Repair of Motorized Wheelchairs

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Creating the “Motorized Wheelchair Right to Repair Act”; requiring an original equipment manufacturer to make available any documentation, parts, and tools required for the diagnosis, maintenance, or repair of a motorized wheelchair and parts for the motorized wheelchair; providing that violation of the act is an unlawful practice under the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act; providing that an original equipment manufacturer is not required to divulge trade secrets, etc.

Every action

8 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

1. Jan 30, 2025SenateFiled
2. Feb 10, 2025CommitteeReferred to Commerce and Tourism; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Fiscal Policy · Senate Commerce and Tourism
3. Feb 24, 2025CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Commerce and Tourism, 03/03/25, 1:00 pm, 110 Senate Building · Senate Commerce and Tourism
4. Mar 3, 2025CommitteeFavorable by Commerce and Tourism; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 · Senate Commerce and Tourism8–0 vote
5. Mar 4, 2025CommitteeNow in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government · Senate Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
6. Mar 4, 2025SenateIntroduced
7. May 3, 2025SenateIndefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
8. Jun 16, 2025CommitteeDied in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government · Senate Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government

Roll calls

1 recorded vote: 0 on the floor, 1 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

Committee votes

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 3 cosponsors: 3 Democrats.

• Carlos Guillermo SmithD Primary sponsor · District 17