The Florida Senate

CS/HB 1397: Transportation

GENERAL BILL by Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee ; Abbott ; Bankson ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Conerly ; Partington

Transportation; Authorizes Secretary of Transportation to appoint certain officers; revises provisions relating to FTC; creates Florida Transportation Research Institute & Florida Transportation Academy & provides functions & requirements for each; revises provisions relating to project funding & funding prioritization, DOT responsibilities, Florida Seaport Transportation & Economic Development Council, commercial service airports, private airports of public interest, reporting requirements, advanced air mobility, performance & productivity measures, & permitting; removes provisions relating to social & economically disadvantaged business enterprises; authorizes DOT to require amount of certain bonds be less than certain amount; revises budgetary procedures for DOT; requires EOG to modify approved operating budget for fixed capital outlay expenditures; repeals provisions relating to high-occupancy-vehicle lanes, socially & economically disadvantaged business enterprises, penalties for false representation of such enterprises, contract awards to such enterprises, & electric vehicle charging stations & infrastructure plan development.

• Bill History
• Related Bills (6)
• Bill Text (2)
• Amendments (0)
• Analyses (1)
• Vote History (0)
• Citations (44)

Bill History

Date	Chamber	Action
2/27/2025	House	• Filed
3/4/2025	House	• 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
3/5/2025	House	• Referred to Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee • Referred to Transportation & Economic Development Budget Subcommittee • Referred to Commerce Committee • Now in Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee
3/21/2025	House	• PCS added to Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee agenda
3/25/2025	House	• Favorable with CS by Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee
3/26/2025	House	• Reported out of Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee • Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) • CS Filed • 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
3/27/2025	House	• Referred to Transportation & Economic Development Budget Subcommittee • Referred to Commerce Committee • Now in Transportation & Economic Development Budget Subcommittee

Related Bills

Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
S 1662 (c1)	Transportation	Collins	Similar	Last Action: 3/27/2025 S CS by Transportation read 1st time
H 1125	Regional Planning and Economic Development	Owen	Compare	Last Action: 3/5/2025 H Now in Commerce Committee
H 1185	Department of Management Services	Sapp	Compare	Last Action: 3/5/2025 H Now in Government Operations Subcommittee
H 1427	Rural Communities	Griffitts, Jr., Abbott	Compare	Last Action: 3/25/2025 H Now in Health & Human Services Committee
S 110 (e1)	Rural Communities	Simon	Compare	Last Action: 3/19/2025 H In Messages
S 1694	Prohibited Preferences in Government Contracting	Fine	Compare	Last Action: 3/20/2025 S On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 03/25/25, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Building --Not Considered

Bill Text

Version	Posted	Format
H 1397 Filed	2/27/2025 4:53 PM	PDF
H 1397 c1	3/26/2025 1:40 PM	PDF

Committee Amendments

No Committee Amendments Available

Floor Amendments

No Floor Amendments Available

Bill Analyses

Type	Analysis	Author	Posted	Format
Bill Analysis	H 1397	Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee (Post-Meeting)	3/26/2025 5:21 PM	PDF

Vote History - Committee

No Committee Vote History Available

Vote History - Floor

No Vote History Available

Citations - Statutes (44)

Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
20.23	Department of Transportation.	Page 6 (pdf)
110.205	Career service; exemptions.	Page 54 (pdf)
311.07	Florida seaport transportation and economic development funding.	Page 14 (pdf)
311.09	Florida Seaport Transportation and Economic Development Council.	Page 16 (pdf)
316.0741	High-occupancy-vehicle lanes.	Page 54 (pdf)
316.0745	Uniform signals and devices.	Page 19 (pdf)
322.27	Authority of department to suspend or revoke driver license or identification card.	Page 57 (pdf)
330.27	Definitions, when used in ss. 330.29-330.39.	Page 20 (pdf)
330.30	Approval of airport sites; registration and licensure of airports.	Page 23 (pdf)
331.351	Participation by women, minorities, and socially and economically disadvantaged business enterprises encouraged.	Page 54 (pdf)
331.371	Strategic space infrastructure investment.	Page 27 (pdf)
332.003	Florida Airport Development and Assistance Act; short title.	Page 28 (pdf)
332.005	Restrictions on authority of Department of Transportation.	Page 28 (pdf)
332.006	Duties and responsibilities of the Department of Transportation.	Page 29 (pdf)
332.007	Administration and financing of aviation and airport programs and projects; state plan.	Page 30 (pdf)
332.0075	Commercial service airports; transparency and accountability; penalty.	Page 32 (pdf)
332.15		Page 36 (pdf)
334.044	Powers and duties of the department.	Page 37 (pdf)
334.045	Transportation performance and productivity standards; development; measurement; application.	Page 38 (pdf)
334.62		Page 39 (pdf)
335.182	Regulation of connections to roads on State Highway System; definitions.	Page 40 (pdf)
335.187	Unpermitted connections; existing access permits; nonconforming permits; modification and revocation of permits.	Page 41 (pdf)
337.027	Authority to implement a business development program.	Page 42 (pdf)
337.11	Contracting authority of department; bids; emergency repairs, supplemental agreements, and change orders; combined design and construction contracts; progress payments; records; requirements of vehicle registration.	Page 72 (pdf)
337.125	Socially and economically disadvantaged business enterprises; notice requirements.	Page 54 (pdf)
337.135	Socially and economically disadvantaged business enterprises; punishment for false representation.	Page 54 (pdf)
337.139	Efforts to encourage awarding contracts to disadvantaged business enterprises.	Page 54 (pdf)
337.18	Surety bonds for construction or maintenance contracts; requirement with respect to contract award; bond requirements; defaults; damage assessments.	Page 44 (pdf)
337.251	Lease of property for joint public-private development and areas above or below department property.	Page 47 (pdf)
337.406	Unlawful use of state transportation facility right-of-way; penalties.	Page 48 (pdf)
338.227	Turnpike revenue bonds.	Page 48 (pdf)
339.0805	Funds to be expended with certified disadvantaged business enterprises; construction management development program; bond guarantee program.	Page 54 (pdf)
339.2816	Small County Road Assistance Program.	Page 49 (pdf)
339.2818	Small County Outreach Program.	Page 49 (pdf)
339.2821	Economic development transportation projects.	Page 51 (pdf)
339.287	Electric vehicle charging stations; infrastructure plan development.	Page 54 (pdf)
339.651	Strategic Intermodal System supply chain demands.	Page 52 (pdf)
341.051	Administration and financing of public transit and intercity bus service programs and projects.	Page 52 (pdf)
348.754	Purposes and powers.	Page 53 (pdf)
349.03	Jacksonville Transportation Authority.	Page 53 (pdf)
365.172	Emergency communications.	Page 60 (pdf)
379.2293	Airport activities within the scope of a federally approved wildlife hazard management plan or a federal or state permit or other authorization for depredation or harassment.	Page 73 (pdf)
493.6101	Definitions.	Page 74 (pdf)
493.6403	License requirements.	Page 75 (pdf)

Citations - Constitution (0)

No Constitutional citations.

Citations - Chapter Law (0)

No Chapter Law citations.