Florida 2023 Regular Session Status: In Committee Bipartisan · 6 R · 2 D cosponsors

HB 709 — Proceeds Funding Motorcycle Safety Education

Last action — Laid on Table; companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 838 (Ch. 2023-118)

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    In Committee
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    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2023 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

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Summary

Proceeds Funding Motorcycle Safety Education; Removes authorization for motorcycle safety education fee proceeds to fund general operations of DHSMV; requires annual report to Legislature.

Bill Text

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61 added · 39 removed

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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/CS/HB709 2023 A bill to be entitled An act relating to proceeds funding motorcycle safety education;
F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/HB709 2023 A bill to be entitled An act relating to proceeds funding motorcycle safety education;
removing authorization for motorcycle safety education fee proceeds to fund the general operations of the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles;
requiring a portion of Highway Safety Operating Trust Fund proceeds to fund motorcycle safety education programs administered by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles or by a certain private entity selected by the department;
providing program requirements;
(1) MOTORCYCLES AND MOPEDS.— (c) Upon registration of a motorcycle, motor-driven cycle, or moped, in addition to the license taxes specified in this subsection, a nonrefundable motorcycle safety education fee in the amount of $2.50 shall be paid.
(1) MOTORCYCLES AND MOPEDS.— (c) Upon registration of a motorcycle, motor-driven cycle, or moped, in addition to the license taxes specified in this Page 1of 3 CODING:
The proceeds of such Page 1of 2 CODING:
hb0709-02-c2 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/CS/HB709 2023 additional fee shall be deposited in the Highway Safety Operating Trust Fund to fund a motorcycle driver improvement program implemented pursuant to s.
hb0709-01-c1 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/HB709 2023 subsection, a nonrefundable motorcycle safety education fee in the amount of $2.50 shall be paid.
322.025 or, the Florida Motorcycle Safety Education Program established in s.
The proceeds of such additional fee shall be deposited in the Highway Safety Operating Trust Fund to fund a motorcycle driver improvement program implemented pursuant to s.
322.025, the Florida Motorcycle Safety Education Program established in s.
The department shall submit an annual report to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives outlining the revenues collected by the fee, funds and methods used to administer motorcycle safety and awareness programs, and an estimate of the number of persons exposed to such efforts.
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All proceeds from the motorcycle safety education fee shall be used for one or more safety and education programs, including the programs under ss.
322.025 and 322.0255, which shall be administered by the department or by a private entity selected by the department which is focused primarily on promoting motorcycle safety and education throughout this state.
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Any such program shall promote motorcycle safety and education for the purpose of reducing motorcycle injuries and deaths in this state.
The program may include, but is not limited to, pamphlets, advertisements, public service announcements, digital media, social media, a website, participation in grassroots motorcycle events, advocacy, and reasonable administrative expenses.
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The department or the entity selected by the department shall submit an annual report to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives outlining the types of events in which the department or entity participated, an outline of the methods the department or entity selected to Page 2of 3 CODING:
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hb0709-01-c1 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/HB709 2023 distribute safety and education materials or expose the public to awareness programs, and an estimate of the number of persons who were exposed to the educational efforts of the department or entity.
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Action History

  1. Laid on Table; companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 838 (Ch. 2023-118)

  2. Added to Second Reading Calendar

  3. Temporarily postponed, on 2nd Reading

  4. Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/28/2023)

  5. Added to Second Reading Calendar

  6. 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 4)

  7. Bill referred to House Calendar

  8. CS Filed

  9. Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)

  10. Reported out of Appropriations Committee

  11. Favorable with CS by Appropriations Committee

  12. Added to Appropriations Committee agenda

  13. Now in Appropriations Committee

  14. Referred to Appropriations Committee

  15. 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 3)

  16. CS Filed

  17. Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)

  18. Reported out of Infrastructure Strategies Committee

  19. Favorable with CS by Infrastructure Strategies Committee

  20. Added to Infrastructure Strategies Committee agenda

  21. Now in Infrastructure Strategies Committee

  22. Referred to Infrastructure Strategies Committee

  23. 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)

  24. CS Filed

  25. Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)

  26. Reported out of Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee

  27. Favorable with CS by Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee

  28. Added to Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee agenda

  29. Now in Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee

  30. Referred to Infrastructure Strategies Committee

  31. Referred to Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee

  32. 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)

  33. CS Filed

  34. Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)

  35. Reported out of Transportation & Modals Subcommittee

  36. Favorable with CS by Transportation & Modals Subcommittee

  37. PCS added to Transportation & Modals Subcommittee agenda

  38. 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)

  39. Now in Transportation & Modals Subcommittee

  40. Referred to Infrastructure Strategies Committee

  41. Referred to Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee

  42. Referred to Transportation & Modals Subcommittee

  43. Filed

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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5 sponsors · 7 co-sponsors · 152 not signed on · 5 voted No

Sponsors (5)

  • Yarkosky, Taylor Michael Republican
  • Transportation & Modals Subcommittee
  • Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee
  • Infrastructure Strategies Committee
  • Appropriations Committee

Co-sponsors (7)

Not signed on (152)

152 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Favorable With Committee Substitute (Appropriations Committee)

Passed 26 Yea · 0 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 9003
Republican 11001
Democrat 6000
Total 26004
% of votes cast 87%0%0%13%
How each member voted (30)
Member Party Vote
Altman — Yea
Bell — Not Voting
Benjamin — Yea
Fine — Not Voting
Grant — Yea
Hawkins — Yea
Payne — Yea
Rommel — Yea
Silvers — Not Voting
Stevenson — Yea
Tomkow — Yea
Williams — Yea
Driskell, Fentrice Democrat Yea
Gottlieb, Michael "Mike" Democrat Yea
Gregory, Emily Democrat Yea
Hunschofsky, Christine Democrat Yea
Joseph, Dotie Democrat Yea
Skidmore, Kelly Democrat Yea
Andrade, Robert Alexander "Alex" Republican Yea
Brannan III, Robert Charles "Chuck" Republican Yea
Busatta, Demi Republican Yea
Chaney, Linda Republican Yea
Garrison, Sam Republican Yea
Leek, Thomas J. "Tom" Republican Yea
Massullo, Ralph E., Jr. Republican Yea
McClure, Lawrence Republican Yea
Mooney Jr., James Vernon "Jim" Republican Yea
Perez, Daniel Republican Not Voting
Salzman, Michelle Republican Yea
Shoaf, Jason Republican Yea

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Favorable With Committee Substitute (Infrastructure Strategies Committee)

Passed 14 Yea · 6 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 9203
Democrat 2301
Unaffiliated 3100
Total 14604
% of votes cast 58%25%0%17%
How each member voted (24)
Member Party Vote
Killebrew — Yea
Payne — Yea
Stevenson — Nay
Tomkow — Yea
Eskamani, Dr. Anna V. Democrat Nay
Gottlieb, Michael "Mike" Democrat Nay
Hunschofsky, Christine Democrat Yea
López, Johanna Democrat Nay
Nixon, Angela "Angie" Democrat Not Voting
Robinson, Felicia Simone Democrat Yea
Andrade, Robert Alexander "Alex" Republican Nay
Botana, Adam Republican Yea
Brackett, Robert A. "Robbie" Republican Yea
Buchanan, James Republican Yea
Cassel, Hillary Republican Nay
Chaney, Linda Republican Yea
Fabricio, Tom Republican Not Voting
Garrison, Sam Republican Yea
McFarland, Fiona Republican Not Voting
Mooney Jr., James Vernon "Jim" Republican Not Voting
Plasencia, Susan Republican Yea
Shoaf, Jason Republican Yea
Smith, David Republican Yea
Truenow, Keith L. Republican Yea

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Favorable With Committee Substitute (Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee)

Passed 15 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 9000
Democrat 4000
Unaffiliated 2000
Total 15000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (15)
Member Party Vote
Silvers — Yea
Lopez, V. — Yea
Antone, Bruce Hadley Democrat Yea
Daley, Dan Democrat Yea
Harris, Jennifer "Rita" Democrat Yea
Robinson, Felicia Simone Democrat Yea
Andrade, Robert Alexander "Alex" Republican Yea
Berfield, Kimberly Republican Yea
Brackett, Robert A. "Robbie" Republican Yea
Chaney, Linda Republican Yea
Esposito, Tiffany Republican Yea
Giallombardo, Mike Republican Yea
LaMarca, Chip Republican Yea
Plasencia, Susan Republican Yea
Yeager, Bradford Troy "Brad" Republican Yea

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Favorable (Transportation & Modals Subcommittee)

Passed 17 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 11000
Democrat 5000
Unaffiliated 1000
Total 17000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Lopez, V. — Yea
Edmonds, Jervonte "Tae" Democrat Yea
Eskamani, Dr. Anna V. Democrat Yea
Harris, Jennifer "Rita" Democrat Yea
Hinson, Yvonne Hayes Democrat Yea
Nixon, Angela "Angie" Democrat Yea
Andrade, Robert Alexander "Alex" Republican Yea
Bankson, Douglas Michael "Doug" Republican Yea
Basabe, Fabián Republican Yea
Esposito, Tiffany Republican Yea
Fabricio, Tom Republican Yea
McFarland, Fiona Republican Yea
Melo, Lauren Republican Yea
Michael, Kiyan Republican Yea
Porras, Juan Carlos Republican Yea
Smith, David Republican Yea
Stark, Paula A. Republican Yea

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Subjects

public-safety transportation education
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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 709 do?
Proceeds Funding Motorcycle Safety Education; Removes authorization for motorcycle safety education fee proceeds to fund general operations of DHSMV; requires annual report to Legislature.
Who sponsors HB 709?
HB 709 is sponsored by Woodson, Marie Paule (Democrat), Tramont, Chase (Republican), Salzman, Michelle (Republican), McClain, Stan (Republican), Leek, Thomas J. "Tom" (Republican), Chaney, Linda (Republican), Bartleman, Robin (Democrat), Yarkosky, Taylor Michael (Republican), Transportation & Modals Subcommittee, Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee, Infrastructure Strategies Committee, and Appropriations Committee.
What is the current status of HB 709?
This bill died with 2023 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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