republic-os/legislation/us/states/fl/2024/hb-591.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hot Car Death Prevention"
description: "Hot Car Death Prevention; Designates month of April as \"Hot Car Death Prevention Month\"; encourages specified entities to sponsor events to promote public awareness on dangers of leaving child unattended in motor vehicle & provide methods to prevent hot car deaths."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 591"
citation: "Florida HB 591 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["commercial relations"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2024-66"
primary_sponsors: ["Brannan", "Smith"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 44
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-11-20"
last_action: "2024-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/86eeabea-0777-4010-bbed-daa8181eee65"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/591/ByCategory"
source_hash: "b1b27c06f6dc352d092b5272a69a8f0627aa1cb5e44c75345baa47b1aad85916"
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 591 (2024) — Hot Car Death Prevention

Hot Car Death Prevention; Designates month of April as "Hot Car Death Prevention Month"; encourages specified entities to sponsor events to promote public awareness on dangers of leaving child unattended in motor vehicle & provide methods to prevent hot car deaths.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-66.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 591 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/591/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 591 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/591/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 591 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/591/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **118–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brannan — primary (person)
- Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Bankson — cosponsor (person)
- Basabe — cosponsor (person)
- Casello — cosponsor (person)
- Chaney — cosponsor (person)
- Daniels — cosponsor (person)
- Eskamani — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Hunschofsky — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph — cosponsor (person)
- Leek — cosponsor (person)
- Michael — cosponsor (person)
- Salzman — cosponsor (person)
- Trabulsy — cosponsor (person)
- Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Yarkosky — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-11-20** Filed `filing`
- **2023-11-30** Referred to Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-11-30** Referred to Transportation & Modals Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-11-30** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-11-30** Now in Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee
- **2024-01-09** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2024-01-22** Added to Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee agenda
- **2024-01-24** Favorable with CS by Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-24** Reported out of Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee
- **2024-01-24** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2024-01-24** CS Filed `filing`
- **2024-01-25** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2024-01-25** Referred to Transportation & Modals Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-25** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-25** Now in Transportation & Modals Subcommittee
- **2024-01-29** Added to Transportation & Modals Subcommittee agenda
- **2024-01-31** Favorable by Transportation & Modals Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-31** Reported out of Transportation & Modals Subcommittee
- **2024-01-31** Now in Health & Human Services Committee
- **2024-02-06** Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda
- **2024-02-08** Favorable by Health & Human Services Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-08** Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee
- **2024-02-08** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2024-02-08** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-12** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/15/2024)
- **2024-02-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-15** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-15** CS passed; YEAS 118, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-02-15** In Messages
- **2024-02-16** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-20** Received `enrolled`
- **2024-02-21** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2024-02-21** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2024-02-21** Substituted for CS/SB 554
- **2024-02-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-21** CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-02-21** Immediately certified
- **2024-02-21** In Messages
- **2024-02-21** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-27** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-05** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-08** Chapter No. 2024-66

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/86eeabea-0777-4010-bbed-daa8181eee65`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).