Florida Senate - 2025 CS for SB 650 By the Committee on Transportation; and Senators Leek and Rouson 596-02315-25 2025650c1 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to hazardous walking conditions; 3 amending s. 1006.23, F.S.; revising the criteria that 4 determine a hazardous walking condition for public 5 school students; providing an effective date. 6 7 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 8 9 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section 10 1006.23, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 11 1006.23 Hazardous walking conditions.— 12 (2) HAZARDOUS WALKING CONDITIONS.— 13 (a) Walkways parallel to the road.— 14 1. It shall be considered a hazardous walking condition 15 with respect to any road along which students must walk in order 16 to walk to and from school if there is not an area at least 4 17 feet wide adjacent to the road, not including drainage ditches, 18 sluiceways, swales, or channels, having a surface upon which 19 students may walk without being required to walk on the road 20 surface or if the walkway is along a freeway, including any 21 entrance ramp, exit ramp, or interchange, regardless of the 22 posted speed limit. In addition, whenever the road along which 23 students must walk is uncurbed and has a posted speed limit of 24 50 miles per hour or greater, the area as described above for 25 students to walk upon shall be set off the road by no less than 26 3 feet from the edge of the road. 27 2. Subparagraph 1. does not apply when the road along which 28 students must walk: 29 a. Is a road on which the volume of traffic is less than 30 180 vehicles per hour, per direction, during the time students 31 walk to and from school; or 32 b. Is located in a residential area and has a posted speed 33 limit of 30 miles per hour or less. 34 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.