Florida Senate - 2026 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 382
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
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Senator Truenow moved the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete lines 53 - 145
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5 Section 2. Micromobility Device Safety Task Force.—
6 (1) CREATION.—The Micromobility Device Safety Task Force, a
7 task force as defined in s. 20.03(5), Florida Statutes, is
8 created adjunct to the Department of Highway Safety and Motor
9 Vehicles. The department shall provide administrative and staff
10 support services related to the functions of the task force.
11 (2) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the task force is to examine
12 and recommend improvements to state law and the regulatory
13 framework governing micromobility devices as defined in s.
14 316.003, Florida Statutes, in order to encourage the safe
15 operation of micromobility devices and to prevent traffic
16 incidents, injuries, and fatalities involving such devices.
17 (3) MEMBERSHIP; MEETINGS.—
18 (a) The task force shall be composed of the executive
19 director of the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles,
20 or his or her designee; the Secretary of Transportation, or his
21 or her designee; and the following members, who shall be
22 appointed by the executive director of the Department of Highway
23 Safety and Motor Vehicles:
24 1. A representative from the Florida Sheriffs Association.
25 2. A representative from the Florida Police Chiefs
26 Association.
27 3. A representative from the micromobility device industry.
28 4. A representative from the Florida League of Cities.
29 5. A representative from the Florida Association of
30 Counties.
31 6. A representative from the medical field with experience
32 in treating bicyclist and pedestrian injuries.
33 7. A representative from an organization involved in
34 efforts to prevent injuries and fatalities involving
35 micromobility devices, including electric bicycles and motorized
36 scooters.
37 (b) Appointments to the task force must be made within 15
38 days after this act becomes a law.
39 (c) The executive director of the Department of Highway
40 Safety and Motor Vehicles, or his or her designee, shall chair
41 the task force. Any vacancy on the task force must be filled in
42 the same manner as the original appointment.
43 (d) The task force shall convene no later than 30 days
44 after this act becomes a law. The task force shall meet at least
45 monthly, but may meet more frequently at the call of the chair.
46 At least one meeting of the task force must occur in each of the
47 following regions of the state: North Florida, Central Florida,
48 and South Florida. All meetings shall be held at the time and
49 place designated by the chair.
50 (e) Members of the task force shall serve without
51 compensation but are entitled to receive reimbursement for per
52 diem and travel expenses pursuant to s. 112.061, Florida
53 Statutes.
54 (4) REPORT.—The task force shall prepare a report that
55 includes legislative recommendations for improvements to state
56 law and the regulatory framework governing micromobility
57 devices. The report must take into account methods to improve
58 traffic safety for micromobility device operators and riders,
59 pedestrians, and other vehicle operators through reasonable
60 measures designed to reduce traffic incidents, injuries, and
61 fatalities. Before October 1, 2026, the task force shall submit
62 the report to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the
63 Speaker of the House of Representatives. Upon submission of the
64 report, the task force shall expire.
65 Section 3. (1) Beginning 30 days after this act becomes a
66 law, the Florida Highway Patrol and each police department and
67 sheriff’s office shall maintain a list of all traffic crashes
68 that the respective agency investigates which involve a
69 micromobility device. Each micromobility device crash must be
70 included in the list, regardless of whether the crash is
71 reported on a Florida Traffic Crash Report, Long Form; short
72 form crash report; or driver exchange-of-information form. The
73 list must contain the following information for each traffic
74 crash involving a micromobility device:
75 (a) Date and time of the crash.
76 (b) If applicable, the class of electric bicycle involved
77 in the crash.
78 (c) Age of the micromobility device operator involved in
79 the crash.
80 (d) If known, whether the micromobility device operator
81 possessed a valid Florida learner’s driver license or driver
82 license at the time of the crash.
83 (2) By October 15, 2026, each police department and
84 sheriff’s office shall submit a report to the Department of
85 Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles which contains a list of all
86 micromobility device crashes investigated by the respective
87 police department or sheriff’s office from the beginning of the
88 reporting period through September 30, 2026. The report must be
89 submitted in a form and manner determined by the department.
90 (3) By October 31, 2026, the Department of Highway Safety
91 and Motor Vehicles shall submit to the Governor, the President
92 of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives a
93 report summarizing the reports submitted to the department
94 pursuant to subsection (2) and include in the report the list
95 maintained by the Florida Highway Patrol pursuant to subsection
96 (1). The report must separate the micromobility device crash
97 data by device type and county and list the reporting law
98 enforcement agencies within each county.
99 Section 4. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this
100 act, this
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103 And the title is amended as follows:
104 Delete lines 2 - 25
105 and insert:
106 An act relating to micromobility devices; amending s.
107 316.20655, F.S.; providing requirements for the
108 operation of electric bicycles; prohibiting the
109 operation of an electric bicycle above a certain speed
110 under certain circumstances; providing penalties;
111 creating the Micromobility Device Safety Task Force
112 adjunct to the Department of Highway Safety and Motor
113 Vehicles; requiring the department to provide
114 administrative and staff support services to the task
115 force; providing the purpose of the task force;
116 providing the composition of the task force; requiring
117 the appointment of task force members within a
118 specified timeframe; providing the manner in which
119 task force vacancies must be filled; requiring that
120 the task force convene within a certain timeframe;
121 requiring the task force to meet at least monthly;
122 providing requirements for the time and place of the
123 task force meetings; providing that members of the
124 task force are entitled to reimbursement for per diem
125 and travel expenses; requiring the task force to
126 develop and submit a certain report to the Governor
127 and Legislature by a specified date; providing for the
128 expiration of the task force; requiring