republic-os/legislation/us/states/fl/2024/hb-179.md

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Bill	Towing and Storage	Towing and Storage; Revises provisions relating to towing & storing of vehicles & vessels, including establishing maximum rates for certain cleanup & disposal; excluding or failing to designate certain wrecker operators; authorizing fees; revising requirements relating to removal of vehicles or vessels; revising requirements for liens, notices of lien, sale, notices of sale, & types of payment; requiring operator to accept & maintain certain documents, rate sheets, & invoices; revising criminal penalties.	us/states/fl	Florida Legislature	2024	HB 179	Florida HB 179 (2024)	bill	(vetoed) commercial relations	enacted	2024-27	Andrade Bell	5	49	2	2023-10-16	2024-03-22	openstates	ocd-bill/b904c605-957e-4a29-822c-410dcacd5fc9	https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/179/ByCategory	e0be53ebcc11b5e8143baf4cc7e40c2c9129f73acbb67eedc54fe580a6bc2213	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-fl

Florida HB 179 (2024) — Towing and Storage

Towing and Storage; Revises provisions relating to towing & storing of vehicles & vessels, including establishing maximum rates for certain cleanup & disposal; excluding or failing to designate certain wrecker operators; authorizing fees; revising requirements relating to removal of vehicles or vessels; revising requirements for liens, notices of lien, sale, notices of sale, & types of payment; requiring operator to accept & maintain certain documents, rate sheets, & invoices; revising criminal penalties.

Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-27.

Version chain

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

1. H 179 Filed (filed) — source
2. H 179 c1 (committee substitute) — source
3. H 179 c2 (committee substitute) — source
4. H 179 e1 (engrossed) — source
5. H 179 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Passage, Third Reading — 115–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 33–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Andrade — primary (person)
• Bell — primary (person)
• Infrastructure Strategies Committee — primary (organization)
• Transportation & Modals Subcommittee — primary (organization)
• Barnaby — cosponsor (person)
• Caruso — cosponsor (person)
• López, J. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-10-16 Filed filing
• 2023-11-02 Referred to Transportation & Modals Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2023-11-02 Referred to Civil Justice Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2023-11-02 Referred to Infrastructure Strategies Committee referral-committee
• 2023-11-02 Now in Transportation & Modals Subcommittee
• 2024-01-09 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) filing, reading-1
• 2024-01-17 PCS added to Transportation & Modals Subcommittee agenda
• 2024-01-19 Favorable with CS by Transportation & Modals Subcommittee committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-01-24 Reported out of Transportation & Modals Subcommittee
• 2024-01-24 Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) deferral
• 2024-01-24 CS Filed filing
• 2024-01-24 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) reading-1
• 2024-01-25 Referred to Civil Justice Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2024-01-25 Referred to Infrastructure Strategies Committee referral-committee
• 2024-01-25 Now in Civil Justice Subcommittee
• 2024-01-30 Added to Civil Justice Subcommittee agenda
• 2024-02-01 Favorable by Civil Justice Subcommittee committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-01 Reported out of Civil Justice Subcommittee
• 2024-02-01 Now in Infrastructure Strategies Committee
• 2024-02-13 Added to Infrastructure Strategies Committee agenda
• 2024-02-15 Favorable with CS by Infrastructure Strategies Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-19 Reported out of Infrastructure Strategies Committee
• 2024-02-19 Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) deferral
• 2024-02-19 CS Filed filing
• 2024-02-19 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) reading-1
• 2024-02-21 Bill referred to House Calendar
• 2024-02-21 Added to Second Reading Calendar
• 2024-02-22 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/27/2024)
• 2024-02-27 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2024-02-27 Amendment 203501 adopted
• 2024-02-27 Amendment 203501 adopted
• 2024-02-27 Placed on 3rd reading reading-3
• 2024-02-27 Added to Third Reading Calendar
• 2024-02-28 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2024-02-28 CS passed as amended; YEAS 115, NAYS 0 passage
• 2024-02-28 In Messages
• 2024-02-28 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2024-02-28 Received enrolled
• 2024-03-01 Withdrawn from Rules withdrawal
• 2024-03-01 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• 2024-03-01 Substituted for CS/CS/SB 774
• 2024-03-01 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2024-03-01 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2024-03-01 CS passed; YEAS 33 NAYS 0 passage
• 2024-03-01 In Messages
• 2024-03-01 Ordered enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-21 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-03-22 Approved by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-03-22 Chapter No. 2024-27

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b904c605-957e-4a29-822c-410dcacd5fc9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).