CS/HB 601 - Personal Delivery Devices

• Defines personal delivery devices as electrically powered devices weighing less than 80 pounds, with a maximum speed of 10 mph, operated on sidewalks and crosswalks for transporting property, and may operate with or without active human control.

• Authorizes counties and municipalities to permit personal delivery devices on sidewalks and crosswalks when consistent with federal law, but prohibits operation on the Florida Shared-Use Nonmotorized Trail Network and Florida Greenways and Trails System.

• Establishes operational requirements including obedience to traffic signals, unique identifying device number on a visible plate, functioning braking system, active operator monitoring or control, prohibition on public highways except to cross crosswalks, and restriction on transporting hazardous materials.

• Requires personal delivery device operators to maintain a minimum $100,000 general liability insurance policy covering damages from combined operations of devices under their control.

• Excludes personal delivery devices from vehicle registration and insurance requirements by amending definitions of "motor vehicle" in sections 320.01, 324.021, and 324.022; effective July 1, 2017.