Florida SB 498: Fire Safety and Prevention

Bill Text

498 
School Zone and Pedestrian Safety 
2025-11-13T11:39:29Z 
Requiring that design and construction plans for the installation of crosswalks in school zones or on certain streets, roads, or highways include certain traffic control devices, etc. 
Original Filed Version 
2026 
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2026-07-01T00:00:00Z 
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General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 498 

 By Senator Rodriguez 

 40-00761-26 2026498__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to school zone and pedestrian safety; 
 3 amending s. 336.045, F.S.; requiring that design and 
 4 construction plans for the installation of crosswalks 
 5 in school zones or on certain streets, roads, or 
 6 highways include certain traffic control devices; 
 7 providing an effective date. 
 8 
 9 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 10 
 11 Section 1. Subsection (7) is added to section 336.045, 
 12 Florida Statutes, to read: 
 13 336.045 Uniform minimum standards for design, construction, 
 14 and maintenance; advisory committees.— 
 15 (7) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, beginning 
 16 October 1, 2026, all design and construction plans for the 
 17 installation of a crosswalk in a school zone, or on any public 
 18 street, road, or highway with a posted speed limit exceeding 35 
 19 miles per hour, when located at any point other than at a 
 20 signalized intersection, shall include appropriate traffic 
 21 control devices that conform to either: 
 22 (a) Chapter 4J titled “Pedestrian Hybrid Beacons” of the 
 23 most recent Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices and any 
 24 other applicable standards of the department; or 
 25 (b) Chapter 4L titled “Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacons,” 
 26 Chapter 4S titled “Flashing Beacons,” or Chapter 4U titled “In 
 27 Roadway Warning Lights” of the most recent Manual on Uniform 
 28 Traffic Control Devices and any other applicable standards of 
 29 the department. In-Roadway Warning Lights shall be used in 
 30 conjunction with Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacons or Flashing 
 31 Beacons to improve visibility of the crosswalk. 
 32 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.