---
type: "Bill"
title: "Operation and Safety of Motor Vehicles and Vessels"
description: "Operation and Safety of Motor Vehicles and Vessels; Revising conditions under which a person’s driving privilege is suspended and under which the person commits a misdemeanor relating to tests for alcohol, chemical substances, or controlled substances; requiring the clerk of the court to notify the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles of certain final dispositions by electronic transmission; providing circumstances under which a person may operate a human-powered vessel within the boundaries of the marked channel of the Florida Intracoastal Waterway; designating Monroe County as an anchoring limitation area subject to certain requirements; authorizing a county or municipality to establish a boating-restricted area within and around a public mooring field and within certain portions of the Florida Intracoastal Waterway, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 1086"
citation: "Florida SB 1086 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["reclamation", "and use", "vessels"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-184"
primary_sponsors: ["Hutson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 49
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-02-05"
last_action: "2021-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0b964733-79fa-417a-9eb9-6b6682628d39"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1086/ByCategory"
source_hash: "0a89b5c78fd1e09addf8e393b06e312ecb18883bc121076afde68f15d3e688dd"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
---

# Florida SB 1086 (2021) — Operation and Safety of Motor Vehicles and Vessels

Operation and Safety of Motor Vehicles and Vessels; Revising conditions under which a person’s driving privilege is suspended and under which the person commits a misdemeanor relating to tests for alcohol, chemical substances, or controlled substances; requiring the clerk of the court to notify the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles of certain final dispositions by electronic transmission; providing circumstances under which a person may operate a human-powered vessel within the boundaries of the marked channel of the Florida Intracoastal Waterway; designating Monroe County as an anchoring limitation area subject to certain requirements; authorizing a county or municipality to establish a boating-restricted area within and around a public mooring field and within certain portions of the Florida Intracoastal Waterway, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-184.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **S 1086 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1086/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 1086 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1086/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 1086 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1086/BillText/c2/HTML)
4. **S 1086 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1086/BillText/e1/HTML)
5. **S 1086 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1086/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **114–1** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **114–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hutson — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-02-05** Filed `filing`
- **2021-02-10** Referred to Environment and Natural Resources; Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-03-10** On Committee agenda-- Environment and Natural Resources, 03/15/21, 3:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
- **2021-03-15** CS by Environment and Natural Resources; YEAS 5 NAYS 0
- **2021-03-16** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2021-03-16** CS by Environment and Natural Resources read 1st time
- **2021-03-17** Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
- **2021-04-05** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government, 04/08/21, 11:30 am, 110 Senate Building
- **2021-04-08** Subcommittee Recommendation: CS/CS by Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; YEAS 11 NAYS 0
- **2021-04-12** Now in Appropriations
- **2021-04-12** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/15/21, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2021-04-14** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/19/21, 10:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2021-04-15** CS/CS by- Appropriations; YEAS 20 NAYS 0
- **2021-04-18** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2021-04-19** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2021-04-19** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/21/21
- **2021-04-20** CS/CS by Appropriations read 1st time
- **2021-04-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-21** Amendment(s) adopted (189384, 765050)
- **2021-04-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-21** CS passed as amended; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-21** In Messages
- **2021-04-26** Amendment 608587 filed
- **2021-04-26** Amendment 253597 filed
- **2021-04-26** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2021-04-26** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/27/2021)
- **2021-04-26** 1st Reading (Engrossed 1)
- **2021-04-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-27** Amendment 608587 adopted
- **2021-04-27** Amendment 253597 adopted
- **2021-04-27** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2021-04-27** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2021-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-28** CS passed as amended; YEAS 114, NAYS 2 `passage`
- **2021-04-28** Message sent to senate
- **2021-04-28** In returning messages
- **2021-04-28** Refused to concur in 2 amendment(s) (253597, 608587)
- **2021-04-28** Requested House to recede
- **2021-04-28** In Messages
- **2021-04-29** Added to Senate Message List
- **2021-04-29** Amendment 608587 Recede
- **2021-04-29** Amendment 253597 Recede
- **2021-04-29** CS passed; YEAS 114, NAYS 1 `passage`
- **2021-04-29** Message sent to senate
- **2021-04-29** Ordered enrolled
- **2021-06-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2021-06-29** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-06** Chapter No. 2021-184, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/SB 1946 (Ch. 2021-192)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0b964733-79fa-417a-9eb9-6b6682628d39`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).