Florida HB 1447: City of Orlando, Orange County

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HB 1447 2026

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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to boating safety; amending s. 2
322.051, F.S.; revising the conditions upon which the 3
Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles must 4
include a certain symbol on identification cards; 5
requiring the department to issue original, renewal, 6
or replacement identification cards that include a 7
certain symbol in certain circumstances; requiring 8
that replacement identification cards be issued 9
without charging a specified fee under certain 10
circumstances; amending s. 322.08, F.S.; requiring 11
that applications for original, renewal, or 12
replacement driver licenses or identification cards 13
indicate whether the applicant has obtained a Florida 14
boating safety identification card and, if so, that a 15
copy of such card be submitted with the application; 16
authorizing the Fish and Wildlife Conservation 17
Commission to provide the department with certain 18
information relating to the applicant; amending s. 19
322.14, F.S.; revising the conditions upon which the 20
department must include a certain symbol on driver 21
licenses; requiring the department to issue original, 22
renewal, or replacement driver licenses with a certain 23
symbol to applicants if certain conditions are met; 24
requiring the department to include the symbol on such 25

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licenses with no additional fee for the designation; 26
requiring the department to issue certain replacement 27
driver licenses without charging a specified fee; 28
amending s. 327.30, F.S.; revising the penalties for 29
persons operating a vessel involved in an accident 30
resulting in property damage or death of another 31
person who leave the scene of the accident under 32
certain circumstances; providing a mandatory minimum 33
sentence for a person who willfully commits such 34
violation resulting in the death of another while 35
boating under the influence (BUI); amending s. 327.33, 36
F.S.; defining the term "serious bodily injury"; 37
providing increased criminal penalties for violations 38
of navigation rules under certain circumstances; 39
amending s. 327.35, F.S.; making technical changes; 40
requiring courts to order the mandatory placement of 41
ignition interlock devices upon certain vehicles and 42
vessels leased or owned and routinely operated by 43
certain persons under certain circumstances; requiring 44
that such devices be installed at the convicted 45
person's sole expense for specified time periods for 46
varying offenses; providing a mandatory minimum term 47
of imprisonment for a person convicted of BUI 48
manslaughter; revising substance abuse education, 49
evaluation, and treatment requirements for certain 50

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persons; requiring an agency conducting a substance 51
abuse course to notify the court and department of an 52
offender's failure to report to or complete such 53
treatment or education and evaluation; providing 54
requirements for the department upon the receipt of 55
such notice; authorizing the department to temporarily 56
reinstate the driving privilege under certain 57
circumstances; requiring waivers before organizations 58
conducting substance abuse education and evaluation 59
begin providing such treatment; providing 60
authorization and documentation requirements for such 61
waivers; requiring such organizations to submit 62
specified quarterly reports to the department; 63
authorizing the court to order a defendant to pay a 64
fine under certain circumstances; providing 65
restrictions for the total period of probation and 66
incarceration; requiring a person convicted of certain 67
BUI violations to maintain an insurance policy that 68
meets certain requirements; providing criminal 69
penalties for failure to maintain such insurance 70
policy; making technical changes; amending s. 327.352, 71
F.S.; revising penalties for a person operating a 72
vessel who fails to submit to a lawful test of his or 73
her breath or urine; amending s. 327.395, F.S.; 74
requiring that all persons, rather than only persons 75

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born on or after a specified date, have specified 76
identification in their possession while operating a 77
vessel; revising the required components of the Fish 78
and Wildlife Conservation Commission's developed or 79
approved boating safety education course and temporary 80
certificate examination; amending s. 327.