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SB 88 Florida Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Utility Terrain Vehicles

Summary
Utility Terrain Vehicles; Authorizing a utility terrain vehicle (UTV) to be operated during all hours; authorizing the operation of UTVs on certain parts of the State Highway System; authorizing the Department of Transportation to prohibit the use of UTVs under certain circumstances; requiring the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to issue a license plate to the owner or lessee of a vehicle registered as a UTV upon payment of certain taxes and fees, etc.
Issues: ✓ TransportationSupports TransportationAuthorizes UTV operation on highways and regulates licensing, directly advancing vehicle use policy within transportation infrastructure.90% confidence
Bill status died 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 4, 2025 Last action Jun 16, 2025
Maddy AI version diff · 3 comparisons

What changed between versions

S 88 c2 → S 88 c3 · 4 edits
MODERATE
This bill version updates committee markup for SB 88, changing the committee of origin from Appropriations/Transportation to include the Committee on Rules and updating bill numbering from c2 to c3. The substantive policy content regarding UTV operation rules, definitions, and requirements remains unchanged between versions.
TECHNICAL

Committee attribution changed from Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; the Committee on Transportation; and Senator Wright to include the Committee on Rules as an additional committee.

Bill version number updated from c2 (Committee Substitute 2) to c3 (Committee Substitute 3), indicating this is a third revision of the committee substitute.

Bill number changed from 606-02139-25 to 595-02619-25 in the header information.

Added metadata header with timestamps, bill type (General Bill), and committee substitute designation that was not present in the previous version.

Floor votes · Senate Mar 27, 2025

How they voted

32–5
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 39
Mar 27, 2025
D Democratic10
6 Yea 4 Nay
60% Yea
I Independent1
1 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican28
25 Yea 1 Nay 2
89% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
26
Key actions
9
Committee
9
Mar 27, 2025
Upper · Passed
CS passed; YEAS 32 NAYS 5
upper
Mar 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
upper
Mar 14, 2025
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Rules, 03/19/25, 11:30 am, 412 Knott Building
upper
Mar 6, 2025
Upper · Passed
Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
upper
Mar 5, 2025
Upper · Passed
CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; YEAS 10 NAYS 3
upper
Mar 4, 2025
Introduced
Introduced
upper
Feb 28, 2025
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development, 03/05/25, 8:30 am, 110 Senate Building
upper
Feb 21, 2025
Upper · Passed
Now in Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development
upper
Feb 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
upper
Feb 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Transportation, 02/18/25, 4:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
upper
Jan 15, 2025
Committee
Referred to Transportation; Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Rules
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Photo of Tommy Wright
Tommy Wright
RRepublican
FL
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