House Bill 689 (2011) - The Florida Senate

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CS/CS/HB 689: Driver Education and Testing

GENERAL BILL by Economic Affairs Committee ; Transportation and Highway Safety Subcommittee ; Berman ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Bullard ; Schwartz ; Taylor

Driver Education and Testing; Requires curricula of driver improvement courses & traffic law & substance abuse education courses to include instruction on risks associated with using handheld electronic communication device while operating motor vehicle; provides requirements for driver's license examination questions pertaining to traffic regulations relating to blind pedestrians; provides for written examination for learner's driver's license to be available from third-party providers, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2011
Last Action: 3/15/2012 House - Veto Message transmitted to Secretary of State
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF

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Bill History

Date	Chamber	Action
2/9/2011	House	• Filed
2/22/2011	House	• Referred to Transportation and Highway Safety Subcommittee; Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations Subcommittee; Economic Affairs Committee -HJ 60
3/8/2011	House	• Introduced -HJ 59
3/31/2011	House	• On Committee agenda-- Transportation and Highway Safety Subcommittee, 04/04/11, 1:00 pm, 306 HOB
4/4/2011	House	• CS by Transportation and Highway Safety Subcommittee; YEAS 13 NAYS 1 -HJ 452
4/6/2011	House	• Pending review of CS under Rule 7.19(c) • CS by Transportation and Highway Safety Subcommittee read 1st time -HJ 449
4/7/2011	House	• Original reference(s) removed: Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations Subcommittee • CS referred to Economic Affairs Committee -HJ 588 • Now in Economic Affairs Committee -HJ 588
4/19/2011	House	• On Committee agenda-- Economic Affairs Committee, 04/21/11, 11:00 am, Reed Hall
4/21/2011	House	• CS/CS by- Economic Affairs Committee; YEAS 16 NAYS 1 -HJ 775
4/25/2011	House	• Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.19(c) • CS/CS by Economic Affairs Committee read 1st time -HJ 771
4/27/2011	House	• Placed on Calendar -HJ 836 • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/29/11
4/29/2011	House	• Read 2nd time -HJ 952 • Amendment(s) adopted (826513) -HJ 953 • Placed on 3rd reading
5/2/2011	House	• Read 3rd time -HJ 996 • CS passed as amended; YEAS 94 NAYS 16 -HJ 996
5/2/2011	Senate	• In Messages • Received -SJ 717 • Referred to Transportation; Budget -SJ 717
5/3/2011	Senate	• Withdrawn from Transportation; Budget -SJ 737 • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading • Substituted for CS/SB 1974 -SJ 737 • Read 2nd time -SJ 737 • Read 3rd time -SJ 737 • CS passed; YEAS 28 NAYS 9 -SJ 737
5/3/2011	House	• Ordered enrolled -HJ 1102
6/13/2011		• Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
6/27/2011		• Vetoed by Governor
1/10/2012	House	• Veto Message received -HJ 6
3/15/2012	House	• Veto Message transmitted to Secretary of State

Related Bills

Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location
S 1974 (c1)	Driver's License Examinations	Hill	Similar	Last Action: 5/3/2011 S Laid on Table -SJ 737 Location: Laid on Table
H 1217	Persons with Disabilities	Taylor	Compare	Last Action: 5/7/2011 H Died in Transportation and Highway Safety Subcommittee Location: In committee/council (THSS)
H 1353 (c3)	Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles	Albritton	Compare	Last Action: 5/3/2011 H Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 2160 (Ch. 2011-66) -HJ 1101 Location: Laid on Table
S 758	Driver Improvement Schools and Education Programs	Sobel	Compare	Last Action: 5/7/2011 S Died in Education Pre-K - 12 Location: In committee/council (ED)
S 1150 (e2)	Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles	Latvala	Compare	Last Action: 5/7/2011 S Died in returning Messages, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 2160 (Ch. 2011-66) Location: In returning messages from House
S 1840 (c1)	Motor Vehicles	Altman	Compare	Last Action: 5/7/2011 S Died in Budget Location: In committee/council (BC)

Bill Text

Version	Posted	Format
H 689 Filed	2/9/2011 3:58 PM	Web Page \| PDF
H 689 c1	4/6/2011 7:33 AM	Web Page \| PDF
H 689 c2	4/25/2011 1:50 PM	Web Page \| PDF
H 689 e1	4/29/2011 9:51 PM	Web Page \| PDF
H 689 er	5/3/2011 4:19 PM	Web Page \| PDF

Committee Amendments

No Committee Amendments Available

Floor Amendments

H 689 c2
Amendments	Sponsor	Filed	Last Floor Action	Format
353151 - Amendment Remove lines 60-65 and insert:	Fresen	4/28/2011 1:44 PM	House: Withdrawn 4/29/2011	Web Page PDF
192029 - Amendment Remove lines 64-65 and insert:	Drake	4/28/2011 1:22 PM	House: Superseded by Substitute 4/29/2011	Web Page PDF
826513 - Substitute Amendment (192029) Remove lines 64-65 and insert:	Drake	4/28/2011 4:33 PM	House: Adopted 4/29/2011	Web Page PDF
333181 - Amendment Between lines 65 and 66, insert:	Dorworth	4/28/2011 2:12 PM	House: Withdrawn 4/29/2011	Web Page PDF

Type	Analysis	Author	Posted	Format
Bill Analysis	H 689	Economic Affairs Committee (Post-Meeting)	6/29/2011 2:40 PM	PDF
Bill Analysis	H 689	Transportation and Highway Safety Subcommittee (Post-Meeting)	4/5/2011 6:04 PM	PDF

Vote	Date	Chamber	Result
H 689 e1	5/2/2011 4:46 PM	House	94 Yeas - 16 Nays
H 689 e1	5/3/2011 1:22 PM	Senate	28 Yeas - 9 Nays

Citations - Statutes (4)

Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
318.1451	Driver improvement schools.	Page 1 (pdf)
322.095	Traffic law and substance abuse education program for driver’s license applicants.	Page 2 (pdf)
322.12	Examination of applicants.	Page 2 (pdf)
322.56	Contracts for administration of driver’s license examination.	Page 3 (pdf)

Citations - Constitution (0)

No Constitutional citations.

Citations - Chapter Law (0)

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