS passed; YEAS 35 NAYS 2 `passage`
- **2025-04-24** In Messages
- **2025-04-24** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-06-02** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-04** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-05** Chapter No. 2025-119

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3ca75c61-6043-4934-86a6-4c24ec678ce2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).