SB 1696 Florida Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Prearranged Transportation Services

Summary

Prearranged Transportation Services; Prohibiting the impersonation of a transportation network company driver; providing that services purchased from a transportation network company are not considered privately owned or operated bus transit systems; requiring transportation service providers to provide certain drivers with access to certain training materials, etc.

Issues: ✓ Technology

Bill status in committee 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Apr 2025

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Mar 10, 2025 Last action Apr 23, 2025

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What changed between versions

S 1696 Filed → S 1696 c1 · 3 edits

MINOR

SB 1696 was revised from its original filing to a committee substitute version, primarily adding metadata headers and reformatting the bill text for official committee substitute status. The substantive policy content regarding transportation network company impersonation, paratransit definitions, and training requirements remains unchanged.

Scope change

The bill's scope and applicability remain unchanged; only the document format and metadata were modified to reflect committee substitute status.

TECHNICAL

Added metadata headers including committee information, bill tracking numbers, and timestamps to identify this as a Committee Substitute version.

Reformatted bill text from original filing format to standard committee substitute format with different line numbering and spacing conventions.

Changed document title from 'S 1696 Filed' to 'Florida Senate - 2025 CS for SB 1696' to indicate committee substitute status.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 8, 2025

How they voted

24–0

Passed · 1 other

Total votes 25

Apr 8, 2025

D Democratic5

5 Yea

100% Yea

I Independent1

1 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican19

18 Yea 1

94% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Committee

Apr 9, 2025

Upper · Passed

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

upper

Apr 8, 2025

Senate · Passed

Senate Vote: pass (24-0-1)

senate

Apr 3, 2025

Upper · Passed

On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/08/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building

upper

Apr 1, 2025

Upper · Passed

Favorable by Criminal Justice; YEAS 9 NAYS 0

upper

Mar 27, 2025

Upper · Passed

On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 04/01/25, 1:30 pm, 37 Senate Building

upper

Mar 25, 2025

Upper · Passed

Favorable by Transportation; YEAS 8 NAYS 0

upper

Mar 20, 2025

Upper · Passed

On Committee agenda-- Transportation, 03/25/25, 4:00 pm, 37 Senate Building

upper

Mar 10, 2025

Introduced

upper

Mar 7, 2025

Committee

Referred to Transportation; Criminal Justice; Rules

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors