Florida Senate - 2026 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 1220
Ì343364+Î343364
LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
Comm: RCS .
02/12/2026 .
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The Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and
Economic Development (Massullo) recommended the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete lines 220 - 567
4 and insert:
5 3. A county or municipality may not enact, impose, levy,
6 collect, or enforce:
7 a. An operating fee for personal delivery devices, except
8 as expressly authorized by state statute; or
9 b. An advertising regulation that restricts, prohibits,
10 conditions, or otherwise limits commercial advertising on
11 personal delivery devices.
12 Section 6. Subsections (1) and (3) of section 316.2071,
13 Florida Statutes, are amended, and subsection (5) is added to
14 that section, to read:
15 316.2071 Personal delivery devices and mobile carriers.—
16 (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the
17 contrary, a personal delivery device may operate on sidewalks,
18 crosswalks, bicycle lanes, and bicycle paths and on the
19 shoulders of streets, roadways, and highways, not including
20 limited access facilities, and a or mobile carrier may operate
21 on sidewalks and crosswalks, subject to s. 316.008(7)(b). A
22 personal delivery device or mobile carrier operating on a
23 sidewalk or crosswalk has all the rights and duties applicable
24 to a pedestrian under the same circumstances. A, except that the
25 personal delivery device or mobile carrier may must not
26 unreasonably interfere with pedestrians, bicycles, or motor
27 vehicles traffic and must yield the right-of-way to pedestrians
28 on the sidewalk or crosswalk.
29 (3)(a) A personal delivery device and a mobile carrier may
30 not do any of the following:
31 1.(a) Operate on a sidewalk, crosswalk, bicycle lane, or
32 bicycle path or on the shoulder of a street, roadway, or highway
33 unless the personal delivery device meets minimum criteria
34 established by the Department of Transportation and a human
35 operator is capable of controlling and monitoring the navigation
36 and operation of the personal delivery device public highway
37 except to the extent necessary to cross a crosswalk.
38 2. Transport hazardous materials as defined in s. 316.003.
39 3. Operate on a limited access facility.
40 (b) A mobile carrier may not do any of the following:
41 1. Operate on a public highway except to the extent
42 necessary to cross a crosswalk.
43 2. Operate on a sidewalk or crosswalk unless the personal
44 delivery device operator is actively controlling or monitoring
45 the navigation and operation of the personal delivery device or
46 a mobile carrier owner remains within 25 feet of the mobile
47 carrier.
48 3.(c) Transport hazardous materials as defined in s.
49 316.003.
50 4.(d) For mobile carriers, Transport persons or animals.
51 (5) The Department of Transportation may adopt rules to
52 implement this section.
53 Section 7. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section
54 320.06, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
55 320.06 Registration certificates, license plates, and
56 validation stickers generally.—
57 (1)
58 (b)1. Registration license plates bearing a graphic symbol
59 and the alphanumeric system of identification shall be issued
60 for a 10-year period. At the end of the 10-year period, upon
61 renewal, the plate shall be replaced. The department shall
62 extend the scheduled license plate replacement date from a 6
63 year period to a 10-year period. The fee for such replacement is
64 $28, $2.80 of which shall be paid each year before the plate is
65 replaced, to be credited toward the next $28 replacement fee.
66 The fees shall be deposited into the Highway Safety Operating
67 Trust Fund. A credit or refund may not be given for any prior
68 years’ payments of the prorated replacement fee if the plate is
69 replaced or surrendered before the end of the 10-year period,
70 except that a credit may be given if a registrant is required by
71 the department to replace a license plate under s.
72 320.08056(8)(a). With each license plate, a validation sticker
73 shall be issued showing the owner’s birth month, license plate
74 number, and the year of expiration or the appropriate renewal
75 period if the owner is not a natural person. The validation
76 sticker shall be placed on the upper right corner of the license
77 plate. The license plate and validation sticker shall be issued
78 based on the applicant’s appropriate renewal period. The
79 registration period is 12 months, the extended registration
80 period is 24 months, and all expirations occur based on the
81 applicant’s appropriate registration period. Rental vehicles
82 taxed pursuant to s. 320.08(6)(a) and rental trucks taxed
83 pursuant to s. 320.08(3)(a)-(c) and (4)(a)-(f) (4)(a)-(d) may
84 elect a permanent registration period, provided payment of the
85 appropriate license taxes and fees occurs annually.
86 2. Beginning July 1, 2024, a vehicle registered in
87 accordance with the International Registration Plan must be
88 issued a license plate for a 3-year period. At the end of the 3
89 year period, upon renewal, the license plate must be replaced.
90 Each license plate must include a validation sticker showing the
91 month of expiration. A cab card denoting the declared gross
92 vehicle weight for each apportioned jurisdiction must be issued
93 annually. The fee for an original or a renewal cab card is $28,
94 which must be deposited into the Highway Safety Operating Trust
95 Fund. If the license plate is damaged or worn, it may be
96 replaced at no charge by applying to the department and
97 surrendering the current license plate.
98 3. In order to retain the efficient administration of the
99 taxes and fees imposed by this chapter, the 80-cent fee increase
100 in the replacement fee imposed by chapter 2009-71, Laws of
101 Florida, is negated as provided in s. 320.0804.
102 Section 8. Section 322.032, Florida Statutes, is repealed.
103 Section 9. Section 322.059, Florida Statutes, is amended to
104 read:
105 322.059 Mandatory surrender of suspended driver license and
106 registration.—A person whose driver license or registration has
107 been suspended as provided in s. 322.058 must immediately return
108 his or her driver license and registration to the Department of
109 Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. The department shall
110 invalidate the digital proof of driver license issued pursuant
111 to s. 322.032 for such person. If such person fails to return
112 his or her driver license or registration, a law enforcement
113 agent may seize the license or registration while the driver
114 license or registration is suspended.
115 Section 10. Subsection (1) of section 322.15, Florida
116 Statutes, is amended to read:
117 322.15 License to be carried and exhibited on demand;
118 fingerprint to be imprinted upon a citation.—
119 (1) Every licensee shall have his or her driver license,
120 which must be fully legible with no portion of such license
121 faded, altered, mutilated, or defaced, in his or her immediate
122 possession at all times when operating a motor vehicle and shall
123 present or submit the same upon the demand of a law enforcement
124 officer or an authorized representative of the department. A
125 licensee may present or submit a digital proof of driver license
126 as provided in s. 322.032 in lieu of his or her printed driver
127 license; however, if the law enforcement officer or authorized
128 representative of the department is unable to immediately verify
129 the digital proof of driver license, upon the demand of the law
130 enforcement officer or authorized representative of the
131 department, the licensee must present or submit his or her
132 printed driver license.
133 Section 11. Section 324.252, Florida Statutes, is repealed.
134 Section 12. Present paragraph (d) of subsection (3) of
135 section 330.41, Florida Statutes, is redesignated as paragraph
136 (e), a new paragraph (d) is added to that subsection, and
137 paragraph (c) of that subsection is amended, to read:
138 330.41 Unmanned Aircraft Systems Act.—
139 (3) REGULATION.—
140 (c) Except as otherwise expressly provided, a political
141 subdivision may not withhold issuance of a business tax receipt,
142 development permit, or other land use approval to a drone
143 delivery service on a commercial property or enact or enforce an
144 ordinance or a resolution that prohibits a drone delivery
145 service’s operation based on the location of its drone port,
146 notwithstanding part II of chapter 163 and chapter 205. A
147 political subdivision may enforce minimum setback and
148 landscaping regulations that are generally applicable to
149 permitted uses in the applicable drone port site’s zoning
150 district. This paragraph may not be construed to authorize a
151 political subdivision to require additional landscaping as a
152 condition of approval of a drone delivery service on a
153 commercial property port.
154 (d) The addition of a drone delivery service within the
155 parking area of a commercial property does not reduce the number
156 of parking spaces in the parking area for the purpose of
157 complying with any requirement for a minimum number of parking
158 spaces.
159 Section 13. Subsection (1) of section 332.001, Florida
160 Statutes, is amended to read:
161 332.001 Aviation; powers and duties of the Department of
162 Transportation.—
163 (1) It shall be the duty, function, and responsibility of
164 the Department of Transportation to plan and direct investments
165 in airport systems in this state to facilitate the efficient
166 movement of passengers and cargo and to continuously improve the
167 experience for the flying public and the supply chain of this
168 state’s businesses. In carrying out this duty and
169 responsibility, the department may assist and advise, cooperate,
170 and coordinate with the federal, state, local, or private
171 organizations and individuals in planning such systems of
172 airports.
173 Section 14. Subsection (10) is added to section 332.006,
174 Florida Statutes, to read:
175 332.006 Duties and responsibilities of the Department of
176 Transportation.—The Department of Transportation shall, within
177 the resources provided to the department:
178 (10) Coordinate with commercial service airports in this
179 state to review and evaluate policies and programs of the United
180 States Transportation Security Administration, including, but
181 not limited to, security screening programs and programs for
182 veterans and active duty servicemembers and their families, to
183 improve efficiency in the security screening process and the
184 overall experience of the flying public.
185 Section 15. Present subsections (4), (5), and (6) of
186 section 332.0075, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as
187 subsections (5), (6), and (7), respectively, and a new
188 subsection (4) is added to that section, to read:
189 332.0075 Commercial service airports; transparency and
190 accountability; penalty.—
191 (4) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a
192 commercial service airport must plan for obtaining and
193 maintaining critical infrastructure resources for the airport,
194 its tenants, and the traveling public. Such plans must include
195 long-term contracts and rights of first refusal regarding the
196 sale of and contingency plans for such resources. For purposes
197 of this paragraph, the term “critical infrastructure resources”
198 includes, but is not limited to, access to electricity, fuel,
199 and water resources.
200 Section 16. Present subsections (1) through (37) of section
201 334.03, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (2)
202 through (38), respectively, a new subsection (1) is added to
203 that section, and present subsection (29) of that section is
204 amended, to read:
205 334.03 Definitions.—When used in the Florida Transportation
206 Code, the term:
207 (1) “Advanced air mobility corridor connection point” means
208 any land area or transportation facility, including any
209 airspace, designated by the department as suitable to support
210 the efficient movement of people and goods by use as a
211 connection point for advanced air mobility.
212 (30)(29) “Transportation corridor” means any advanced air
213 mobility corridor connection point or any land area designated
214 by the state, a county, or a municipality which is between two
215 geographic points and which area is used or suitable for the
216 movement of people and goods by one or more modes of
217 transportation, including areas necessary for management of
218 access and securing applicable approvals and permits.
219 Transportation corridors, other than advanced air mobility
220 corridor connection points, shall contain, but are not limited
221 to, the following:
222 (a) Existing publicly owned rights-of-way;
223 (b) All property or property interests necessary for future
224 transportation facilities, including rights of access, air,
225 view, and light, whether public or private, for the purpose of
226 securing and utilizing future transportation rights-of-way,
227 including, but not limited to, any lands reasonably necessary
228 now or in the future for securing applicable approvals and
229 permits, borrow pits, drainage ditches, water retention areas,
230 rest areas, replacement access for landowners whose access could
231 be impaired due to the construction of a future facility, and
232 replacement rights-of-way for relocation of rail and utility
233 facilities.
234 Section 17. Subsections (5), (20), and (21) of section
235 334.044, Florida Statutes, are amended, and subsections (40),
236 (41), and (42) are added to that section, to read:
237 334.044 Powers and duties of the department.—The department
238 shall have the following general powers and duties:
239 (5) To purchase, lease, or otherwise acquire property and
240 materials, including the purchase of promotional items as part
241 of public information and education campaigns for the promotion
242 of environmental management, scenic highways, traffic and train
243 safety awareness, commercial motor vehicle safety, workforce
244 development, transportation-related economic development
245 opportunities, advanced air mobility electric vehicle use and
246 charging stations, autonomous vehicles, and context
247 classification for electric vehicles and autonomous vehicles; to
248 purchase, lease, or otherwise acquire equipment and supplies;
249 and to sell, exchange, or otherwise dispose of any property that
250 is no longer needed by the department.
251 (20) To operate and maintain designated research
252 facilities, to conduct and enter into contracts and agreements
253 for conducting research studies, and to collect data necessary
254 for the improvement of the state transportation system.
255 (21) To conduct and enter into contracts and agreements for
256 conducting research and demonstration projects relative to
257 innovative transportation technologies.
258 (40) To require local governments to submit applications
259 for federal funding for projects on state-owned rights-of-way,
260 roads, bridges, and limited access facilities to the department
261 for review and approval before submission of such applications
262 to the Federal Government.
263 (41) To coordinate with and provide assistance to local
264 governments on the development and review of applications for
265 federal transportation funding to ensure that each project
266 receiving federal funds is consistent with the department’s
267 mission, goals, and objectives as provided in s. 334.046.
268 (42) Notwithstanding any other law, to acquire, own,
269 construct, or operate, or any combination thereof, one or more
270 airports as defined in s. 330.27 for the purpose of supporting
271 advanced air mobility. The department may adopt rules to
272 implement this subsection.
273 Section 18. Section 334.64, Florida Statutes, is created to
274 read:
275 334.64 Department to serve as primary point of contact for
276 LiDAR procurement.—Notwithstanding s. 20.255(9), the department
277 shall serve as the primary point of contact for statewide
278 topographic aerial LiDAR procurement and cost sharing related to
279 statewide geographic information systems and geospatial data
280 sharing. The department may provide these services to other
281 state and local governmental entities by entering into an
282 interagency agreement consistent with chapter 216.
283 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including any
284 charter, ordinance, statute, or special law, all state agencies
285 and local governmental entities conducting programs or
286 exercising powers relating to topographic aerial LiDAR mapping
287 are authorized to enter into an interagency agreement with the
288 department for the provision by the department of topographic
289 aerial LiDAR procurement and cost-sharing services, and to
290 delegate such authority to conduct programs or exercise powers
291 relating to topographic aerial LiDAR procurement and cost
292 sharing services to the department pursuant to such interagency
293 agreements. The department may adopt rules to implement this
294 section.
295 Section 19. Present paragraphs (b) and (c) of subsection
296 (3) of section 338.231, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as
297 paragraphs (c) and (d), respectively, a new paragraph (b) is
298 added to that subsection, and paragraph (a) of that subsection
299 is amended, to read:
300 338.231 Turnpike tolls, fixing; pledge of tolls and other
301 revenues.—The department shall at all times fix, adjust, charge,
302 and collect such tolls and amounts for the use of the turnpike
303 system as are required in order to provide a fund sufficient
304 with other revenues of the turnpike system to pay the cost of
305 maintaining, improving, repairing, and operating such turnpike
306 system; to pay the principal of and interest on all bonds issued
307 to finance or refinance any portion of the turnpike system as
308 the same become due and payable; and to create reserves for all
309 such purposes.
310 (3)(a)1. For the period July 1, 1998, through June 30, 2029
311 2027, the department shall, to the maximum extent feasible,
312 program sufficient funds in the tentative work program such that
313 the percentage of turnpike toll and bond financed commitments in
314 Miami-Dade County, Broward County, and Palm Beach County as
315 compared to total turnpike toll and bond financed commitments
316 shall be at least 90 percent of the share of net toll
317 collections attributable to users of the turnpike system in
318 Miami-Dade County, Broward County, and Palm Beach County as
319 compared to total net toll collections attributable to users of
320 the turnpike system.
321 2. Beginning in the 2029-2030 fiscal year, the department
322 shall, to the maximum extent feasible, program sufficient funds
323 in the tentative work program such that 100 percent of the share
324 of net toll collections attributable to users of the turnpike
325 system in Miami-Dade County, Broward County, and Palm Beach
326 County is used for turnpike toll and bond financed commitments
327 in those counties.
328
329 This paragraph subsection does not apply when the application of
330 such requirements would violate any covenant established in a
331 resolution or trust indenture relating to the issuance of
332 turnpike bonds.
333 (b) The department may at any time for economic
334 considerations establish lower temporary toll rates for a new or
335 existing toll facility for a period not to exceed 1 year, after
336 which the toll rates adopted pursuant to s. 120.54 shall become
337 effective.
338 Section 20. Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) and paragraph
339 (d) of subsection (5) of section 339.81, Florida Statutes, are
340 amended to read:
341 339.81 Florida Shared-Use Nonmotorized Trail Network.—
342 (2)
343 (b) The multiuse trails or shared-use paths of the
344 statewide network must be physically separated from motor
345 vehicle traffic and constructed with asphalt, concrete, or
346 another improved hard surface approved by the department.
347 (5)
348 (d) To the greatest extent practicable, the department
349 shall program projects in the work program to plan for
350 development of the entire trail and to minimize the creation of
351 gaps between trail segments. The department shall, at a minimum,
352 ensure that local support exists for projects and trail
353 segments, including the availability or dedication of local
354 funding sources and of contributions by private landowners who
355 agree to make their land, or property interests in such land,
356 available for public use as a trail. The department may also
357 consider any sponsorship agreement entered into pursuant to
358 subsection (7).
359 Section 21. Subsection (16) of section 341.041, Florida
360 Statutes, is amended to read:
361 341.041 Transit responsibilities of the department.—The
362 department shall, within the resources provided pursuant to
363 chapter 216:
364 (16) Unless otherwise provided by state or federal law,
365 ensure that all grants and agreements between the department and
366 entities providing paratransit services to persons with
367 disabilities include, at a minimum, the following provisions:
368 (a) Performance requirements for the delivery of services,
369 including clear penalties for repeated or continuing violations;
370 (b) Minimum liability insurance requirements for all
371 transportation services purchased, provided, or coordinated for
372 the transportation disadvantaged, as defined in s. 427.011(1),
373 through the contracted vendor or subcontractor thereof;
374 (c) Complaint and grievance processes for users of
375 paratransit services for persons with disabilities users,
376 including a requirement that all reported complaints,
377 grievances, and resolutions be reported to the department on a
378 quarterly basis; and
379 (d) A requirement that the provisions of paragraphs (a),
380 (b), and (c) must be included in any agreement between an entity
381 receiving a grant or an agreement from the department and such
382 entity’s contractors or subcontractors that provide paratransit
383 services for persons with disabilities.
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386 And the title is amended as follows:
387 Delete lines 20 - 92
388 and insert:
389 certain streets, roadways, and highways; prohibiting
390 counties and municipalities from enacting, imposing,
391 levying, collecting, or enforcing certain operating
392 fees and advertising regulations; amending s.
393 316.2071, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made
394 by the act; prohibiting a personal delivery device
395 from operating as otherwise authorized unless the
396 personal delivery device meets certain criteria and a
397 human operator is capable of controlling and
398 monitoring its navigation and operation; prohibiting
399 the operation of a personal delivery device on a
400 limited access facility; authorizing rulemaking;
401 amending s. 320.06, F.S.; authorizing certain rental
402 trucks to elect a permanent registration period;
403 repealing s. 322.032, F.S., relating to digital proof
404 of driver license or identification card; amending ss.
405 322.059 and 322.15, F.S.; conforming provisions to
406 changes made by the act; repealing s. 324.252, F.S.,
407 relating to electronic insurance verification;
408 amending s. 330.41, F.S.; prohibiting a political
409 subdivision from withholding issuance of a business
410 tax receipt, development permit, or other land use
411 approval to certain drone delivery services and from
412 enacting or enforcing ordinances or resolutions that
413 prohibit drone delivery service operation; revising
414 construction; providing that the addition of a drone
415 delivery service within a certain parking area does
416 not reduce the number of parking spaces in the parking
417 area for a certain purpose; amending s. 332.001, F.S.;
418 revising duties of the Department of Transportation
419 relating to airport systems in this state; amending s.
420 332.006, F.S.; requiring the department to coordinate
421 with commercial service airports to review and
422 evaluate certain federal policies and programs;
423 amending s. 332.0075, F.S.; requiring commercial
424 service airports to plan for obtaining and maintaining
425 critical infrastructure resources; providing
426 requirements for such plans; defining the term
427 “critical infrastructure resources”; amending s.
428 334.03, F.S.; defining the term “advanced air mobility
429 corridor connection point”; revising the definition of
430 the term “transportation corridor”; amending s.
431 334.044, F.S.; authorizing the department to purchase,
432 lease, or otherwise acquire property and materials for
433 the promotion of transportation-related economic
434 development opportunities and advanced air mobility;
435 deleting the authority of the department to purchase,
436 lease, or otherwise acquire property and materials for
437 the promotion of electric vehicle use and charging
438 stations; authorizing the department to operate and
439 maintain certain research facilities, enter into
440 certain contracts and agreements, require local
441 governments to submit certain applications for federal
442 funding to the department for review and approval
443 before submission to the Federal Government,
444 coordinate with and provide assistance to local
445 governments on the development and review of certain
446 applications, and acquire, own, construct, or operate
447 airports for a specified purpose; authorizing the
448 department to adopt rules; creating s. 334.64, F.S.;
449 providing that the department serves as the primary
450 point of contact for statewide topographic aerial
451 LiDAR procurement and certain cost sharing;
452 authorizing the department to provide certain services
453 to other governmental entities through interagency
454 agreements; authorizing rulemaking; amending s.
455 338.231, F.S.; revising the period through which the
456 department, to the extent possible, is required to
457 program sufficient funds in the tentative work program
458 for a specified purpose; requiring the department, to
459 the extent possible, to program sufficient funds in
460 the tentative work program for a specified purpose
461 beginning in a specified fiscal year; amending s.
462 339.81, F.S.; revising construction materials that may
463 be used for certain multiuse trails or shared-use
464 paths; authorizing the department to consider certain
465 sponsorship agreements; amending s. 341.041, F.S.;
466 revising the entities for which the department is
467 required to include in grants and agreements certain
468 provisions; revising such provisions; amending s.
469 790.19, F.S.;