Florida legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Florida H1199: Transportation
Status: Failed, March 13, 2026
Transfers Division of FHP & Office of Commercial Vehicle Enforcement from DHSMV to FDLE; requires executive director of DHSMV to be appointed by Governor & subject to confirmation by Senate.
What the bill says
An act relating to transportation; providing for a type one transfer of the duties and functions of the Division of the Florida Highway Patrol and the Office of Commercial Vehicle Enforcement from the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to the Department of Law Enforcement; amending s. 20.24, F.S.; requiring the executive director of the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to be appointed by the Governor and subject to confirmation by the Senate; amending s. 23.1231, F.S.…
From the introduced text, January 8, 2026:
A bill to be entitled An act relating to transportation; providing for a type one transfer of the duties and functions of the Division of the Florida Highway Patrol and the Office of Commercial Vehicle Enforcement from the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to the Department of Law Enforcement; amending s. 20.24, F.S.; requiring the executive director of the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to be appointed by the Governor and subject to confirmation by the Senate; amending s. 23.1231, F.S.; requiring the executive director of the Department of Law Enforcement to act as the liaison with the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles rather than the Division of the Florida Highway Patrol; amending s. 282.709, F.S.; requiring the Joint Task Force on State Agency Law Enforcement Communications to include a representative of the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles rather than the Division of Florida Highway Patrol; creating s. 321.011, F.S.; defining the term "department"; amending ss. 20.201, 110.205, 120.80, 316.003, 316.640, 321.02, 321.03, 321.04, 321.05, 321.051, 321.245, 321.25, 338.239, and 713.78, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; providing an effective date. words underlined are additions. hb1199-00 FLORIDAHOUSEOFREPRESENTATIVES HB 1199 2026 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. All powers, duties, functions, rules, records, …
Sponsors
- Daley, Dan (D, HD-096) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Died in Government Operations Subcommittee
- : Now in Government Operations Subcommittee
- : Referred to State Affairs Committee
- : Referred to Budget Committee
- : Referred to Judiciary Committee
- : Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee
- : 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- : Filed
Common questions
- What is H1199?
- H1199 is a bill in the Florida Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Transportation.
- What does H1199 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to transportation; providing for a type one transfer of the duties and functions of the Division of the Florida Highway Patrol and the Office of Commercial Vehicle Enforcement from the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to the Department of Law Enforcement; amending s. 20.24, F.S.; requiring the executive director of the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to be appointed by the Governor and subject to confirmation by the Senate; amending s. 23.1231, F.S.…
- What is the status of H1199?
- Failed as of March 13, 2026. Latest action: Died in Government Operations Subcommittee (March 13, 2026).
- Who sponsored H1199?
- Daley, Dan (D, HD-096).
- Where is the official record for H1199?
- On the Florida Legislature website: https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1199
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