Bill > S1220

Introduced Session

An act relating to transportation; amending s. 20.23, F.S.; revising the membership composition of the Florida Transportation Research Institute; amending s. 260.0142, F.S.; requiring the Florida Greenways and Trails Council to meet within a certain timeframe for a certain purpose; amending s. 311.14, F.S.; providing requirements for an infrastructure development and improvement component included in a port’s strategic plan; defining the term “critical infrastructure resources”; creating s. 311.26, F.S.; requiring the Department of Transportation to coordinate with the Department of Commerce, specified ports, and the Federal Government for a certain purpose; requiring ports to support certain projects; requiring that such projects be evaluated in a certain manner; amending s. 316.003, F.S.; revising the definition of the term “personal delivery device”; amending s. 316.008, F.S.; authorizing the operation of a personal delivery device on certain sidewalks, crosswalks, bicycle lanes, and bicycle paths and on the shoulders of certain streets, roadways, and highways; revising construction; prohibiting the operation of a personal delivery device or mobile carrier within certain areas and facilities; prohibiting counties and municipalities from enacting, imposing, levying, collecting, or enforcing certain operating fees and advertising regulations; amending s. 316.126, F.S.; revising the visible signals given by an approaching emergency vehicle upon which a driver must yield the right-of-way; providing that the use of cruise lights is not such a visible signal; defining the term “cruise lights”; revising the means by which an emergency vehicle may signal that such vehicle is en route to an emergency; amending s. 316.2071, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; prohibiting a personal delivery device from operating as otherwise authorized unless the personal delivery device meets certain criteria and a human operator is capable of controlling and monitoring its navigation and operation; prohibiting a personal delivery device from operating on a limited access facility; prohibiting a personal delivery device or mobile carrier from operating within certain facilities and areas; authorizing rulemaking; amending s. 318.14, F.S.; revising a limitation on the number of times a person may elect to attend a basic driver improvement course under certain circumstances; amending s. 320.06, F.S.; authorizing certain rental trucks to elect a permanent registration period; repealing s. 322.032, F.S., relating to digital proof of driver license or identification card; amending ss. 322.059 and 322.15, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; repealing s. 324.252, F.S., relating to electronic insurance verification; amending s. 330.41, F.S.; prohibiting a political subdivision from withholding issuance of a business tax receipt, development permit, or other land use approval to certain drone delivery services and from enacting or enforcing ordinances or resolutions that prohibit drone delivery service operation; revising construction; defining the term “major theme park or entertainment complex”; prohibiting a drone delivery service from operating over or delivering to a major theme park or entertainment complex without certain approval; providing that the addition of a drone delivery service within a certain parking area does not reduce the number of parking spaces in the parking area for a certain purpose; amending s. 332.001, F.S.; revising duties of the Department of Transportation relating to airport systems in this state; amending s. 332.006, F.S.; requiring the department to coordinate with commercial service airports to review and evaluate certain federal policies and programs; amending s. 332.0075, F.S.; requiring commercial service airports to develop a plan for obtaining and maintaining critical infrastructure resources; providing requirements for such plans; defining the term “critical infrastructure resources”; amending s. 334.03, F.S.; defining the term “advanced air mobility corridor connection point”; revising the definition of the term “transportation corridor”; amending s. 334.044, F.S.; authorizing the department to purchase, lease, or otherwise acquire property and materials for the promotion of transportation-related economic development opportunities and advanced air mobility; deleting the authority of the department to purchase, lease, or otherwise acquire property and materials for the promotion of electric vehicle use and charging stations; authorizing the department to operate and maintain certain research facilities, enter into certain contracts and agreements, require local governments to submit certain applications for federal funding to the department for review and approval before submission to the Federal Government, and acquire, own, construct, or operate airports for a specified purpose; requiring that certain airport acquisitions be approved by the governing body of the airport; authorizing the department to adopt rules; creating s. 334.64, F.S.; providing that the department serves as the primary point of contact for statewide topographic aerial LiDAR procurement and certain cost sharing; authorizing the department to provide certain services to other governmental entities through interagency agreements; authorizing rulemaking; amending s. 337.401, F.S.; prohibiting municipalities and counties from requiring that providers locate or perform surveys of certain facilities; requiring a provider to use certain means to avoid damaging certain facilities under specified circumstances; prohibiting municipalities and counties from taking certain actions relating to certain facility permits; authorizing municipalities and counties to require a bond or other financial instrument; prohibiting municipalities and counties from imposing or collecting a tax, fee, cost, charge, or exaction for the placement of certain communications facilities; revising applicability; revising the definition of the term “application”; prohibiting an authority from requiring compliance with an authority’s provisions regarding placement of communications facilities in certain locations; providing exceptions; requiring that certain authority ordinances apply to all providers of communications services; providing bond requirements; providing requirements for certain financial obligations required by an authority; prohibiting an authority from requiring a deposit or escrow of cash or agreement with certain terms; prohibiting an authority from requiring a communications service provider to indemnify it for certain liabilities; prohibiting an authority from imposing certain landscaping and vegetation management requirements; amending s. 338.231, F.S.; revising the period through which the department, to the extent possible, is required to program sufficient funds in the tentative work program for a specified purpose; requiring the department, to the extent possible, to program sufficient funds in the tentative work program for a specified purpose beginning in a specified fiscal year; amending s. 339.81, F.S.; revising construction materials that may be used for certain multiuse trails or shared-use paths; authorizing the department to consider certain sponsorship agreements; amending s. 341.041, F.S.; revising the entities whose specified grants and agreements the department is required to ensure include certain provisions; revising such provisions; amending s. 479.25, F.S.; revising provisions authorizing the owners of certain signs to increase the height above ground level of such signs under certain circumstances to include in such circumstances the permitting or erection of certain ramps and braided bridges; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 790.19, F.S.; providing criminal penalties for shooting at, within, or into, or throwing, hurling, or projecting certain objects at, within, or in, an autonomous vehicle; amending s. 806.13, F.S.; providing criminal penalties for defacing, injuring, or damaging an autonomous vehicle if the value of the damage is in excess of a specified amount; amending chapter 2006-316, Laws of Florida; revising a specified interchange designation; requiring the department to conduct a study to evaluate certain impacts of alternative fuel vehicles and identify certain policy options; requiring that the study identify, evaluate, and analyze certain information; requiring the department to submit a certain report to the Governor and the Legislature by a specified date; providing an appropriation; amending ss. 311.07, 316.0777, 316.515, 336.01, 338.222, 341.8225, 376.3071, 403.7211, 479.261, 715.07, and 1006.23, F.S.; conforming cross-references; reenacting ss. 320.02(21), 324.021(1), and 324.022(2)(a), F.S., relating to registration requirements, the definition of the term “motor vehicle,” and financial responsibility for property damage, respectively, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 316.003, F.S., in references thereto; providing an effective date.

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Ralph Massullo (R)*, 

Other Sponsors (3)

Died in returning Messages (on 03/13/2026)

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