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| 3 | 3 | | HB 889 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 14 | 14 | | A bill to be entitled 1 |
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| 15 | 15 | | An act relating to driver license education 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | requirements; amending s. 322.095, F.S.; specifying 3 |
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| 17 | 17 | | the age at which an applicant for a driver license 4 |
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| 18 | 18 | | must complete a traffic law and substance abuse 5 |
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| 19 | 19 | | education course; amending s. 322.1615, F.S.; 6 |
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| 20 | 20 | | requiring an applicant for a learner's driver license 7 |
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| 21 | 21 | | to complete a certain driver education course approved 8 |
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| 22 | 22 | | by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor 9 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Vehicles; providing a n effective date. 10 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 12 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 322.095, Florida 14 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Statutes, is amended to read: 15 |
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| 29 | 29 | | 322.095 Traffic law and substance abuse education program 16 |
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| 30 | 30 | | for driver license applica nts.— 17 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (1) Each applicant for a driver license who is 18 years of 18 |
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| 32 | 32 | | age or older must complete a traffic law and substance abuse 19 |
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| 33 | 33 | | education course, unless the applicant has been licensed in 20 |
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| 34 | 34 | | another jurisdiction or has satisfactorily completed a 21 |
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| 35 | 35 | | Department of Education driver education course offered pursuant 22 |
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| 36 | 36 | | to s. 1003.48. 23 |
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| 37 | 37 | | Section 2. Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section 24 |
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| 38 | 38 | | 322.1615, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 25 |
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| 51 | 51 | | 322.1615 Learner's driver license. — 26 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (1) The department may issue a learner's dr iver license to 27 |
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| 53 | 53 | | a person who is at least 15 years of age and who: 28 |
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| 54 | 54 | | (c) Has satisfactorily completed a driver education course 29 |
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| 55 | 55 | | approved by the department which meets or exceeds the Department 30 |
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| 56 | 56 | | of Education Driver Education/Traffic Safety -Classroom 1900300 31 |
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| 57 | 57 | | course version description the traffic law and substance abuse 32 |
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| 58 | 58 | | education course prescribed in s. 322.095 ; and 33 |
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| 59 | 59 | | Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025. 34 |
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