Florida Senate Bill 1562

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Failed on March 13 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-03-13 - Died in Rules
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Authorizing licensees to reject the succession to interest in a franchise agreement of a motor vehicle dealer under certain circumstances; prohibiting a licensee from distributing more than a specified percentage of a specified number of motor vehicles of a particular line-make during a certain period to one motor vehicle dealer or dealers that share common ownership or control; authorizing a licensee to reject a sale, transfer, alienation, or other disposition of a franchise agreement or an equity interest in a motor vehicle dealer under certain circumstances, etc.

Motor Vehicle Manufacturers, Importers, and Distributors and Franchised Motor Vehicle Dealers

Senate Commerce and Tourism Committee

Sen. Jay Trumbull [R]

2026-02-11 - Senate - Senate Commerce and Tourism (Y: 9 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-02-10 - Senate - Senate Transportation (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-03-13	Senate	Died in Rules
2026-02-18	Senate	CS by Commerce and Tourism read 1st time
2026-02-12	Senate	Now in Rules
2026-02-11	Senate	Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
2026-02-11	Senate	CS by Commerce and Tourism; YEAS 9 NAYS 1
2026-02-10	Senate	On Committee agenda-- Commerce and Tourism, 02/11/26, 9:00 am, 110 Senate Building
2026-02-10	Senate	Now in Commerce and Tourism
2026-02-10	Senate	Favorable by Transportation; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
2026-02-05	Senate	On Committee agenda-- Transportation, 02/10/26, 12:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
2026-01-22	Senate	Introduced
2026-01-16	Senate	Referred to Transportation; Commerce and Tourism; Rules
2026-01-09	Senate	Filed

H989 (Similar To) 2026-03-13 - Died in Rules
S488 (Similar To) 2026-04-22 - Chapter No. 2026-39

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
320	64		Amended Code	See Bill Text
320	643		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1562
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1562/BillText/Filed/HTML
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1562/BillText/c1/HTML
Amendment	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1562/Amendment/287160/HTML
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1562/Analyses/2026s01562.pre.tr.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1562/Analyses/2026s01562.pre.cm.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1562/Analyses/2026s01562.tr.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1562/Analyses/2026s01562.cm.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1562/Vote/2026-02-10%201200PM~S01562%20Vote%20Record.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1562/Vote/2026-02-11%200900AM~S01562%20Vote%20Record.PDF