# Florida SB 138: Driving and Boating Offenses

Florida SB 138, Driving and Boating Offenses, is a 2025 Senate bill sponsored by Tom A. Wright (Republican); status failed, last action 2025-04-30 (Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 687 (Ch. 2025-121) -SJ 648); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-19).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB138-2025
- As of: 2026-10-19
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Florida SB 138
- State: Florida
- Session: 2025
- Title: Driving and Boating Offenses
- Status: failed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-01-03
- Last action: 2025-04-30, Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 687 (Ch. 2025-121) -SJ 648
- Sponsor: Tom A. Wright (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Subjects: Appropriation, Criminal Justice, Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, Fiscal Policy
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 3 (32 yes, 3 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Tom A. Wright (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
- Cosponsor: Criminal Justice

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-03-20 | Senate | Fiscal Policy Vote | pass | 18 | 1 |   |
| 2025-03-05 | Senate | Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice Vote | pass | 6 | 2 |   |
| 2025-02-11 | Senate | Criminal Justice Vote | pass | 8 | 0 |   |

## Actions (20)

- 2025-04-30: Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 687 (Ch. 2025-121) -SJ 648 (Senate)
- 2025-04-30: Substituted CS/HB 687 -SJ 648 (Senate)
- 2025-04-30: Read 2nd time -SJ 647 (Senate)
- 2025-04-28: Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/30/25 (Senate)
- 2025-03-20: Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading (Senate)
- 2025-03-20: Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 18 NAYS 1 (Senate)
- 2025-03-17: On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 03/20/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building (Senate)
- 2025-03-10: CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice read 1st time (Senate)
- 2025-03-07: Now in Fiscal Policy (Senate)
- 2025-03-07: Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) (Senate)
- 2025-03-05: CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 6 NAYS 2 (Senate)
- 2025-03-04: CS by Criminal Justice read 1st time (Senate)
- 2025-03-04: Introduced (Senate)
- 2025-02-28: On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 03/05/25, 11:00 am, 37 Senate Building (Senate)
- 2025-02-13: Now in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice (Senate)
- 2025-02-12: Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) (Senate)
- 2025-02-11: CS by Criminal Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 (Senate)
- 2025-02-03: On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 02/11/25, 1:45 pm, 37 Senate Building (Senate)
- 2025-01-15: Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Fiscal Policy (Senate)
- 2025-01-03: Filed (Senate)

## Bill text

- c2, 2025-10-01: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/138/BillText/c2/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/138/BillText/c2/PDF)
- c1, 2025-02-12: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/138/BillText/c1/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/138/BillText/c1/PDF)
- Filed, 2025-01-03: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/138/BillText/Filed/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/138/BillText/Filed/PDF)

## Related bills

- HB 1427: Nursing Education Programs (vetoed)
- HB 1095: Criminal Offender Substance Abuse Program (vetoed)
- HB 6017: Recovery of Damages for Medical Negligence Resulting in Death (vetoed)
- HB 1445: Public Officers and Employees (vetoed)
- HB 11: Municipal Water and Sewer Utility Rates (vetoed)
- HB 5015: State Group Insurance (vetoed)

## Sources
- [c2 (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/138/BillText/c2/HTML)
- [c2 (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/138/BillText/c2/PDF)
- [c1 (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/138/BillText/c1/HTML)
- [c1 (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/138/BillText/c1/PDF)
- [Filed (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/138/BillText/Filed/HTML)
- [Filed (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/138/BillText/Filed/PDF)

## Related
- [HB 1427: Nursing Education Programs](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB1427-2025)
- [HB 1095: Criminal Offender Substance Abuse Program](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB1095-2025)
- [HB 6017: Recovery of Damages for Medical Negligence Resulting in Death](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB6017-2025)
- [HB 1445: Public Officers and Employees](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB1445-2025)
- [HB 11: Municipal Water and Sewer Utility Rates](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB11-2025)
- [HB 5015: State Group Insurance](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB5015-2025)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB138-2025 (as of 2026-10-19).