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108 lines
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Motor Vehicle Dealers"
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
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legislature: "Florida Legislature"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "HB 977"
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citation: "Florida HB 977 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2020-108"
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primary_sponsors: ["Rommel"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 39
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2019-12-17"
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last_action: "2020-06-29"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5109b794-4ca2-44e4-9041-9d84a2dbd71e"
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source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/977/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "c22e7dea0023111a7ff7fe354ce0b6c97881e704d536291cac3f1a6a732ef3ad"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
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---
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# Florida HB 977 (2020) — Motor Vehicle Dealers
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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.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2020-108.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **H 977 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/977/BillText/Filed/PDF)
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2. **H 977 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/977/BillText/c1/PDF)
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3. **H 977 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/977/BillText/c2/PDF)
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4. **H 977 e1** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/977/BillText/e1/PDF)
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5. **H 977 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/977/BillText/er/PDF)
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## Votes
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- Passage, Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Transportation & Infrastructure Subcommittee) — **11–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passage — **111–0** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable (Judiciary Committee) — **16–0** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable With Committee Substitute (State Affairs Committee) — **23–0** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Rommel — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-12-17** Filed `filing`
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- **2020-01-03** Referred to Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee; State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-14** Introduced `introduction`
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- **2020-01-31** On Committee agenda-- Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee, 02/04/20, 12:00 pm, Reed Hall
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- **2020-02-04** CS by Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee; YEAS 11 NAYS 0
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- **2020-02-05** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
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- **2020-02-05** CS by Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee read 1st time
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- **2020-02-06** Now in Judiciary Committee
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- **2020-02-10** On Committee agenda-- Judiciary Committee, 02/12/20, 10:00 am, Sumner Hall
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- **2020-02-12** Favorable by Judiciary Committee; YEAS 16 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-02-12** Now in State Affairs Committee
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- **2020-02-25** On Committee agenda-- State Affairs Committee, 02/27/20, 8:00 am, Morris Hall
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- **2020-02-27** CS/CS by- State Affairs Committee; YEAS 23 NAYS 0
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- **2020-02-28** Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
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- **2020-02-28** CS/CS by State Affairs Committee read 1st time
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- **2020-03-02** Placed on Calendar
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- **2020-03-03** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/06/20
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- **2020-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2020-03-06** Placed on 3rd reading
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- **2020-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2020-03-09** CS passed; YEAS 117 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2020-03-09** In Messages
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- **2020-03-09** Referred to Infrastructure and Security; Judiciary; Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2020-03-09** Received
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- **2020-03-10** Withdrawn from Infrastructure and Security; Judiciary; Rules `withdrawal`
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- **2020-03-10** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2020-03-10** Substituted for CS/SB 1738
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- **2020-03-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2020-03-10** Placed on 3rd reading
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- **2020-03-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2020-03-13** Amendment(s) adopted (717452)
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- **2020-03-13** CS passed as amended; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 -SJ 857, 858 `passage`
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- **2020-03-13** In returning messages
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- **2020-03-13** Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (717452) -HJ 1222, 1223
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- **2020-03-13** CS passed as amended; YEAS 111 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2020-03-13** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
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- **2020-06-17** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
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- **2020-06-27** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2020-06-29** Chapter No. 2020-108
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5109b794-4ca2-44e4-9041-9d84a2dbd71e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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