Florida Senate - 2025 SB 994 By Senator Collins 14-00675A-25 2025994__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to driver license education 3 requirements; amending s. 322.095, F.S.; specifying 4 the age at which an applicant for a driver license 5 must complete a traffic law and substance abuse 6 education course; amending s. 322.1615, F.S.; 7 requiring an applicant for a learners driver license 8 to complete a certain driver education course approved 9 by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor 10 Vehicles; providing an effective date. 11 12 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 13 14 Section 1.Subsection (1) of section 322.095, Florida 15 Statutes, is amended to read: 16 322.095Traffic law and substance abuse education program 17 for driver license applicants. 18 (1)Each applicant for a driver license who is 18 years of 19 age or older must complete a traffic law and substance abuse 20 education course, unless the applicant has been licensed in 21 another jurisdiction or has satisfactorily completed a 22 Department of Education driver education course offered pursuant 23 to s. 1003.48. 24 Section 2.Subsection (1) of section 322.1615, Florida 25 Statutes, is amended to read: 26 322.1615Learners driver license. 27 (1)The department may issue a learners driver license to 28 a person who is at least 15 years of age and who: 29 (a)Has passed the written examination for a learners 30 driver license; 31 (b)Has passed the vision and hearing examination 32 administered under s. 322.12; 33 (c)Has satisfactorily completed a driver education course 34 approved by the department which meets or exceeds the Department 35 of Education Driver Education/Traffic Safety-Classroom 1900300 36 current course description the traffic law and substance abuse 37 education course prescribed in s. 322.095; and 38 (d)Meets all other requirements set forth in law and by 39 rule of the department. 40 Section 3.This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.