HB 479 Florida House · 2025 Regular Session

Leaving the Scene of a Crash Involving Only Damage to Vehicle or Property

Summary
Leaving the Scene of a Crash Involving Only Damage to Vehicle or Property; Authorizes court to order driver convicted of leaving scene of crash to make restitution for specified damage.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
Apr 2025
Introduced Feb 7, 2025 Signed Apr 29, 2025
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What changed between versions

H 479 c1 H 479 er · 3 edits
MINOR
This bill transitioned from a committee version (c1) to an enrolled version (er), indicating it has been approved by both legislative chambers and signed into law. The substantive policy content regarding leaving the scene of a crash involving only property damage remains unchanged, with only formatting and metadata updates reflecting its final status.
TECHNICAL

Header changed from 'CS/HB 479' to 'ENROLLED CS/HB 479' to reflect final legislative approval

Footer identifier changed from 'hb479-01-c1' to 'hb479-01-er' to indicate enrolled status

Added '2025 Legislature' designation to header to specify legislative session

Floor votes · Senate Apr 16, 2025 · House Apr 3, 2025

How they voted

360
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 38
Apr 16, 2025
D Democratic10
9 Yea 1
90% Yea
I Independent1
1 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican27
26 Yea 1
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
39
Key actions
11
Committee
12
Apr 29, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor
legislature
Apr 16, 2025
Upper · Passed
CS passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0
upper
Apr 7, 2025
Committee
Referred to Rules
upper
Apr 3, 2025
Lower · Passed
CS passed; YEAS 107, NAYS 0
lower
Mar 13, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Judiciary Committee
lower
Mar 13, 2025
Lower · Passed
Favorable by Judiciary Committee
lower
Mar 11, 2025
Lower · Passed
Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
lower
Mar 10, 2025
Lower · Passed
Now in Judiciary Committee
lower
Mar 10, 2025
Committee
Referred to Judiciary Committee
lower
Mar 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee
lower
Mar 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
Favorable with CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee
lower
Mar 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
Added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda
lower
Feb 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
lower
Feb 19, 2025
Committee
Referred to Judiciary Committee
lower
Feb 19, 2025
Committee
Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Dan Daley
Dan Daley
DDemocratic
FL
96