Florida · Senate Bill 44 · 2025 Regular Session

Motor Vehicles

SB 44 Sponsored by Ana Maria Rodriguez Died in committee

  1. Introduced Nov 20, 2024
  2. In committee Jan 15, 2025
  3. Passed the Senate  
  4. Passed the House  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law Oct 1, 2025

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Reclassifying the offense of driving, moving, or causing to be moved a vehicle or equipment with certain lighting on a highway as a third degree felony; prohibiting a person from knowingly using a license plate obscuring device; prohibiting the purchase, possession, manufacture, sale, offering for sale, or distribution of a license plate obscuring device, etc.

Every action

23 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

Show the 15 earlier steps
  1. SenateFiled
  2. CommitteeReferred to Transportation; Criminal Justice; Rules · Senate Transportation
  3. CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Transportation, 03/04/25, 4:00 pm, 37 Senate Building · Senate Transportation
  4. CommitteeCS by Transportation; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 · Senate Transportation9–0 vote
  5. SenateIntroduced
  6. SenatePending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
  7. CommitteeNow in Criminal Justice · Senate Criminal Justice
  8. CommitteeCS by Transportation read 1st time · Senate Transportation
  9. CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 04/01/25, 1:30 pm, 37 Senate Building · Senate Criminal Justice
  10. CommitteeFavorable by Criminal Justice; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 · Senate Criminal Justice9–0 vote
  11. CommitteeNow in Rules · Senate Rules
  12. CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/08/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building · Senate Rules
  13. CommitteeCS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 24 NAYS 0 · Senate Rules24–0 vote
  14. SenatePending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
  15. CommitteeCS/CS by Rules read 1st time · Senate Rules
  1. SenatePlaced on Calendar, on 2nd reading
  2. SenatePlaced on Special Order Calendar, 04/15/25
  3. SenateRetained on Special Order Calendar -SJ 421
  4. SenateRetained on Calendar
  5. SenatePlaced on Special Order Calendar, 04/23/25
  6. SenateRead 2nd time -SJ 489
  7. SenateSubstituted CS/CS/HB 253 -SJ 489
  8. SenateLaid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 253 (Ch. 2025-36) -SJ 489

Roll calls

3 recorded votes: 0 on the floor, 3 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

Committee votes

DateWhereQuestionResult
Mar 4, 2025 Senate committee CS by Transportation; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 Passed 9–0
Apr 1, 2025 Senate committee Favorable by Criminal Justice; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 Passed 9–0
Apr 8, 2025 Senate committee CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 24 NAYS 0 Passed 24–0

Sponsors

The member who introduced it.

  • Ana Maria RodriguezR Primary sponsor · District 40
  • R Rules Sponsoring committee
  • T Transportation 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.