Driving and Boating Offenses
- Introduced Jan 3, 2025
- In committee Jan 15, 2025
- Passed the Senate
- Passed the House
- To the governor
- Became law Oct 1, 2025
What it does
The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.
Citing this act as "Trenton’s Law"; prohibiting a person from driving or being in actual physical control of a vehicle while under the influence of any impairing substance; requiring that a person be told that his or her failure to submit to a lawful test of breath or urine is a second degree misdemeanor or a first degree misdemeanor under certain circumstances; classifying a person’s refusal to submit to a chemical…
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Citing this act as "Trenton’s Law"; prohibiting a person from driving or being in actual physical control of a vehicle while under the influence of any impairing substance; requiring that a person be told that his or her failure to submit to a lawful test of breath or urine is a second degree misdemeanor or a first degree misdemeanor under certain circumstances; classifying a person’s refusal to submit to a chemical or physical test of breath or urine as a second degree misdemeanor or a first degree misdemeanor under certain circumstances; authorizing state attorneys to create driving under the influence diversion programs, etc.
Every action
20 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.
Show the 12 earlier steps
- SenateFiled
- CommitteeReferred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Fiscal Policy · Senate Criminal Justice
- CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 02/11/25, 1:45 pm, 37 Senate Building · Senate Criminal Justice
- CommitteeCS by Criminal Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 · Senate Criminal Justice8–0 vote
- SenatePending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- CommitteeNow in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice · Senate Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
- CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 03/05/25, 11:00 am, 37 Senate Building · Senate Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
- SenateIntroduced
- CommitteeCS by Criminal Justice read 1st time · Senate Criminal Justice
- CommitteeCS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 6 NAYS 2 · Senate Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice6–2 vote
- SenatePending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- CommitteeNow in Fiscal Policy · Senate Fiscal Policy
- CommitteeCS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice read 1st time · Senate Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
- CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 03/20/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building · Senate Fiscal Policy
- CommitteeFavorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 18 NAYS 1 · Senate Fiscal Policy18–1 vote
- SenatePlaced on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- SenatePlaced on Special Order Calendar, 04/30/25
- SenateRead 2nd time -SJ 647
- SenateSubstituted CS/HB 687 -SJ 648
- SenateLaid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 687 (Ch. 2025-121) -SJ 648
Roll calls
3 recorded votes: 0 on the floor, 3 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.
Committee votes
| Date | Where | Question | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 11, 2025 | Senate committee | CS by Criminal Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 | Passed 8–0 |
| Mar 5, 2025 | Senate committee | CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 6 NAYS 2 | Passed 6–2 |
| Mar 20, 2025 | Senate committee | Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 18 NAYS 1 | Passed 18–1 |
Sponsors
The member who introduced it.
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Tom A. WrightR Primary sponsor · District 8
- AC Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice Sponsoring committee
- CJ Criminal Justice Sponsoring committee
From Florida's official records (leg.state.fl.us; flhouse.gov), checked Nov 2, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.