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type: "Bill"
title: "School Bus Safety"
description: "School Bus Safety; Revises civil penalties for certain violations relating to stopping for school bus."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 37"
citation: "Florida HB 37 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2020-64"
primary_sponsors: ["Zika"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-08-08"
last_action: "2020-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/de2e549b-5e0c-41aa-bbb1-a6eb4a7b64e4"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/37/ByCategory"
source_hash: "3678e1e6d184e07eb2fb3d4147eae95b64c6adf062ab5fb777a3c5b3eaa758f1"
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 37 (2020) — School Bus Safety
School Bus Safety; Revises civil penalties for certain violations relating to stopping for school bus.
**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2020-64.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **H 37 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/37/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 37 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/37/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 37 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/37/BillText/er/PDF)
## Votes
- Favorable (Transportation & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee) — **100** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (State Affairs Committee) — **230** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **1180** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **390** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Transportation & Infrastructure Subcommittee) — **130** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Zika — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-08-08** Filed `filing`
- **2019-09-23** Referred to Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee; Transportation and Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-12-04** On Committee agenda-- Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee, 12/11/19, 12:30 pm, Reed Hall
- **2019-12-11** Favorable by Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee; YEAS 13 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-12-11** Now in Transportation and Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2020-01-13** On Committee agenda-- Transportation and Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee, 01/15/20, 9:30 am, Reed Hall
- **2020-01-14** Introduced `introduction`
- **2020-01-15** Favorable by Transportation and Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-01-15** Now in State Affairs Committee
- **2020-01-28** On Committee agenda-- State Affairs Committee, 01/30/20, 11:30 am, Morris Hall
- **2020-01-30** CS by- State Affairs Committee; YEAS 23 NAYS 0
- **2020-01-30** Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2020-01-31** CS by State Affairs Committee read 1st time
- **2020-02-02** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-13** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/19/20
- **2020-02-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-19** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2020-02-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-20** CS passed; YEAS 118 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2020-02-26** In Messages
- **2020-02-27** Referred to Infrastructure and Security; Judiciary; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-02** Received
- **2020-03-05** Withdrawn from Infrastructure and Security; Judiciary; Rules `withdrawal`
- **2020-03-05** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2020-03-05** Substituted for CS/SB 290
- **2020-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-05** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2020-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-06** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-06** Ordered enrolled
- **2020-06-11** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2020-06-20** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-22** Chapter No. 2020-64
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/de2e549b-5e0c-41aa-bbb1-a6eb4a7b64e4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).