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Florida · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 1820: Motor Vehicle Manufacturers and Franchised Motor Vehicle Dealers

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 1820 is a bill introduced in the Florida Senate on February 28, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Motor Vehicle Manufacturers and Franchised Motor Vehicle Dealers. Primary sponsor: Tom Leek (Republican), Transportation. Most recent recorded action (April 24, 2025): Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 429 (Ch. 2025-38).

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Motor Vehicle Manufacturers and Franchised Motor Vehicle Dealers; Prohibiting an applicant or a licensee, or a common entity thereof, from establishing, implementing, or enforcing certain criteria for measuring the sales or service performance of its franchised motor vehicle dealers unless certain conditions are met; revising the circumstances in which a discontinuation, cancellation, nonrenewal, modification, or replacement of a franchise agreement is deemed unfair, etc.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Tom LeekPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate7
TransportationPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 429 (Ch. 2025-38)
  2. Substituted CS/CS/HB 429
  3. Read 2nd time
  4. Retained on Special Order Calendar
  5. Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/23/25
  6. Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
  7. Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 23 NAYS 0
  8. On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/16/25, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
  9. Now in Rules
  10. Favorable by Commerce and Tourism; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
  11. On Committee agenda-- Commerce and Tourism, 03/31/25, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
  12. CS by Transportation read 1st time

Showing 12 most recent of 19 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source