---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Records/Motor Vehicle Crashes/Traffic Citations"
description: "Public Records/Motor Vehicle Crashes/Traffic Citations; Revising agencies to which a public records exemption for certain motor vehicle crash reports applies; revising the types of crash reports that may be made immediately available to certain radio and television stations and newspapers; providing a public records exemption for certain electronic crash data; providing an exemption from public records requirements for driver information contained in a uniform traffic citation; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing statements of public necessity, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 1614"
citation: "Florida SB 1614 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2022-198"
primary_sponsors: ["Governmental Oversight and Accountability", "Harrell", "Transportation"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-01-06"
last_action: "2022-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea77c80e-9e76-45b0-b55d-c02d7e43430a"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/1614/ByCategory"
source_hash: "37006b38479d8d35fbea3fb7fad83a675a41d18ad1e10e75da8639ddb45f9ecc"
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 1614 (2022) — Public Records/Motor Vehicle Crashes/Traffic Citations

Public Records/Motor Vehicle Crashes/Traffic Citations; Revising agencies to which a public records exemption for certain motor vehicle crash reports applies; revising the types of crash reports that may be made immediately available to certain radio and television stations and newspapers; providing a public records exemption for certain electronic crash data; providing an exemption from public records requirements for driver information contained in a uniform traffic citation; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing statements of public necessity, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2022-198.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 1614 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/1614/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 1614 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/1614/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 1614 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/1614/BillText/c2/HTML)
4. **S 1614 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/1614/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Favorable — **17–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **115–1** (pass) · lower
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **4–3** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **35–3** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Governmental Oversight and Accountability — primary (person)
- Harrell — primary (person)
- Transportation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-06** Filed `filing`
- **2022-01-12** Referred to Transportation; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-13** On Committee agenda-- Transportation, 01/18/22, 3:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
- **2022-01-18** Introduced `introduction`
- **2022-01-18** CS by Transportation; YEAS 4 NAYS 3
- **2022-01-19** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2022-01-19** CS by Transportation read 1st time
- **2022-01-20** Now in Governmental Oversight and Accountability
- **2022-02-07** On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 02/10/22, 8:30 am, 37 Senate Building
- **2022-02-10** CS/CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 6 NAYS 0
- **2022-02-10** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2022-02-10** CS/CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability read 1st time
- **2022-02-11** Now in Rules
- **2022-02-18** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/23/22, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2022-02-23** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 17 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-24** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2022-02-28** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/02/22
- **2022-03-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-02** CS passed; YEAS 35 NAYS 3 `passage`
- **2022-03-02** In Messages
- **2022-03-04** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2022-03-04** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/7/2022)
- **2022-03-04** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
- **2022-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-07** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2022-03-07** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2022-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-08** CS passed; YEAS 115, NAYS 1 `passage`
- **2022-03-08** Ordered enrolled
- **2022-06-08** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2022-06-20** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-06-21** Chapter No. 2022-198

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ea77c80e-9e76-45b0-b55d-c02d7e43430a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).