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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to liability on optional motor vehicle 2
equipment; creating s. 768.0429, F.S.; defining the 3
term "motor vehicle"; providing that there is no 4
obligation or duty to retrofit a motor vehicle with 5
component parts or equipment in certain circumstances; 6
providing that certain evidence is inadmissible in 7
civil litigation; providing applicability; providing 8
an effective date. 9
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 11
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Section 1. Section 768.0429, Florida Statutes, is created 13
to read: 14
768.0429 Duty of care and admissibility of evidence in 15
certain motor vehicle accidents. — 16
(1) For purposes of this section, the term "motor vehi cle" 17
means a self-propelled vehicle not operated upon rails or 18
guideway, but not including any bicycle, electric bicycle, 19
motorized scooter, electric personal assistive mobility device, 20
mobile carrier, personal delivery device, swamp buggy, or moped. 21
(2) In any civil action where a motor vehicle is involved 22
in an accident, there is no obligation or duty of care for an 23
owner, lessor, or operator of the motor vehicle, or for a person 24
renting the motor vehicle to another person, to retrofit the 25
HB 1057 2024
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vehicle with component parts or optional equipment, or to have 26
selected component parts or optional equipment to be included on 27
the vehicle, if such parts or equipment were not required by the 28
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards under 49 C.F.R. part 571 29
applicable when the vehicle was manufactured or sold. Evidence 30
related to such an alleged obligation or duty is inadmissible. 31
(3) This section does not apply if the owner, lessor, or 32
operator of the motor vehicle, or the person renting the motor 33
vehicle to another p erson, fails to comply with a law or 34
regulation issued after the vehicle was manufactured or sold 35
requiring a mandatory recall or retrofit of the vehicle. 36
Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024. 37