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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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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.

  1. H 977 Filed (filed) — source
  2. H 977 c1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. H 977 c2 (committee substitute) — source
  4. H 977 e1 (engrossed) — source
  5. H 977 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Passage, Third Reading — 1170 (pass) · lower
  • Favorable With Committee Substitute (Transportation & Infrastructure Subcommittee) — 110 (pass) · lower
  • Passage — 1110 (pass) · lower
  • Favorable (Judiciary Committee) — 160 (pass) · lower
  • Favorable With Committee Substitute (State Affairs Committee) — 230 (pass) · lower
  • Third Reading — 390 (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).