republic-os/legislation/us/states/fl/2023/hb-637.md

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Bill	Motor Vehicle Dealers, Manufacturers, Importers, and Distributors	Motor Vehicle Dealers, Manufacturers, Importers, and Distributors; Provides leglislative intent; prohibits applicant or licensee from certain actions in allocation or distribution of motor vehicles to franchised motor vehicle dealers; authorizes sale or activation of features or improvements through remote electronic transmission; provides revenue-sharing requirements; revises provisions prohibiting owning, operating, or controlling motor vehicle dealership; requires DHSMV to conduct inquiry of licensee alleged to have violated certain provisions; requires DHSMV to take certain actions against licensee determined to have violated such provisions.	us/states/fl	Florida Legislature	2023	HB 637	Florida HB 637 (2023)	bill	(adopted) commercial relations	enacted	2023-233	Shoaf	4	45	5	2023-02-07	2023-06-16	openstates	ocd-bill/3f695c38-4374-47dd-a324-168144a679f7	https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/637/ByCategory	b8d74afb804ecab2b49186e6711e5a706692e9b6241bd58776398edb355312e3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-fl

Florida HB 637 (2023) — Motor Vehicle Dealers, Manufacturers, Importers, and Distributors

Motor Vehicle Dealers, Manufacturers, Importers, and Distributors; Provides leglislative intent; prohibits applicant or licensee from certain actions in allocation or distribution of motor vehicles to franchised motor vehicle dealers; authorizes sale or activation of features or improvements through remote electronic transmission; provides revenue-sharing requirements; revises provisions prohibiting owning, operating, or controlling motor vehicle dealership; requires DHSMV to conduct inquiry of licensee alleged to have violated certain provisions; requires DHSMV to take certain actions against licensee determined to have violated such provisions.

Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-233.

Version chain

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

1. H 637 Filed (filed) — source
2. H 637 c1 (committee substitute) — source
3. H 637 c2 (committee substitute) — source
4. H 637 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Favorable With Committee Substitute (Civil Justice Subcommittee) — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Favorable With Committee Substitute (Commerce Committee) — 16–1 (pass) · lower
• Favorable (Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee) — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage, Third Reading — 113–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Civil Justice Subcommittee — primary (organization)
• Commerce Committee — primary (organization)
• Shoaf — primary (person)
• Bell — cosponsor (person)
• Maney — cosponsor (person)
• Massullo — cosponsor (person)
• Yeager — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-07 Filed filing
• 2023-02-14 Referred to Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2023-02-14 Referred to Civil Justice Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2023-02-14 Referred to Commerce Committee referral-committee
• 2023-02-14 Now in Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee
• 2023-02-16 Added to Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee agenda
• 2023-02-23 Favorable by Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-02-23 Reported out of Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee
• 2023-02-23 Now in Civil Justice Subcommittee
• 2023-03-07 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) filing, reading-1
• 2023-03-23 Added to Civil Justice Subcommittee agenda
• 2023-03-27 Favorable with CS by Civil Justice Subcommittee committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-28 Reported out of Civil Justice Subcommittee
• 2023-03-28 Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) deferral
• 2023-03-28 CS Filed filing
• 2023-03-28 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) reading-1
• 2023-03-29 Referred to Commerce Committee referral-committee
• 2023-03-29 Now in Commerce Committee
• 2023-04-13 Added to Commerce Committee agenda
• 2023-04-18 Favorable with CS by Commerce Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-04-20 Reported out of Commerce Committee
• 2023-04-20 Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) deferral
• 2023-04-20 CS Filed filing
• 2023-04-20 Bill referred to House Calendar
• 2023-04-20 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/25/2023)
• 2023-04-20 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) reading-1
• 2023-04-25 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2023-04-25 Placed on 3rd reading reading-3
• 2023-04-25 Added to Third Reading Calendar
• 2023-04-26 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2023-04-26 CS passed; YEAS 113, NAYS 2 passage
• 2023-04-26 In Messages
• 2023-04-26 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2023-04-26 Received enrolled
• 2023-05-02 Withdrawn from Rules withdrawal
• 2023-05-02 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• 2023-05-02 Substituted for CS/CS/CS/SB 712
• 2023-05-02 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2023-05-02 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2023-05-02 CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 passage
• 2023-05-02 In Messages
• 2023-05-02 Ordered enrolled enrolled
• 2023-06-09 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor executive-receipt
• 2023-06-13 Approved by Governor executive-signature
• 2023-06-16 Chapter No. 2023-233

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3f695c38-4374-47dd-a324-168144a679f7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).