republic-os/legislation/us/states/fl/2022/hb-915.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Commercial Motor Vehicle Registration"
description: "Commercial Motor Vehicle Registration; Provides for future expiration of provision relating to vehicles with apportioned registrations; provides license plate & cab card requirements for vehicles registered in accordance with International Registration Plan; specifies fee for original or renewal cab card & trust fund where fee is deposited; provides for replacement at no charge of damaged or worn license plates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 915"
citation: "Florida HB 915 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["motor vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2022-128"
primary_sponsors: ["Melo"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 46
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-12-15"
last_action: "2022-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ccf95637-ea41-4bbd-86a6-7195ec4d4f90"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/915/ByCategory"
source_hash: "007da655528e8fab82ee28b663a0af111b4ed6dffe93d033c39d023af93a1dbe"
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 915 (2022) — Commercial Motor Vehicle Registration

Commercial Motor Vehicle Registration; Provides for future expiration of provision relating to vehicles with apportioned registrations; provides license plate & cab card requirements for vehicles registered in accordance with International Registration Plan; specifies fee for original or renewal cab card & trust fund where fee is deposited; provides for replacement at no charge of damaged or worn license plates.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2022-128.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **H 915 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/915/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 915 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/915/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 915 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/915/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 915 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/915/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Commerce Committee) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee) — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee) — **14–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Commerce Committee — primary (organization)
- Melo — primary (person)
- Tourism, Infrastructure and Energy Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Bell — cosponsor (person)
- Smith, D. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-12-15** Filed `filing`
- **2022-01-03** Referred to Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-03** Referred to Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-03** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-03** Now in Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee
- **2022-01-11** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2022-02-01** PCS added to Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee agenda
- **2022-02-03** Favorable with CS by Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee
- **2022-02-03** Reported out of Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy 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 Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07** Now in Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2022-02-14** Added to Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee agenda
- **2022-02-16** Favorable by Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-16** Reported out of Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2022-02-16** Now in Commerce Committee
- **2022-02-21** Added to Commerce Committee agenda
- **2022-02-23** Favorable with CS by Commerce Committee
- **2022-02-24** Reported out of Commerce Committee
- **2022-02-24** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2022-02-24** CS Filed
- **2022-02-24** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2022-02-24** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/1/2022)
- **2022-02-24** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
- **2022-03-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-01** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2022-03-01** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2022-03-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-02** CS passed; YEAS 115, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-02** In Messages
- **2022-03-02** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02** Received
- **2022-03-04** Withdrawn from Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2022-03-04** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2022-03-04** Substituted for SB 1582
- **2022-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-04** CS passed; YEAS 33 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-04** In Messages
- **2022-03-04** Ordered enrolled
- **2022-05-18** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2022-05-18** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-19** Chapter No. 2022-128

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ccf95637-ea41-4bbd-86a6-7195ec4d4f90`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).