SB 1408 Florida Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Transportation Facility Designations

Summary

Transportation Facility Designations; Providing honorary designations of certain transportation facilities in specified counties; revising an honorary designation in a specified county; directing the Department of Transportation to erect suitable markers, etc.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Mar 10, 2025 Last action Apr 23, 2025

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S 1408 Filed → S 1408 c1 · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was amended to add 15 new honorary designations for transportation facilities across Florida counties, expanding the original two designations to include memorials for first responders, public servants, and community figures. The amendment also revised an existing designation in Highlands County and added a requirement to amend the underlying statute (chapter 2022-224) to reflect the change. All designations remain effective July 1, 2025.

Scope change

Expanded from 2 transportation facility designations to 17 total designations across multiple Florida counties, and added a statutory amendment requirement to codify one change.

SCOPE

Added 15 new honorary designations for highways, overpasses, and bridges in Hillsborough, Orange, Bradford, Duval, Pinellas, Lake, Seminole, Monroe, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach, and Broward counties.

Added designation for a railroad overpass in Starke, Bradford County, as the first non-roadway facility in the bill.

REQUIREMENT

Added requirement to amend chapter 2022-224, Laws of Florida, to revise an existing honorary designation in Highlands County and reenact a related subsection.

TECHNICAL

Changed document format from original filing to committee substitute version with updated metadata and page numbering.

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Committee

Apr 18, 2025

Upper · Passed

Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)

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Apr 14, 2025

Upper · Passed

On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 04/17/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building

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Mar 26, 2025

Upper · Passed

Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; YEAS 14 NAYS 0

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Mar 21, 2025

Upper · Passed

On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development, 03/26/25, 1:00 pm, 110 Senate Building

upper

Mar 20, 2025

Upper · Passed

Now in Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development

upper

Mar 19, 2025

Upper · Passed

Favorable by Transportation; YEAS 9 NAYS 0

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Mar 14, 2025

Upper · Passed

On Committee agenda-- Transportation, 03/19/25, 9:00 am, 37 Senate Building

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Mar 10, 2025

Introduced

upper

Mar 6, 2025

Committee

Referred to Transportation; Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Fiscal Policy

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1 primary · 1 co-sponsor