Florida Senate - 2025 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 1782
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
Comm: RCS .
04/02/2025 .
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The Committee on Transportation (Pizzo) recommended the
following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
2
3 Delete everything after the enacting clause
4 and insert:
5 Section 1. Section 316.1922, Florida Statutes, is created
6 to read:
7 316.1922 Dangerous excessive speeding.—
8 (1) A person commits dangerous excessive speeding if he or
9 she operates a motor vehicle:
10 (a) In excess of the speed limit by 50 miles per hour or
11 more;
12 (b) At 100 miles per hour or more while passing another
13 vehicle or changing lanes; or
14 (c) On any street or roadway other than a limited access
15 highway while exceeding the speed limit by 35 miles per hour or
16 more.
17 (2) A person convicted of dangerous excessive speeding
18 shall be punished:
19 (a) Upon a first conviction, by imprisonment for a period
20 of up to 90 days or by a fine of $500, or both.
21 (b) Upon a second or subsequent conviction, by imprisonment
22 for up to 6 months or by a fine of $1,000, or both. A person
23 convicted of a second or subsequent violation of subsection (1)
24 which occurs within 5 years after the date of a prior conviction
25 for a violation of subsection (1) may have his or her driving
26 privilege revoked for at least 180 days but no more than 1 year.
27 Section 2. Subsection (2) of section 318.14, Florida
28 Statutes, is amended to read:
29 318.14 Noncriminal traffic infractions; exception;
30 procedures.—
31 (2) Except as provided in ss. 316.1001(2), 316.0083,
32 316.173, and 316.1896, any person cited for a violation
33 requiring a mandatory hearing listed in s. 318.19 or any other
34 criminal traffic violation listed in chapter 316 must sign and
35 accept a citation indicating a promise to appear. The officer
36 may indicate on the traffic citation the time and location of
37 the scheduled hearing. The officer and must indicate the
38 applicable civil penalty established in s. 318.18, except for
39 infractions under s. 316.1926(2) or s. 318.19(5). For all other
40 infractions under this section, except for infractions under s.
41 316.1001, the officer must certify by electronic, electronic
42 facsimile, or written signature that the citation was delivered
43 to the person cited. This certification is prima facie evidence
44 that the person cited was served with the citation.
45 Section 3. Section 318.19, Florida Statutes, is amended to
46 read:
47 318.19 Infractions requiring a mandatory hearing.—A Any
48 person cited for any infraction the infractions listed in this
49 section does shall not have the provisions of s. 318.14(2), (4),
50 and (9) available to him or her but must appear before the
51 designated official at the time and location of the scheduled
52 hearing:
53 (1) Any infraction which results in a crash that causes the
54 death of another;
55 (2) Any infraction which results in a crash that causes
56 “serious bodily injury” of another as defined in s. 316.1933(1);
57 (3) Any infraction of s. 316.172(1)(b);
58 (4) Any infraction of s. 316.520(1) or (2); or
59 (5) Any infraction of s. 316.183(2), s. 316.187, or s.
60 316.189 of exceeding the speed limit by 30 miles per hour mph or
61 more; or
62 (6) Any infraction of s. 316.1926(2).
63 Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.
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65 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================
66 And the title is amended as follows:
67 Delete everything before the enacting clause
68 and insert:
69 A bill to be entitled
70 An act relating to dangerous excessive speed; creating
71 s. 316.1922, F.S.; specifying conduct that constitutes
72 dangerous excessive speeding; providing criminal
73 penalties; authorizing the revocation of a person’s
74 driving privilege for a specified period upon a second
75 or subsequent conviction of dangerous excessive
76 speeding; amending s. 318.14, F.S.; providing
77 exceptions to the requirement that an officer indicate
78 the applicable civil penalty on a specified traffic
79 citation; amending s. 318.19, F.S.; requiring a person
80 cited for certain infractions to appear at a scheduled
81 hearing; providing an effective date.