Florida Senate - 2026                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 828
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  02/10/2026           .                                
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       The Committee on Transportation (Leek) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete lines 41 - 48
    4  and insert:
    5         (f) For purposes of this section, a contractor or any of
    6  its employees or agents providing public transit services under
    7  a contract with a state agency or subdivision is considered an
    8  agent of the state while acting within the scope of and pursuant
    9  to guidelines established in such contract or by rule. For
   10  purposes of this paragraph, the term “public transit” has the
   11  same meaning as in s. 341.031(6).
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   14  And the title is amended as follows:
   15         Delete lines 2 - 8
   16  and insert:
   17         An act relating to sovereign immunity for public
   18         transit contractors; amending s. 768.28, F.S.;
   19         providing that contractors providing public transit
   20         services and their employees or agents are deemed
   21         agents of the state for purposes of sovereign
   22         immunity; defining