Florida SB 1054: Community Redevelopment Agencies

Bill Text

1054 
Traffic Infractions Resulting in a Crash with Another Vehicle 
2026-01-29T10:47:40Z 
Requiring the imposition of specified civil penalties and periods of driver license suspension on a person found at a mandatory hearing to have committed certain traffic infractions that resulted in a crash with another vehicle, in addition to any other penalties; requiring persons cited for specified infractions that result in a crash with another vehicle to appear at a certain mandatory hearing; requiring certain owners and operators of motor vehicles to establish and maintain the ability to respond in damages for liability on account of certain accidents, etc. 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 CS for SB 1054 

 By the Committee on Transportation; and Senator Martin 

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 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to traffic infractions resulting in a 
 3 crash with another vehicle; amending s. 318.14, F.S.; 
 4 requiring the imposition of specified civil penalties 
 5 and periods of driver license suspension on a person 
 6 found at a mandatory hearing to have committed certain 
 7 traffic infractions that resulted in a crash with 
 8 another vehicle, in addition to any other penalties; 
 9 amending s. 318.19, F.S.; requiring persons cited for 
 10 specified infractions that result in a crash with 
 11 another vehicle to appear at a certain mandatory 
 12 hearing; amending s. 324.023, F.S.; requiring certain 
 13 owners and operators of motor vehicles to establish 
 14 and maintain the ability to respond in damages for 
 15 liability on account of certain accidents; requiring 
 16 certain owners and operators of motor vehicles to 
 17 maintain the ability to respond in damages for certain 
 18 liability in certain amounts for a specified minimum 
 19 period; providing an effective date. 
 20 
 21 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 22 
 23 Section 1. Subsection (5) of section 318.14, Florida 
 24 Statutes, is amended to read: 
 25 318.14 Noncriminal traffic infractions; exception; 
 26 procedures.— 
 27 (5) A Any person who elects electing to appear before the 
 28 designated official or who is required to appear is shall be 
 29 deemed to have waived his or her right to the civil penalty 
 30 provisions of s. 318.18. The official, after a hearing, shall 
 31 make a determination as to whether an infraction has been 
 32 committed. If the commission of an infraction has been proven, 
 33 the official may impose a civil penalty not to exceed $500, 
 34 except that in cases involving unlawful speed in a school zone 
 35 or involving unlawful speed in a construction zone, the civil 
 36 penalty may not exceed $1,000; or require attendance at a driver 
 37 improvement school, or both. If the person is required to appear 
 38 before the designated official pursuant to s. 318.19(1) and is 
 39 found to have committed the infraction, the designated official 
 40 must shall impose a civil penalty of $1,000 in addition to any 
 41 other penalties and the person’s driver license must shall be 
 42 suspended for 6 months. If the person is required to appear 
 43 before the designated official pursuant to s. 318.19(1) and is 
 44 found to have committed the infraction against a vulnerable road 
 45 user as defined in s. 316.027(1), the designated official must 
 46 shall impose a civil penalty of not less than $5,000 in addition 
 47 to any other penalties, the person’s driver license must shall 
 48 be suspended for 1 year, and the person must shall be required 
 49 to attend a department-approved driver improvement course 
 50 relating to the rights of vulnerable road users relative to 
 51 vehicles on the roadway as provided in s. 322.0261(2). If the 
 52 person is required to appear before the designated official 
 53 pursuant to s. 318.19(2) and is found to have committed the 
 54 infraction, the designated official must shall impose a civil 
 55 penalty of $500 in addition to any other penalties and the 
 56 person’s driver license must shall be suspended for 3 months. If 
 57 the person is required to appear before the designated official 
 58 pursuant to s. 318.19(2) and is found to have committed the 
 59 infraction against a vulnerable road user as defined in s. 
 60 316.027(1), the designated official must shall impose a civil 
 61 penalty of not less than $1,500 in addition to any other 
 62 penalties, the person’s driver license must shall be suspended 
 63 for 3 months, and the person must shall be required to attend a 
 64 department-approved driver improvement course relating to the 
 65 rights of vulnerable road users relative to vehicles on the 
 66 roadway as provided in s. 322.0261(2). If the person is required 
 67 to appear before the designated official pursuant to s. 
 68 318.19(7) and is found to have committed an infraction of s. 
 69 316.074(1) or s. 316.123(2) which resulted in a crash