Florida 2025 Regular Session Status: In Committee Bipartisan · 6 D · 3 R cosponsors

HB 501 — Hands-free Driving

Last action — Died in Government Operations Subcommittee

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
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    Passed House
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2025 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.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

Hands-free Driving; Prohibits person from operating motor vehicle while using wireless communications device in handheld manner; provides exception; requires that sustained use of wireless communications device by person operating motor vehicle be conducted through hands-free accessory until such use is terminated; revises exceptions to prohibition; removes obsolete provisions; revises penalty provisions relating to use of wireless communications devices in handheld manner in certain circumstances.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Died in Government Operations Subcommittee

  2. Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration

  3. 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)

  4. Now in Government Operations Subcommittee

  5. Referred to State Affairs Committee

  6. Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee

  7. Filed

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 8 co-sponsors · 155 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (8)

Not signed on (155)

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 501 do?
Hands-free Driving; Prohibits person from operating motor vehicle while using wireless communications device in handheld manner; provides exception; requires that sustained use of wireless communications device by person operating motor vehicle be conducted through hands-free accessory until such use is terminated; revises exceptions to prohibition; removes obsolete provisions; revises penalty provisions relating to use of wireless communications devices in handheld manner in certain circumstances.
Who sponsors HB 501?
HB 501 is sponsored by Redondo, Mike (Republican), Hunschofsky, Christine (Democrat), Hinson, Yvonne Hayes (Democrat), Harris, Jennifer "Rita" (Democrat), Grow, J.J. (Republican), Eskamani, Dr. Anna V. (Democrat), Campbell, Daryl (Democrat), Benarroch, Yvette (Republican), and Tant, Allison (Democrat).
What is the current status of HB 501?
This bill died with 2025 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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