Transportation (Vehicle Registration)

Traffic Infractions Resulting in a Crash with Another Vehicle; Requiring the imposition of specified civil penalties and periods of driver license suspension on a person found at a mandatory hearing to have committed certain traffic infractions that resulted in a crash with another vehicle, in addition to any other penalties; requiring persons cited for specified infractions that result in a crash with another vehicle to appear at a certain mandatory hearing; requiring certain owners and operators of motor vehicles to establish and maintain the ability to respond in damages for liability on account of certain accidents, etc.

Motor Vehicle Racing Penalties; Increasing penalties for violations of the prohibition against coordinating through social media or otherwise or facilitating a prohibited race, a drag race, a street takeover, stunt driving, a competition, a contest, a test, or an exhibition, etc.

Use of Driver License Information for Fraud Prevention; Authorizes DHSMV to provide state agencies & certain third parties with access to certain driver license information for specified purposes with licensee's consent; authorizes identity verification service providers to use DHSMV data under certain conditions; requires certain revenue be deposited into Highway Safety Operating Trust Fund; prohibits such providers from retaining certain information; prohibits third party from storing or selling certain information without licensee's consent.

Transportation; Requiring the Department of Transportation to increase the minimum perception-reaction time of certain steady yellow signals by a specified amount of time; requiring certain seaports to submit an annual report describing measures taken to support the commercial space launch industry to the chair of the Space Florida board of directors beginning on a specified date; authorizing a private entity to install an automated license plate recognition system for use on certain property for a specified purpose or in connection with controlling or enforcement of access to property; providing that the use of a license plate frame or decorative border device that does not obscure the visibility of certain features is not prohibited; requiring the department to implement a Next-generation Traffic Signal Modernization Grant Program, etc. APPROPRIATION: Indeterminate

Electric Vehicle Registration Fees; Defining the term “battery electric vehicle”; requiring the owner of a battery electric vehicle to pay certain annual registration fees; requiring that such fees be deposited into the State Transportation Trust Fund and used for a certain purpose, etc.

Transportation Network Company, Driver, and Vehicle Owner Insurance; Revising automobile insurance requirements for transportation network companies, transportation network company drivers, and transportation network company vehicle owners, etc.

Transportation; Revises & provides provisions relating to increasing minimum perception-reaction time for steady yellow signals, seaports, speed detection systems in school zones, automated license plate recognition systems, private school bus contractors, school bus infraction detection systems, lowering maximum speed limits, flashing beacons, school zones, radar & LiDAR units, disabled parking permits, golf carts, prevention of excessive or unusual noise, motor vehicle registration, license plate frames or decorative border devices, digital driver licenses & electronic credentialing system, digital imaged licenses, use of data by identity verification service providers, direct payments to subcontractors, metropolitan planning organizations, & takeover agreements; provides various penalties.