Florida Senate - 2025                                    SB 1378
       
       
        
       By Senator Arrington
       
       
       
       
       
       25-01558-25                                           20251378__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to leaving the scene of a crash
    3         involving only damage to vehicle or property; amending
    4         s. 316.061, F.S.; requiring that a person convicted of
    5         leaving the scene of a crash resulting only in damage
    6         to a vehicle or other property be ordered to make
    7         restitution; providing an effective date.
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    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   11         Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 316.061, Florida
   12  Statutes, is amended to read:
   13         316.061 Crashes involving damage to vehicle or property.—
   14         (1) The driver of any vehicle involved in a crash resulting
   15  only in damage to a vehicle or other property which is driven or
   16  attended by any person shall immediately stop such vehicle at
   17  the scene of such crash or as close thereto as possible, and
   18  shall forthwith return to, and in every event shall remain at,
   19  the scene of the crash until he or she has fulfilled the
   20  requirements of s. 316.062. A person who violates this
   21  subsection commits a misdemeanor of the second degree,
   22  punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. A person
   23  convicted of a violation of this subsection shall be ordered to
   24  make restitution to the owner of a vehicle or other property
   25  damaged in the crash for damage that was caused by his or her
   26  vehicle. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, $5
   27  shall be added to a fine imposed pursuant to this section, which
   28  $5 shall be deposited in the Emergency Medical Services Trust
   29  Fund.
   30         Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2025.