# Florida SB 86: Commercial Motor Vehicles Operated by Unauthorized Aliens

Florida SB 86, Commercial Motor Vehicles Operated by Unauthorized Aliens, is a 2026 Senate bill sponsored by Don Gaetz (Republican); status failed, last action 2026-03-13 (Died in Messages) (as of 2026-11-01).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB86-2026
- As of: 2026-11-01
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Florida SB 86
- State: Florida
- Session: 2026
- Title: Commercial Motor Vehicles Operated by Unauthorized Aliens
- Status: failed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-09-25
- Last action: 2026-03-13, Died in Messages
- Sponsor: Don Gaetz (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: Appropriation, Transportation, Criminal Justice, Fiscal Policy
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 4 (54 yes, 16 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: Don Gaetz (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Transportation

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-03-06 | Senate | Senate Floor Vote | pass | 29 | 5 |   |
| 2026-02-18 | Senate | Fiscal Policy Vote | pass | 13 | 6 |   |
| 2026-02-11 | Senate | Criminal Justice Vote | pass | 6 | 2 |   |
| 2026-01-27 | Senate | Transportation Vote | pass | 6 | 3 |   |

## Actions (20)

- 2026-03-13: Died in Messages (House)
- 2026-03-06: In Messages (House)
- 2026-03-06: CS passed; YEAS 29 NAYS 5 -SJ 675 (Senate)
- 2026-03-06: Read 3rd time -SJ 675 (Senate)
- 2026-03-06: Read 2nd time -SJ 675 (Senate)
- 2026-03-03: Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/06/26 (Senate)
- 2026-02-18: Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading (Senate)
- 2026-02-18: Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 13 NAYS 6 (Senate)
- 2026-02-13: On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 02/18/26, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Building (Senate)
- 2026-02-12: Now in Fiscal Policy (Senate)
- 2026-02-11: Favorable by Criminal Justice; YEAS 6 NAYS 2 (Senate)
- 2026-02-06: On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 02/11/26, 3:00 pm, 37 Senate Building (Senate)
- 2026-02-04: CS by Transportation read 1st time (Senate)
- 2026-01-29: Now in Criminal Justice (Senate)
- 2026-01-29: Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) (Senate)
- 2026-01-27: CS by Transportation; YEAS 6 NAYS 3 (Senate)
- 2026-01-22: On Committee agenda-- Transportation, 01/27/26, 1:00 pm, 37 Senate Building (Senate)
- 2026-01-13: Introduced (Senate)
- 2025-10-13: Referred to Transportation; Criminal Justice; Fiscal Policy (Senate)
- 2025-09-25: Filed (Senate)

## Bill text

- c1, 2026-07-01: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/86/BillText/c1/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/86/BillText/c1/PDF)
- Filed, 2025-09-25: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/86/BillText/Filed/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/86/BillText/Filed/PDF)

## Related bills

- SB 688: Naturopathic Medicine (vetoed)
- HB 325: Education and Workforce Development for Inmates (vetoed)
- HB 145: Claims Against the Government (vetoed)
- SB 14: Relief of Jose Correa by Miami-Dade County (signed)
- HB 6507: Relief/L.E./Department of Children and Families (signed)
- HB 6515: Relief/Lourdes Latour and Edward Latour/Miami-Dade County (signed)

## Sources
- [c1 (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/86/BillText/c1/HTML)
- [c1 (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/86/BillText/c1/PDF)
- [Filed (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/86/BillText/Filed/HTML)
- [Filed (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/86/BillText/Filed/PDF)

## Related
- [SB 688: Naturopathic Medicine](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB688-2026)
- [HB 325: Education and Workforce Development for Inmates](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB325-2026)
- [HB 145: Claims Against the Government](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB145-2026)
- [SB 14: Relief of Jose Correa by Miami-Dade County](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB14-2026)
- [HB 6507: Relief/L.E./Department of Children and Families](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB6507-2026)
- [HB 6515: Relief/Lourdes Latour and Edward Latour/Miami-Dade County](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB6515-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB86-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).