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FL H0699

Bill

Status

Failed

6/16/2025

Primary Sponsor

Lauren Melo

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Origin

House of Representatives

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Requires a mandatory hearing for violations of red light (s. 316.075(1)(c)) or stop sign/yield (s. 316.123(2)) infractions that result in a crash with another vehicle
  • Imposes a $500 civil penalty and 3-month driver license suspension for a first red light or stop sign infraction causing a crash; a $1,000 penalty and 6-month suspension for a second offense; and a $1,000 penalty and 1-year suspension for a third or subsequent offense
  • Establishes enhanced penalties when crash-causing infractions involve a vulnerable road user: a minimum $5,000 civil penalty and 1-year license suspension for more serious infractions, or a minimum $1,500 penalty and 3-month suspension for lesser infractions, plus mandatory completion of a driver improvement course on vulnerable road user rights
  • Directs mandatory civil penalty revenues to the Department of Health Emergency Medical Services Trust Fund, split equally between readiness costs for trauma centers and volume-based allocations to Level I, Level II, and pediatric trauma centers
  • Effective October 1, 2025

Legislative Description

Noncriminal Traffic Infractions Causing Vehicle Crashes

Last Action

Died in State Affairs Committee

6/16/2025

Committee Referrals

State Affairs3/18/2025
Government Operations Subcommittee2/26/2025

Full Bill Text

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