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type: "Bill"
title: "Motor Vehicle and Vessel Law Enforcement"
description: "Motor Vehicle and Vessel Law Enforcement; Prohibits persons from driving motor vehicle in street takeover, stunt driving, race, speed competition or contest, drag race or acceleration contest, test of physical endurance, or exhibition of speed or acceleration on highway, roadway, or parking lot; provides criminal penalties for unlawful use of certain lights; authorizes court or jury to consider certain evidence in determining commission of offense of false personation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 399"
citation: "Florida HB 399 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["crimes", "criminal procedure and corrections"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2022-180"
primary_sponsors: ["Rodriguez"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 51
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-10-22"
last_action: "2022-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f81abd6d-bc9a-4bb0-b20a-823af1b2a0c9"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/399/ByCategory"
source_hash: "6829c475197c79e4521de6613f2aff164f386d45167563fcff689114dfd60b48"
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 399 (2022) — Motor Vehicle and Vessel Law Enforcement
Motor Vehicle and Vessel Law Enforcement; Prohibits persons from driving motor vehicle in street takeover, stunt driving, race, speed competition or contest, drag race or acceleration contest, test of physical endurance, or exhibition of speed or acceleration on highway, roadway, or parking lot; provides criminal penalties for unlawful use of certain lights; authorizes court or jury to consider certain evidence in determining commission of offense of false personation.
**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2022-180.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **H 399 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/399/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 399 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/399/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 399 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/399/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 399 c3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/399/BillText/c3/PDF)
5. **H 399 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/399/BillText/er/PDF)
## Votes
- Passage, Third Reading — **1130** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Judiciary Committee) — **160** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee) — **140** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee) — **170** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **390** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Criminal Justice and Public Safety Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Judiciary Committee — primary (organization)
- Rodriguez — primary (person)
- Tourism, Infrastructure and Energy Subcommittee — primary (organization)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-10-22** Filed `filing`
- **2021-11-05** Referred to Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-11-05** Referred to Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-11-05** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-11-05** Now in Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
- **2022-01-11** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2022-02-01** Added to Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee agenda
- **2022-02-03** Favorable with CS by Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
- **2022-02-03** Reported out of Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
- **2022-02-04** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2022-02-04** CS Filed
- **2022-02-04** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- **2022-02-07** Referred to Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07** Now in Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee
- **2022-02-11** Added to Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee agenda
- **2022-02-15** Favorable with CS by Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee
- **2022-02-15** Reported out of Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee
- **2022-02-15** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2022-02-15** CS Filed
- **2022-02-15** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
- **2022-02-16** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-16** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2022-02-21** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- **2022-02-23** Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee
- **2022-02-23** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- **2022-02-24** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2022-02-24** CS Filed
- **2022-02-24** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 3)
- **2022-02-25** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2022-02-25** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2022-02-28** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/3/2022)
- **2022-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-03** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2022-03-03** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2022-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-04** CS passed; YEAS 113, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-04** In Messages
- **2022-03-04** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-04** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2022-03-04** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2022-03-04** Received
- **2022-03-04** Substituted for CS/CS/CS/SB 876
- **2022-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-04** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-04** In Messages
- **2022-03-04** Ordered enrolled
- **2022-06-06** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2022-06-08** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-06-09** Chapter No. 2022-180
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f81abd6d-bc9a-4bb0-b20a-823af1b2a0c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).