Florida SB 900: Boating Safety

Bill Text

900 
Boating Safety 
2025-12-15T03:55:10Z 
Revising the conditions upon which the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles must include a certain symbol on identification cards; requiring the department to issue original, renewal, or replacement identification cards that include a certain symbol in certain circumstances; authorizing the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to provide the department with certain information relating to the applicant; providing a mandatory minimum sentence for a person who willfully commits such violation resulting in the death of another while boating under the influence (BUI), etc. 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 900 

 By Senator Garcia 

 36-00968-26 2026900__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to boating safety; amending s. 
 3 322.051, F.S.; revising the conditions upon which the 
 4 Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles must 
 5 include a certain symbol on identification cards; 
 6 requiring the department to issue original, renewal, 
 7 or replacement identification cards that include a 
 8 certain symbol in certain circumstances; requiring 
 9 that replacement identification cards be issued 
 10 without charging a specified fee under certain 
 11 circumstances; amending s. 322.08, F.S.; requiring 
 12 that applications for original, renewal, or 
 13 replacement driver licenses or identification cards 
 14 indicate whether the applicant has obtained a Florida 
 15 boating safety identification card and, if so, that a 
 16 copy of such card be submitted with the application; 
 17 authorizing the Fish and Wildlife Conservation 
 18 Commission to provide the department with certain 
 19 information relating to the applicant; amending s. 
 20 322.14, F.S.; revising the conditions upon which the 
 21 department must include a certain symbol on driver 
 22 licenses; requiring the department to issue original, 
 23 renewal, or replacement driver licenses with a certain 
 24 symbol to applicants if certain conditions are met; 
 25 requiring the department to include the symbol on such 
 26 licenses with no additional fee for the designation; 
 27 requiring the department to issue certain replacement 
 28 driver licenses without charging a specified fee; 
 29 amending s. 327.30, F.S.; revising the penalties for 
 30 persons operating a vessel involved in an accident 
 31 resulting in property damage or death of another 
 32 person who leave the scene of the accident under 
 33 certain circumstances; providing a mandatory minimum 
 34 sentence for a person who willfully commits such 
 35 violation resulting in the death of another while 
 36 boating under the influence (BUI); amending s. 327.33, 
 37 F.S.; defining the term “serious bodily injury”; 
 38 providing increased criminal penalties for violations 
 39 of navigation rules under certain circumstances; 
 40 amending s. 327.35, F.S.; making technical changes; 
 41 requiring courts to order the mandatory placement of 
 42 ignition interlock devices upon certain vehicles and 
 43 vessels leased or owned and routinely operated by 
 44 certain persons under certain circumstances; requiring 
 45 that such devices be installed at the convicted 
 46 person’s sole expense for specified time periods for 
 47 varying offenses; providing a mandatory minimum term 
 48 of imprisonment for a person convicted of BUI 
 49 manslaughter; revising substance abuse education, 
 50 evaluation, and treatment requirements for certain 
 51 persons; requiring an agency conducting a substance 
 52 abuse course to notify the court and department of an 
 53 offender’s failure to report to or complete such 
 54 treatment or education and evaluation; providing 
 55 requirements for the department upon the receipt of 
 56 such notice; authorizing the department to temporarily 
 57 reinstate the driving privilege under certain 
 58 circumstances; requiring waivers before organizations 
 59 conducting substance abuse education and evaluation 
 60 begin providing such treatment; providing 
 61 authorization and documentation requirements for such 
 62 waivers; requiring such organizations to submit 
 63 specified quarterly reports to the department; 
 64 authorizing the court to order a defendant to pay a 
 65 fine under certain circumstances; providing 
 66 restrictions for the total period of probation and 
 67 incarceration; requiring a person convicted of certain 
 68 BUI violations to maintain an insurance policy that 
 69 meets certain requirements; providing criminal 
 70 penalties for failure to maintain such insurance 
 71 policy; making technical changes; amending s. 327.352, 
 72 F.S.; revising penalties for a person operating a 
 73 vessel who fails to submit to a lawful test of his or 
 74 her breath or urine; amending s. 327.395, F.S.; 
 75 requiring that all persons, rather than only persons 
 76 born on or after a specified date, have specified 
 77 identifi