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Florida · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 44: Motor Vehicles

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 44 is a bill introduced in the Florida Senate on November 20, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: Motor Vehicles. Primary sponsor: Ana Maria Rodriguez (Republican), Transportation, Rules. Most recent recorded action (April 23, 2025): Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 253 (Ch. 2025-36).

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Motor Vehicles; 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.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Ana Maria RodriguezPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate40
TransportationPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
RulesPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 253 (Ch. 2025-36)
  2. Substituted CS/CS/HB 253
  3. Read 2nd time
  4. Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/23/25
  5. Retained on Calendar
  6. Retained on Special Order Calendar
  7. Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/15/25
  8. Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
  9. CS/CS by Rules read 1st time
  10. Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
  11. CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 24 NAYS 0
  12. On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/08/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building

Showing 12 most recent of 23 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source