Florida Senate - 2026                                    SB 1370
       
       
        
       By Senator Martin
       
       
       
       
       
       33-01427A-26                                          20261370__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to habitual traffic offender
    3         designation; providing a short title; amending s.
    4         322.264, F.S.; revising the definition of the term
    5         “habitual traffic offender”; providing an effective
    6         date.
    7          
    8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   10         Section 1. This act may be cited as “Isaiah’s Law.”
   11         Section 2. Subsection (1) of section 322.264, Florida
   12  Statutes, is amended to read:
   13         322.264 “Habitual traffic offender” defined.—A “habitual
   14  traffic offender” is any person whose record, as maintained by
   15  the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, shows that
   16  such person has accumulated the specified number of convictions
   17  for offenses described in subsection (1) or subsection (2)
   18  within a 5-year period:
   19         (1) Three or more convictions of any one or more of the
   20  following offenses arising out of separate acts:
   21         (a) Voluntary or involuntary manslaughter resulting from
   22  the operation of a motor vehicle;
   23         (b) Any violation of s. 316.193, former s. 316.1931, or
   24  former s. 860.01;
   25         (c) Any felony in the commission of which a motor vehicle
   26  is used;
   27         (d) Driving a motor vehicle while his or her license is
   28  suspended or revoked;
   29         (e) Failing to stop and render aid as required under the
   30  laws of this state in the event of a motor vehicle crash
   31  resulting in the death or personal injury of another; or
   32         (f) Driving a commercial motor vehicle while his or her
   33  privilege is disqualified; or
   34         (g) Driving a motor vehicle without a valid license in
   35  violation of s. 322.03.
   36  
   37  Any violation of any federal law, any law of another state or
   38  country, or any valid ordinance of a municipality or county of
   39  another state similar to a statutory prohibition specified in
   40  subsection (1) or subsection (2) shall be counted as a violation
   41  of such prohibition. In computing the number of convictions, all
   42  convictions during the 5 years previous to July 1, 1972, will be
   43  used, provided at least one conviction occurs after that date.
   44  The fact that previous convictions may have resulted in
   45  suspension, revocation, or disqualification under another
   46  section does not exempt them from being used for suspension or
   47  revocation under this section as a habitual offender.
   48         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.