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ENROLLED
2025 Legislature SB 994, 2nd Engrossed
2025994er
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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 learner’s 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.
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12 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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14 Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 322.095, Florida
15 Statutes, is amended to read:
16 322.095 Traffic 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. Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section
25 322.1615, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
26 322.1615 Learner’s driver license.—
27 (1) The department may issue a learner’s driver license to
28 a person who is at least 15 years of age and who:
29 (c) Has satisfactorily completed a driver education course
30 approved by the department which meets or exceeds the Department
31 of Education Driver Education/Traffic Safety-Classroom 1900300
32 course version description [the traffic law and substance abuse]
33 [education course prescribed in s. 322.095]; and
34 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record.