Florida SB 1220: Transportation

Bill Text

1220 
Transportation 
2026-03-04T15:11:49Z 
Revising the membership composition of the Florida Transportation Research Institute; requiring the Department of Transportation to coordinate with the Department of Commerce, specified ports, and the Federal Government for a certain purpose; revising the visible signals given by an approaching emergency vehicle upon which a driver must yield the right-of-way; prohibiting a personal delivery device from operating as otherwise authorized unless the personal delivery device meets certain criteria and a human operator is capable of controlling and monitoring its navigation and operation; revising a limitation on the number of times a person may elect to attend a basic driver improvement course under certain circumstances, etc. 
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 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to transportation; amending s. 20.23, 
 3 F.S.; revising the membership composition of the 
 4 Florida Transportation Research Institute; amending s. 
 5 260.0142, F.S.; requiring the Florida Greenways and 
 6 Trails Council to meet within a certain timeframe for 
 7 a certain purpose; amending s. 311.14, F.S.; providing 
 8 requirements for an infrastructure development and 
 9 improvement component included in a port’s strategic 
 10 plan; defining the term “critical infrastructure 
 11 resources”; creating s. 311.26, F.S.; requiring the 
 12 Department of Transportation to coordinate with the 
 13 Department of Commerce, specified ports, and the 
 14 Federal Government for a certain purpose; requiring 
 15 ports to support certain projects; requiring that such 
 16 projects be evaluated in a certain manner; amending s. 
 17 316.003, F.S.; revising the definition of the term 
 18 “personal delivery device”; amending s. 316.008, F.S.; 
 19 authorizing the operation of a personal delivery 
 20 device on certain sidewalks, crosswalks, bicycle 
 21 lanes, and bicycle paths and on the shoulders of 
 22 certain streets, roadways, and highways; revising 
 23 construction; prohibiting the operation of a personal 
 24 delivery device or mobile carrier within certain areas 
 25 and facilities; prohibiting counties and 
 26 municipalities from enacting, imposing, levying, 
 27 collecting, or enforcing certain operating fees and 
 28 advertising regulations; amending s. 316.126, F.S.; 
 29 revising the visible signals given by an approaching 
 30 emergency vehicle upon which a driver must yield the 
 31 right-of-way; providing that the use of cruise lights 
 32 is not such a visible signal; defining the term 
 33 “cruise lights”; revising the means by which an 
 34 emergency vehicle may signal that such vehicle is en 
 35 route to an emergency; amending s. 316.2071, F.S.; 
 36 conforming provisions to changes made by the act; 
 37 prohibiting a personal delivery device from operating 
 38 as otherwise authorized unless the personal delivery 
 39 device meets certain criteria and a human operator is 
 40 capable of controlling and monitoring its navigation 
 41 and operation; prohibiting a personal delivery device 
 42 from operating on a limited access facility; 
 43 prohibiting a personal delivery device or mobile 
 44 carrier from operating within certain facilities and 
 45 areas; authorizing rulemaking; amending s. 318.14, 
 46 F.S.; revising a limitation on the number of times a 
 47 person may elect to attend a basic driver improvement 
 48 course under certain circumstances; amending s. 
 49 320.06, F.S.; authorizing certain rental trucks to 
 50 elect a permanent registration period; repealing s. 
 51 322.032, F.S., relating to digital proof of driver 
 52 license or identification card; amending ss. 322.059 
 53 and 322.15, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes 
 54 made by the act; repealing s. 324.252, F.S., relating 
 55 to electronic insurance verification; amending s. 
 56 330.41, F.S.; prohibiting a political subdivision from 
 57 withholding issuance of a business tax receipt, 
 58 development permit, or other land use approval to 
 59 certain drone delivery services and from enacting or 
 60 enforcing ordinances or resolutions that prohibit 
 61 drone delivery service operation; revising 
 62 construction; defining the term “major theme park or 
 63 entertainment complex”; prohibiting a drone delivery 
 64 service from operating over or delivering to a major 
 65 theme park or entertainment complex without certain 
 66 approval; providing that the addition of a drone 
 67 delivery service within a certain parking area does 
 68 not reduce the number of parking spaces in the parking 
 69 area for a certain purpose; amending s. 332.001, F.S.; 
 70 revising duties of the Department of Transportation 
 71 relating to airport systems in this state; amending s. 
 72 332.006, F.S.; requiring the department to coordinate 
 73 with commercial service airports to review and