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Florida Senate
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2026
SB 1370
By
Senator Martin
33-01427A-26 20261370__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to habitual traffic offender
3 designation; providing a short title; amending s.
4 322.264, F.S.; revising the definition of the term
5 “habitual traffic offender”; providing an effective
6 date.
7
8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
9
10 Section 1.
This act may be cited as “Isaiah’s Law.”
11 Section 2. Subsection (1) of section 322.264, Florida
12 Statutes, is amended 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 (a) Voluntary or involuntary manslaughter resulting from
22 the operation of a motor vehicle;
23 (b) Any violation of s. 316.193, former s. 316.1931, or
24 former s. 860.01;
25 (c) Any felony in the commission of which a motor vehicle
26 is used;
27 (d) Driving a motor vehicle while his or her license is
28 suspended or revoked;
29 (e) Failing to stop and render aid as required under the
30 laws of this state in the event of a motor vehicle crash
31 resulting in the death or personal injury of another;
or
32 (f) Driving a commercial motor vehicle while his or her
33 privilege is disqualified
; or
34
(g)
Driving a motor vehicle without a valid license in
35
violation of s. 322.03
.
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37 Any violation of any federal law, any law of another state or
38 country, or any valid ordinance of a municipality or county of
39 another state similar to a statutory prohibition specified in
40 subsection (1) or subsection (2) shall be counted as a violation
41 of such prohibition. In computing the number of convictions, all
42 convictions during the 5 years previous to July 1, 1972, will be
43 used, provided at least one conviction occurs after that date.
44 The fact that previous convictions may have resulted in
45 suspension, revocation, or disqualification under another
46 section does not exempt them from being used for suspension or
47 revocation under this section as a habitual offender.
48 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.