Florida SB 1450: Environmental Accountability

Bill Text

1450 
Transportation 
2026-01-08T08:19:36Z 
Providing for a type one transfer of the duties and functions of the Division of the Florida Highway Patrol and the Office of Commercial Vehicle Enforcement from the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to the Department of Law Enforcement; requiring the executive director of the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to be appointed by the Governor and subject to confirmation by the Senate; requiring the Joint Task Force on State Agency Law Enforcement Communications to include a representative of the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles rather than the Division of the Florida Highway Patrol, 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 1450 

 By Senator Polsky 

 30-01642-26 20261450__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to transportation; providing for a 
 3 type one transfer of the duties and functions of the 
 4 Division of the Florida Highway Patrol and the Office 
 5 of Commercial Vehicle Enforcement from the Department 
 6 of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to the Department 
 7 of Law Enforcement; amending s. 20.24, F.S.; requiring 
 8 the executive director of the Department of Highway 
 9 Safety and Motor Vehicles to be appointed by the 
 10 Governor and subject to confirmation by the Senate; 
 11 conforming provisions to changes made by the act; 
 12 amending s. 23.1231, F.S.; requiring the executive 
 13 director of the Department of Law Enforcement to act 
 14 as the liaison with the Department of Highway Safety 
 15 and Motor Vehicles rather than the Division of the 
 16 Florida Highway Patrol; amending s. 282.709, F.S.; 
 17 requiring the Joint Task Force on State Agency Law 
 18 Enforcement Communications to include a representative 
 19 of the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles 
 20 rather than the Division of the Florida Highway 
 21 Patrol; creating s. 321.011, F.S.; defining the term 
 22 “department”; amending ss. 20.201, 110.205, 120.80, 
 23 316.003, 316.640, 321.02, 321.03, 321.04, 321.05, 
 24 321.051, 321.245, 321.25, 338.239, and 713.78, F.S.; 
 25 conforming provisions to changes made by the act; 
 26 providing an effective date. 
 27 
 28 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 29 
 30 Section 1. All powers, duties, functions, rules, records, 
 31 personnel, property, and unexpended balances of appropriations, 
 32 allocations, and other public funds relating to the Division of 
 33 the Florida Highway Patrol and the Office of Commercial Vehicle 
 34 Enforcement are transferred by a type one transfer, as described 
 35 in s. 20.06(1), Florida Statutes, from the Department of Highway 
 36 Safety and Motor Vehicles to the Department of Law Enforcement. 
 37 Section 2. Section 20.24, Florida Statutes, is amended to 
 38 read: 
 39 20.24 Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. 
 40 There is created a Department of Highway Safety and Motor 
 41 Vehicles. 
 42 (1) The head of the Department of Highway Safety and Motor 
 43 Vehicles is the Governor and Cabinet. The executive director of 
 44 the department shall be appointed by the Governor subject to a 
 45 majority vote of the Governor and Cabinet, with the Governor on 
 46 the prevailing side. The appointment is subject to confirmation 
 47 by the Senate. The executive director shall serve at the 
 48 pleasure of the Governor and Cabinet. 
 49 (2) The Division of Motorist Services is established within 
 50 following divisions, and bureaus within the divisions, of the 
 51 Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles are established: 
 52 (a) Division of the Florida Highway Patrol. 
 53 (b) Division of Motorist Services. 
 54 (3) The Office of Commercial Vehicle Enforcement is 
 55 established within the Division of the Florida Highway Patrol. 
 56 Section 3. Subsection (2) of section 23.1231, Florida 
 57 Statutes, is amended to read: 
 58 23.1231 Florida Mutual Aid Plan; powers and duties.— 
 59 (2) The executive director of the Department of Law 
 60 Enforcement acting under the Governor as the state’s chief law 
 61 enforcement officer is the director of the Florida Mutual Aid 
 62 Plan. The director of the Florida Mutual Aid Plan shall: 
 63 (a) Coordinate, integrate, and implement law enforcement 
 64 planning and activities for the use of mutual aid and state 
 65 resources; 
 66 (b) Coordinate the organization and direction of the law 
 67 enforcement services of the Florida Mutual Aid Plan; 
 68 (c) Coordinate and implement the gathering and collection 
 69 of information and intelligence relating to law enforcement 
 70 mutual aid or assistance from state agencies to support local 
 71 law enforcement agencies in any local disaster or emergency, and 
 72 provide information to state and local law enforcement agencies; 
 73 (d) During a state of emergency declared by the Governor 
 74 under chapter 252, command, control, and coo