Florida Senate - 2024                             CS for SB 1528
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Transportation; and Senator Collins
       
       
       
       
       
       596-02954A-24                                         20241528c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to violations against vulnerable road
    3         users; creating s. 318.195, F.S.; providing a short
    4         title; requiring a person who commits a moving
    5         violation that causes serious bodily injury to or the
    6         death of a vulnerable road user to pay specified fines
    7         and attend a specified driver improvement course;
    8         requiring the court to revoke the person’s driver
    9         license for a specified period; defining the term
   10         “vulnerable road user”; providing construction;
   11         providing an effective date.
   12          
   13  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   15         Section 1. Section 318.195, Florida Statutes, is created to
   16  read:
   17         318.195 Enhanced penalties for moving violations causing
   18  injury or death to vulnerable road users.—
   19         (1) This section may be cited as the “Vulnerable Road User
   20  Act.”
   21         (2) A person who commits a moving violation that causes
   22  serious bodily injury, as defined in s. 316.1933(1)(b), to a
   23  vulnerable road user shall pay a fine of not less than $1,500
   24  and attend a department-approved driver improvement course
   25  relating to the rights of vulnerable road users relative to
   26  vehicles on the roadway as provided in s. 322.0261(2). The court
   27  shall also revoke the person’s driver license for at least 30
   28  days.
   29         (3) A person who commits a moving violation that causes the
   30  death of a vulnerable road user shall pay a fine of not less
   31  than $5,000 and attend a department-approved driver improvement
   32  course relating to the rights of vulnerable road users relative
   33  to vehicles on the roadway as provided in s. 322.0261(2). The
   34  court shall also revoke the person’s driver license for at least
   35  1 year.
   36         (4) As used in this section, the term “vulnerable road
   37  user” has the same meaning as in s. 316.027(1).
   38         (5) This section does not prohibit a person from being
   39  charged with, convicted of, or punished for any other violation
   40  of law.
   41         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.