---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transportation Facility Designations Honoring Fallen Law Enforcement Officers"
description: "Transportation Facility Designations Honoring Fallen Law Enforcement Officers; Providing honorary designations of certain transportation facilities in specified counties; directing the Department of Transportation to erect suitable markers, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 1716"
citation: "Florida SB 1716 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["transportation designations"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-243"
primary_sponsors: ["Hooper"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-25"
last_action: "2021-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0c7e3a5c-e5fd-4a29-8180-56093fe97df7"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1716/ByCategory"
source_hash: "8433d46947928ec618d64e2dc0711961ff201c62706e96758b2efd81da76ed2c"
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 1716 (2021) — Transportation Facility Designations Honoring Fallen Law Enforcement Officers

Transportation Facility Designations Honoring Fallen Law Enforcement Officers; Providing honorary designations of certain transportation facilities in specified counties; directing the Department of Transportation to erect suitable markers, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-243.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 1716 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1716/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 1716 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1716/BillText/e1/HTML)
3. **S 1716 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1716/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Favorable — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hooper — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-25** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-04** Referred to Transportation; Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-05** On Committee agenda-- Transportation, 03/10/21, 8:00 am, 110 Senate Building
- **2021-03-10** Favorable by Transportation; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-10** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-03-11** Now in Appropriations
- **2021-03-15** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 03/18/21, 11:30 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2021-03-18** Favorable by- Appropriations; YEAS 20 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2021-03-22** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/25/21
- **2021-03-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-25** Amendment(s) adopted (922546)
- **2021-03-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-25** Passed as amended; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-03-25** Immediately certified
- **2021-03-25** In Messages
- **2021-04-15** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2021-04-15** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/20/2021)
- **2021-04-15** 1st Reading (Engrossed 1)
- **2021-04-20** Substituted for CS/HB 1329
- **2021-04-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-20** Passed; YEAS 116, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-20** Ordered enrolled
- **2021-04-20** Message sent to senate
- **2021-06-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2021-06-18** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-06** Chapter No. 2021-243

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0c7e3a5c-e5fd-4a29-8180-56093fe97df7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).