---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles"
description: "Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles ; Revises provisions relating to duties of tax collectors, as agents of DHSMV, issuance of certain registrations & licenses, & revocation of certain driving privileges."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 961"
citation: "Florida HB 961 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["commercial relations"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2025-125"
primary_sponsors: ["Maney", "Melo"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 47
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-24"
last_action: "2025-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/10146ba1-f1ef-4ae8-b832-2cc733e97fc3"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/961/ByCategory"
source_hash: "c587015729977107b5488ebf64ba9fa8347ec57e03a4ce6c13090717ba4d9e88"
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 961 (2025) — Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles

Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles ; Revises provisions relating to duties of tax collectors, as agents of DHSMV, issuance of certain registrations & licenses, & revocation of certain driving privileges.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2025-125.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 961 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/961/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 961 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/961/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 961 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/961/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 961 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/961/BillText/e1/PDF)
5. **H 961 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/961/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Government Operations Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Maney — primary (person)
- Melo — primary (person)
- State Affairs Committee — primary (organization)
- Chaney — cosponsor (person)
- Driskell — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph — cosponsor (person)
- Mooney — cosponsor (person)
- Rizo — cosponsor (person)
- Valdés — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-24** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-02** Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-02** Referred to Transportation & Economic Development Budget Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-02** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-02** Now in Government Operations Subcommittee
- **2025-03-04** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2025-04-08** Added to Government Operations Subcommittee agenda
- **2025-04-10** Favorable with CS by Government Operations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-11** Reported out of Government Operations Subcommittee
- **2025-04-11** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2025-04-11** CS Filed `filing`
- **2025-04-11** Referred to Transportation & Economic Development Budget Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-11** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-11** Now in Transportation & Economic Development Budget Subcommittee
- **2025-04-11** Added to Transportation & Economic Development Budget Subcommittee agenda
- **2025-04-11** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2025-04-15** Favorable by Transportation & Economic Development Budget Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-15** Reported out of Transportation & Economic Development Budget Subcommittee
- **2025-04-15** Now in State Affairs Committee
- **2025-04-15** Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
- **2025-04-17** Favorable with CS by State Affairs Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-17** Reported out of State Affairs Committee
- **2025-04-17** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2025-04-17** CS Filed `filing`
- **2025-04-17** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2025-04-17** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/23/2025)
- **2025-04-17** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
- **2025-04-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-23** Amendment 362227 adopted
- **2025-04-23** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-23** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2025-04-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-23** CS passed as amended; YEAS 115, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-23** In Messages
- **2025-04-23** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-23** Received `enrolled`
- **2025-04-29** Withdrawn from Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2025-04-29** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2025-04-29** Substituted for CS/CS/CS/SB 1348
- **2025-04-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-29** CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-29** In Messages
- **2025-04-29** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-06-04** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-05** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-06** Chapter No. 2025-125

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/10146ba1-f1ef-4ae8-b832-2cc733e97fc3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).