Florida 2023 Regular Session Status: Passed House 3 R cosponsors

HB 973 — Rescission or Cancellation of a Motor Vehicle Sale

Last action — Died in Fiscal Policy

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2023 Regular Session. It reached “Passed House” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

Rescission or Cancellation of a Motor Vehicle Sale; Requires motor vehicle dealer be reimbursed for tax collected or charged by dealer for motor vehicle sale or for application for certificate of title; authorizes representative of dealer, purchaser, & any person claiming lien on motor vehicle, by written concurrence signed by all parties, to rescind or cancel sale before application for title is submitted; requires DHSMV to rescind, cancel, or revoke title after execution of affidavit; prohibits dealer from offering for retail sale motor vehicle for which sale has been rescinded until receipt of title from DHSMV.

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Died in Fiscal Policy

  2. Received

  3. Referred to Fiscal Policy

  4. In Messages

  5. CS passed; YEAS 113, NAYS 0

  6. Read 3rd time

  7. Added to Third Reading Calendar

  8. Placed on 3rd reading

  9. Read 2nd time

  10. Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/25/2023)

  11. Added to Second Reading Calendar

  12. Bill referred to House Calendar

  13. 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 3)

  14. CS Filed

  15. Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)

  16. Reported out of Ways & Means Committee

  17. Favorable with CS by Ways & Means Committee

  18. Added to Ways & Means Committee agenda

  19. Now in Ways & Means Committee

  20. Referred to Ways & Means Committee

  21. Original reference removed: Judiciary Committee

  22. 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)

  23. CS Filed

  24. Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)

  25. Reported out of Transportation & Modals Subcommittee

  26. Favorable with CS by Transportation & Modals Subcommittee

  27. Added to Transportation & Modals Subcommittee agenda

  28. Now in Transportation & Modals Subcommittee

  29. Referred to Judiciary Committee

  30. Referred to Transportation & Modals Subcommittee

  31. 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)

  32. CS Filed

  33. Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)

  34. Reported out of Civil Justice Subcommittee

  35. Favorable with CS by Civil Justice Subcommittee

  36. PCS added to Civil Justice Subcommittee agenda

  37. 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)

  38. Now in Civil Justice Subcommittee

  39. Referred to Judiciary Committee

  40. Referred to Transportation & Modals Subcommittee

  41. Referred to Civil Justice Subcommittee

  42. Filed

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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4 sponsors · 2 co-sponsors · 158 not signed on · 1 voted No

Sponsors (4)

  • Botana, Adam Republican
  • Civil Justice Subcommittee
  • Transportation & Modals Subcommittee
  • Ways & Means Committee

Co-sponsors (2)

Not signed on (158)

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Votes

Passage, Third Reading

Passed 113 Yea · 0 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 25002
Republican 62002
Democrat 26002
Total 113006
% of votes cast 95%0%0%5%
How each member voted (119)
Member Party Vote
Rudman — Yea
Hawkins — Yea
Silvers — Yea
Altman — Yea
Payne — Yea
Amesty — Yea
Fernandez-Barquin — Yea
Rayner-Goolsby — Yea
Renner — Yea
Roach — Yea
Bell — Yea
Grant — Yea
Rommel — Yea
Beltran — Yea
Roth — Yea
Benjamin — Yea
Killebrew — Yea
Stevenson — Yea
Temple — Yea
Casello — Yea
Tomkow — Yea
Clemons — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Williams — Yea
Fine — Not Voting
Caruso — Not Voting
Lopez, V. — Yea
Antone, Bruce Hadley Democrat Yea
Arrington, Kristen Aston Democrat Yea
Bartleman, Robin Democrat Yea
Bracy Davis, LaVon Democrat Yea
Campbell, Daryl Democrat Not Voting
Chambliss, Kevin D. Democrat Yea
Cross, Lindsay Democrat Yea
Daley, Dan Democrat Yea
Daniels, Kimberly Democrat Not Voting
Driskell, Fentrice Democrat Yea
Dunkley, Lisa Democrat Yea
Edmonds, Jervonte "Tae" Democrat Yea
Eskamani, Dr. Anna V. Democrat Yea
Franklin II, Gallop Democrat Yea
Gantt, Ashley Viola Democrat Yea
Gottlieb, Michael "Mike" Democrat Yea
Gregory, Emily Democrat Yea
Harris, Jennifer "Rita" Democrat Yea
Hart-Lowman, Dianne "Ms Dee" Democrat Yea
Hinson, Yvonne Hayes Democrat Yea
Hunschofsky, Christine Democrat Yea
Joseph, Dotie Democrat Yea
López, Johanna Democrat Yea
Nixon, Angela "Angie" Democrat Yea
Robinson, Felicia Simone Democrat Yea
Skidmore, Kelly Democrat Yea
Tant, Allison Democrat Yea
Woodson, Marie Paule Democrat Yea
Abbott, Shane G. Republican Yea
Alvarez, Daniel Antonio "Danny" Republican Yea
Anderson, Adam Republican Yea
Andrade, Robert Alexander "Alex" Republican Yea
Baker, Jessica Republican Yea
Bankson, Douglas Michael "Doug" Republican Yea
Barnaby, Webster Republican Yea
Basabe, Fabián Republican Yea
Berfield, Kimberly Republican Yea
Black, Dean Republican Yea
Borrero, David Republican Yea
Botana, Adam Republican Yea
Brackett, Robert A. "Robbie" Republican Yea
Brannan III, Robert Charles "Chuck" Republican Yea
Buchanan, James Republican Yea
Busatta, Demi Republican Yea
Canady, Jennifer Republican Yea
Cassel, Hillary Republican Yea
Chaney, Linda Republican Yea
Duggan, Wyman Republican Yea
Esposito, Tiffany Republican Yea
Fabricio, Tom Republican Yea
Garcia, Ileana Republican Yea
Garrison, Sam Republican Yea
Giallombardo, Mike Republican Yea
Gonzalez Pittman, Karen Republican Yea
Gossett-Seidman, Peggy Republican Yea
Griffitts Jr., Philip Wayne "Griff" Republican Yea
Holcomb, Jeff Republican Yea
Jacques, Berny Republican Yea
Koster, Traci Republican Yea
LaMarca, Chip Republican Yea
Leek, Thomas J. "Tom" Republican Yea
Maggard, Randall Scott "Randy" Republican Yea
Maney, Patt Republican Yea
Massullo, Ralph E., Jr. Republican Yea
McClain, Stan Republican Yea
McClure, Lawrence Republican Yea
McFarland, Fiona Republican Not Voting
Melo, Lauren Republican Yea
Michael, Kiyan Republican Yea
Mooney Jr., James Vernon "Jim" Republican Yea
Overdorf, Tobin Rogers "Toby" Republican Yea
Perez, Daniel Republican Yea
Persons-Mulicka, Jenna Republican Yea
Plakon, Rachel Saunders Republican Yea
Plasencia, Susan Republican Yea
Porras, Juan Carlos Republican Yea
Rizo, Alex Republican Yea
Robinson Jr., William Cloud "Will" Republican Yea
Salzman, Michelle Republican Yea
Shoaf, Jason Republican Yea
Sirois, Tyler I. Republican Yea
Smith, David Republican Yea
Snyder, John Republican Yea
Stark, Paula A. Republican Not Voting
Steele, Kevin M. Republican Yea
Trabulsy, Dana Republican Yea
Tramont, Chase Republican Yea
Truenow, Keith L. Republican Yea
Tuck, Kaylee Republican Yea
Valdés, Susan L. Republican Yea
Yarkosky, Taylor Michael Republican Yea
Yeager, Bradford Troy "Brad" Republican Yea

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Favorable With Committee Substitute (Ways & Means Committee)

Passed 20 Yea · 0 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 9003
Democrat 6000
Unaffiliated 5001
Total 20004
% of votes cast 83%0%0%17%
How each member voted (24)
Member Party Vote
Caruso — Yea
Casello — Not Voting
Fernandez-Barquin — Yea
Killebrew — Yea
Roach — Yea
Roth — Yea
Campbell, Daryl Democrat Yea
Daley, Dan Democrat Yea
Eskamani, Dr. Anna V. Democrat Yea
Hart-Lowman, Dianne "Ms Dee" Democrat Yea
Rayner, Michele K. Democrat Yea
Tant, Allison Democrat Yea
Bankson, Douglas Michael "Doug" Republican Yea
Barnaby, Webster Republican Yea
Berfield, Kimberly Republican Yea
Buchanan, James Republican Yea
Duggan, Wyman Republican Not Voting
Fabricio, Tom Republican Not Voting
LaMarca, Chip Republican Yea
McClain, Stan Republican Yea
Robinson Jr., William Cloud "Will" Republican Yea
Sirois, Tyler I. Republican Not Voting
Smith, David Republican Yea
Valdés, Susan L. Republican Yea

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Favorable With Committee Substitute (Transportation & Modals Subcommittee)

Passed 15 Yea · 1 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 11000
Democrat 3101
Unaffiliated 1000
Total 15101
% of votes cast 88%6%0%6%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Lopez, V. — Yea
Edmonds, Jervonte "Tae" Democrat Not Voting
Eskamani, Dr. Anna V. Democrat Yea
Harris, Jennifer "Rita" Democrat Yea
Hinson, Yvonne Hayes Democrat Nay
Nixon, Angela "Angie" Democrat Yea
Andrade, Robert Alexander "Alex" Republican Yea
Bankson, Douglas Michael "Doug" Republican Yea
Basabe, Fabián Republican Yea
Esposito, Tiffany Republican Yea
Fabricio, Tom Republican Yea
McFarland, Fiona Republican Yea
Melo, Lauren Republican Yea
Michael, Kiyan Republican Yea
Porras, Juan Carlos Republican Yea
Smith, David Republican Yea
Stark, Paula A. Republican Yea

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Favorable (Civil Justice Subcommittee)

Passed 16 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 5000
Unaffiliated 2000
Republican 9002
Total 16002
% of votes cast 89%0%0%11%
How each member voted (18)
Member Party Vote
Beltran — Yea
Roth — Yea
Arrington, Kristen Aston Democrat Yea
Campbell, Daryl Democrat Yea
Daniels, Kimberly Democrat Yea
Gantt, Ashley Viola Democrat Yea
López, Johanna Democrat Yea
Black, Dean Republican Yea
Maggard, Randall Scott "Randy" Republican Yea
Maney, Patt Republican Yea
McFarland, Fiona Republican Not Voting
Michael, Kiyan Republican Yea
Overdorf, Tobin Rogers "Toby" Republican Yea
Rizo, Alex Republican Yea
Robinson Jr., William Cloud "Will" Republican Yea
Sirois, Tyler I. Republican Not Voting
Smith, David Republican Yea
Snyder, John Republican Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 973 do?
Rescission or Cancellation of a Motor Vehicle Sale; Requires motor vehicle dealer be reimbursed for tax collected or charged by dealer for motor vehicle sale or for application for certificate of title; authorizes representative of dealer, purchaser, & any person claiming lien on motor vehicle, by written concurrence signed by all parties, to rescind or cancel sale before application for title is submitted; requires DHSMV to rescind, cancel, or revoke title after execution of affidavit; prohibits dealer from offering for retail sale motor vehicle for which sale has been rescinded until receipt of title from DHSMV.
Who sponsors HB 973?
HB 973 is sponsored by Mooney Jr., James Vernon "Jim" (Republican), Basabe, Fabián (Republican), Botana, Adam (Republican), Civil Justice Subcommittee, Transportation & Modals Subcommittee, and Ways & Means Committee.
What is the current status of HB 973?
This bill died with 2023 Regular Session. It reached “Passed House” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track HB 973?
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