CS/SB 1318: Traffic Offenses

GENERAL BILL by Rules, Grall; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Davis, Hooper, Pizzo, Rodriguez

Traffic Offenses; Prohibiting a person from operating a motor vehicle while using a wireless communications device in a handheld manner; providing an exception; requiring that sustained use of a wireless communications device by a person operating a motor vehicle be conducted through a hands-free accessory until such use is terminated; revising penalty provisions relating to the use of wireless communications devices in a handheld manner in certain circumstances; requiring persons cited for specified infractions that result in a crash with another vehicle to appear at a certain mandatory hearing, etc.

Current Bill Version Posted: 4/1/2025 06:37 PM

• Senate Committee References (3)

  1. Transportation (TR)
  2. Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development (ATD)
  3. Rules (RC)

• Related Bills (3)

  Bill Number Subject Filed By Last Action and Location	Relationship Learn more about bill relationships
  H 501 by Tant Hands-free Driving Last Action: 6/16/2025 H Died in Government Operations Subcommittee	Similar
  H 699 by Melo, Redondo Noncriminal Traffic Infractions Causing Vehicle Crashes Last Action: 6/16/2025 H Died in State Affairs Committee	Compare
  S 1210 by Martin Traffic Infractions Resulting in a Crash with Another Vehicle Last Action: 6/16/2025 S Died in Judiciary	Compare

• Floor Votes (1)

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  Date	Chamber	Result
  4/9/2025 4:54 PM	Senate	29 Yeas - 7 Nays

• Citations - Statute (4)

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  316.305	Wireless communications devices; prohibition.	Page 2 [pdf]
  316.306	School and work zones; prohibition on the use of a wireless communications device in a handheld manner.	Page 6 [pdf]
  318.14	Noncriminal traffic infractions; exception; procedures.	Page 11 [pdf]
  318.19	Infractions requiring a mandatory hearing.	Page 14 [pdf]

• Bill History

  S = Senate, H = House

  2/26/2025	S	• Filed
  3/6/2025	S	• Referred to Transportation; Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Rules
  3/7/2025	S	• On Committee agenda-- Transportation, 03/12/25, 8:30 am, 37 Senate Building
  3/10/2025	S	• Introduced
  3/12/2025	S	• Favorable by Transportation; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 • Now in Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development
  3/21/2025	S	• On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development, 03/26/25, 1:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
  3/26/2025	S	• Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; YEAS 15 NAYS 0
  3/27/2025	S	• Now in Rules • On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/01/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
  4/1/2025	S	• CS by- Rules; YEAS 22 NAYS 2 • Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
  4/2/2025	S	• CS by Rules read 1st time
  4/3/2025	S	• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/09/25
  4/9/2025	S	• Read 2nd time -SJ 387 • Read 3rd time -SJ 388 • CS passed; YEAS 29 NAYS 7 -SJ 388 • Immediately certified -SJ 392
  4/9/2025	H	• In Messages
  5/3/2025	H	• Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
  6/16/2025	H	• Died in Messages