SB 468 Florida Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Fleeing or Attempting to Elude a Law Enforcement Officer

Summary

Fleeing or Attempting to Elude a Law Enforcement Officer; Revising the law enforcement patrol vehicle marking requirements for specified offenses; authorizing the impoundment of a motor vehicle involved in certain violations for a specified period, etc.

Issues: ✓ Criminal Justice

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Mar 4, 2025 Last action Apr 28, 2025

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MODERATE

This bill amends Florida's fleeing or eluding law enforcement statutes to increase penalties for certain offenses, add mandatory minimum sentences, and introduce vehicle impoundment and forfeiture provisions. It also updates the Criminal Punishment Code to adjust offense severity rankings and adds a sentencing multiplier for repeat fleeing/eluding violations.

Scope change

The bill expands enforcement mechanisms by adding vehicle impoundment authority (up to 30 business days) and forfeiture provisions for vehicles involved in fleeing/eluding offenses, while also modifying how offenses are ranked for sentencing purposes.

REQUIREMENT

Changed the felony classification for fleeing/eluding in a marked law enforcement vehicle from first-third degree to third degree, reducing the severity of this specific offense.

Updated the offense severity ranking chart to reflect new felony classifications and added specific entries for fleeing/eluding offenses at different levels.

ENFORCEMENT

Added new provisions allowing law enforcement to impound vehicles involved in fleeing/eluding violations for up to 30 business days, with specific release conditions and cost responsibilities.

Added forfeiture provisions treating vehicles involved in fleeing/eluding offenses as contraband subject to seizure under existing forfeiture statutes.

TIMELINE

Added a sentencing multiplier of 1.5 for repeat fleeing or eluding offenses when calculating Criminal Punishment Code scores.

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Committee

Apr 22, 2025

Upper · Passed

Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 19 NAYS 0

upper

Apr 17, 2025

Upper · Passed

On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 04/22/25, 11:00 am, 412 Knott Building

upper

Apr 15, 2025

Upper · Passed

Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 9 NAYS 0

upper

Apr 10, 2025

Upper · Passed

On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 04/15/25, 12:30 pm, 37 Senate Building

upper

Mar 26, 2025

Upper · Passed

Now in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice

upper

Mar 26, 2025

Upper · Passed

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

upper

Mar 20, 2025

Upper · Passed

On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 03/25/25, 1:30 pm, 37 Senate Building

upper

Mar 4, 2025

Introduced

upper

Feb 20, 2025

Committee

Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Fiscal Policy

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors