HB0035 • 2026

Habitual Traffic Offender Designation

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Criminal Justice Subcommittee ; Barnaby
Last action: 2026-04-24
Official status: Chapter No. 2026-53
Effective date: 2026-07-01

Plain English Breakdown

The official text confirms the addition of failing to stop and render aid, driving without a valid license under s. 322.03, but does not explicitly list all other existing offenses in subsection (1) or (2).

Isaiah's Law: Changes to Habitual Traffic Offender Rules

This law updates the definition of a habitual traffic offender in Florida by adding two new types of driving offenses that can lead to this designation.

What This Bill Does

Adds failing to stop and help after a crash causing death or injury as an offense for habitual offender status.
Includes driving without a valid license under section 322.03 as an offense for habitual offender status.
Confirms that out-of-state, federal, or local laws similar to Florida's count toward the conviction total.
Sets July 1, 2026, as the date this law takes effect.

Who It Names or Affects

Drivers who have multiple traffic convictions within a five-year period
The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles

Terms To Know

Habitual Traffic Offender: A person with three or more specific driving convictions in a five-year time frame.
Isaiah's Law: The official short name for this bill as stated in Section 1.

Limits and Unknowns

This text only lists the new offenses added; it does not list all existing offenses that already count toward habitual offender status.
The source material does not explain what penalties or license suspensions happen after someone is labeled a habitual traffic offender.

Bill History

2026-04-24 The Florida Senate and Florida House of Representatives
• Chapter No. 2026-53
2026-04-23 The Florida Senate and Florida House of Representatives
• Approved by Governor
2026-04-21 The Florida Senate and Florida House of Representatives
• Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
2026-03-12 Senate
• Withdrawn from Rules -SJ 843 • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading • Substituted for SB 1370 -SJ 843 • Read 2nd time -SJ 843 • Read 3rd time -SJ 843 • CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 -SJ 843
2026-03-12 House
• In Messages • Ordered enrolled
2026-02-26 Senate
• Referred to Rules • Received
2026-02-25 House
• Read 2nd time • Added to Third Reading Calendar • Read 3rd time • CS passed; YEAS 99, NAYS 15
2026-02-25 Senate
• In Messages
2026-02-19 House
• Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/25/2026)
2026-02-10 House
• Favorable by State Affairs Committee • Reported out of State Affairs Committee • Bill released to House Calendar • Added to Second Reading Calendar
2026-02-06 House
• Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
2026-01-13 House
• 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) • 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
2025-11-19 House
• Referred to State Affairs Committee • Now in State Affairs Committee
2025-11-18 House
• Favorable with CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee • Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee • Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) • CS Filed
2025-11-10 House
• PCS added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda
2025-10-01 House
• Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee • Referred to Judiciary Committee • Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
2025-09-23 House
• Filed

Official Summary Text

Habitual Traffic Offender Designation; Revises definition of term "habitual traffic offender."

Current Bill Text

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An act relating to habitual traffic offender 2
designation; providing a short title; amending s. 3
322.264, F.S.; revising the definition of the term 4
"habitual traffic offender"; providing an effective 5
date. 6
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 8
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Section 1. This act may be cited as "Isaiah's Law." 10
Section 2. Paragraphs (e) and (f) of subsection (1) of 11
section 322.264, Florida Statutes, are amended, and paragraph 12
(g) is added to that subsection, to read: 13
322.264 "Habitual traffic offender" defined.—A "habitual 14
traffic offender" is any person whose record, as maintained by 15
the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, shows that 16
such person has accumulated the specified number of convictions 17
for offenses described in subsection (1) or subsection (2) 18
within a 5-year period: 19
(1) Three or more convictions of any one or more of the 20
following offenses arising out of separate acts: 21
(e) Failing to stop and render aid as required under the 22
laws of this state in the event of a motor vehicle crash 23
resulting in the death or personal injury of another; or 24
(f) Driving a commercial motor vehicle while his or her 25

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privilege is disqualified; or 26
(g) Driving a motor vehicle without a valid license in 27
violation of s. 322.03. 28
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Any violation of any federal law, any law of another state or 30
country, or any valid ordinance of a municipality or county of 31
another state similar to a statutory prohibition specified in 32
subsection (1) or subsection (2) shall be counted as a violation 33
of such prohibition. In computing the number of convictions, all 34
convictions during the 5 years previous to July 1, 1972, will be 35
used, provided at least one conviction occurs after that date. 36
The fact that previous convictions may have resulted in 37
suspension, revocation, or disqualification under another 38
section does not exempt them from being used for suspension or 39
revocation under this section as a habitual offender. 40
Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026. 41