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| Bill | Motor Vehicle Dealers | Motor Vehicle Dealers; Revises definition of "rental company" to exclude certain motor vehicle dealers, for purpose of determining minimum insurance coverage requirements; provides specified motor vehicle dealers & affiliates are immune to causes of action & not vicariously or directly liable for harm to persons or property under certain circumstances; provides specified motor vehicle dealers & affiliates are not adjudged liable in civil proceedings or guilty in criminal proceedings under certain circumstances. | us/states/fl | Florida Legislature | 2020 | HB 977 | Florida HB 977 (2020) |
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enacted | 2020-108 |
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5 | 39 | 6 | 2019-12-17 | 2020-06-29 | openstates | ocd-bill/5109b794-4ca2-44e4-9041-9d84a2dbd71e | http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/977/ByCategory | c22e7dea0023111a7ff7fe354ce0b6c97881e704d536291cac3f1a6a732ef3ad | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Florida HB 977 (2020) — Motor Vehicle Dealers
Motor Vehicle Dealers; Revises definition of "rental company" to exclude certain motor vehicle dealers, for purpose of determining minimum insurance coverage requirements; provides specified motor vehicle dealers & affiliates are immune to causes of action & not vicariously or directly liable for harm to persons or property under certain circumstances; provides specified motor vehicle dealers & affiliates are not adjudged liable in civil proceedings or guilty in criminal proceedings under certain circumstances.
Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2020-108.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- H 977 Filed (filed) — source
- H 977 c1 (committee substitute) — source
- H 977 c2 (committee substitute) — source
- H 977 e1 (engrossed) — source
- H 977 er (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Passage, Third Reading — 117–0 (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Transportation & Infrastructure Subcommittee) — 11–0 (pass) · lower
- Passage — 111–0 (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Judiciary Committee) — 16–0 (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (State Affairs Committee) — 23–0 (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Rommel — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2019-12-17 Filed
filing - 2020-01-03 Referred to Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee; State Affairs Committee
referral-committee - 2020-01-14 Introduced
introduction - 2020-01-31 On Committee agenda-- Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee, 02/04/20, 12:00 pm, Reed Hall
- 2020-02-04 CS by Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee; YEAS 11 NAYS 0
- 2020-02-05 Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- 2020-02-05 CS by Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee read 1st time
- 2020-02-06 Now in Judiciary Committee
- 2020-02-10 On Committee agenda-- Judiciary Committee, 02/12/20, 10:00 am, Sumner Hall
- 2020-02-12 Favorable by Judiciary Committee; YEAS 16 NAYS 0
committee-passage-favorable - 2020-02-12 Now in State Affairs Committee
- 2020-02-25 On Committee agenda-- State Affairs Committee, 02/27/20, 8:00 am, Morris Hall
- 2020-02-27 CS/CS by- State Affairs Committee; YEAS 23 NAYS 0
- 2020-02-28 Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
- 2020-02-28 CS/CS by State Affairs Committee read 1st time
- 2020-03-02 Placed on Calendar
- 2020-03-03 Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/06/20
- 2020-03-06 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2020-03-06 Placed on 3rd reading
- 2020-03-09 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2020-03-09 CS passed; YEAS 117 NAYS 0
passage - 2020-03-09 In Messages
- 2020-03-09 Referred to Infrastructure and Security; Judiciary; Rules
referral-committee - 2020-03-09 Received
- 2020-03-10 Withdrawn from Infrastructure and Security; Judiciary; Rules
withdrawal - 2020-03-10 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- 2020-03-10 Substituted for CS/SB 1738
- 2020-03-10 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2020-03-10 Placed on 3rd reading
- 2020-03-13 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2020-03-13 Amendment(s) adopted (717452)
- 2020-03-13 CS passed as amended; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 -SJ 857, 858
passage - 2020-03-13 In returning messages
- 2020-03-13 Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (717452) -HJ 1222, 1223
- 2020-03-13 CS passed as amended; YEAS 111 NAYS 0
passage - 2020-03-13 Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
- 2020-06-17 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- 2020-06-27 Approved by Governor
executive-signature - 2020-06-29 Chapter No. 2020-108
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5109b794-4ca2-44e4-9041-9d84a2dbd71e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).