Bill > S0900

Introduced Session

An act relating to boating safety; amending s. 322.051, F.S.; revising the conditions upon which the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles must include a certain symbol on identification cards; requiring the department to issue original, renewal, or replacement identification cards that include a certain symbol in certain circumstances; requiring that replacement identification cards be issued without charging a specified fee under certain circumstances; amending s. 322.08, F.S.; requiring that applications for original, renewal, or replacement driver licenses or identification cards indicate whether the applicant has obtained a Florida boating safety identification card and, if so, that a copy of such card be submitted with the application; authorizing the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to provide the department with certain information relating to the applicant; amending s. 322.14, F.S.; revising the conditions upon which the department must include a certain symbol on driver licenses; requiring the department to issue original, renewal, or replacement driver licenses with a certain symbol to applicants if certain conditions are met; requiring the department to include the symbol on such licenses with no additional fee for the designation; requiring the department to issue certain replacement driver licenses without charging a specified fee; amending s. 327.30, F.S.; revising the penalties for persons operating a vessel involved in an accident resulting in property damage or death of another person who leave the scene of the accident under certain circumstances; providing a mandatory minimum sentence for a person who willfully commits such violation resulting in the death of another while boating under the influence (BUI); amending s. 327.33, F.S.; defining the term “serious bodily injury”; providing increased criminal penalties for violations of navigation rules under certain circumstances; amending s. 327.35, F.S.; making technical changes; requiring courts to order the mandatory placement of ignition interlock devices upon certain vehicles and vessels leased or owned and routinely operated by certain persons under certain circumstances; requiring that such devices be installed at the convicted person’s sole expense for specified time periods for varying offenses; providing a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment for a person convicted of BUI manslaughter; revising substance abuse education, evaluation, and treatment requirements for certain persons; requiring an agency conducting a substance abuse course to notify the court and department of an offender’s failure to report to or complete such treatment or education and evaluation; providing requirements for the department upon the receipt of such notice; authorizing the department to temporarily reinstate the driving privilege under certain circumstances; requiring waivers before organizations conducting substance abuse education and evaluation begin providing such treatment; providing authorization and documentation requirements for such waivers; requiring such organizations to submit specified quarterly reports to the department; authorizing the court to order a defendant to pay a fine under certain circumstances; providing restrictions for the total period of probation and incarceration; requiring a person convicted of certain BUI violations to maintain an insurance policy that meets certain requirements; providing criminal penalties for failure to maintain such insurance policy; making technical changes; amending s. 327.352, F.S.; revising penalties for a person operating a vessel who fails to submit to a lawful test of his or her breath or urine; amending s. 327.395, F.S.; requiring that all persons, rather than only persons born on or after a specified date, have specified identification in their possession while operating a vessel; revising the required components of the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s developed or approved boating safety education course and temporary certificate examination; amending s. 327.731, F.S.; revising the mandatory education requirements for a person convicted of certain violations; requiring the commission to adopt rules; making technical changes; amending s. 119.0712, F.S.; conforming a cross reference; amending s. 921.0022, F.S.; ranking offenses on the offense severity ranking chart of the Criminal Punishment Code; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; reenacting s. 327.54(4), F.S., relating to liveries, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 327.395, F.S., in references thereto; providing effective dates.

AI Summary

Ileana Garcia (R)*, 

Senate Criminal Justice Hearing (15:30:00 1/20/2026 37 Senate Building) (on 01/20/2026)

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