--- type: "Bill" title: "Enforcement of School Bus Passing Infractions" description: "Enforcement of School Bus Passing Infractions; Defining the term “school bus infraction detection system”; authorizing school districts to install and operate school bus infraction detection systems for a specified purpose; requiring school districts that install a school bus infraction detection system to ensure that each such system meets certain requirements; requiring such school districts to enter into interlocal agreements with law enforcement agencies to enforce violations; providing that certain recorded video and images are admissible in certain proceedings, etc." jurisdiction: "us/states/fl" legislature: "Florida Legislature" session: "2023" identifier: "SB 766" citation: "Florida SB 766 (2023)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["(adopted)", "banks and banking"] status: "enacted" chapter_law: "2023-171" primary_sponsors: ["Burgess", "Fiscal Policy", "Transportation"] version_count: 5 action_count: 35 vote_count: 5 first_action: "2023-02-14" last_action: "2023-06-01" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b9bf35c-1ef0-4442-be56-4284bfee0f65" source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/766/ByCategory" source_hash: "020a637eca69f5d49b0bd77422ed4ad87aeb50446960310f4986bd849493c652" 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 766 (2023) — Enforcement of School Bus Passing Infractions Enforcement of School Bus Passing Infractions; Defining the term “school bus infraction detection system”; authorizing school districts to install and operate school bus infraction detection systems for a specified purpose; requiring school districts that install a school bus infraction detection system to ensure that each such system meets certain requirements; requiring such school districts to enter into interlocal agreements with law enforcement agencies to enforce violations; providing that certain recorded video and images are admissible in certain proceedings, etc. **Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-171. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **S 766 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/766/BillText/Filed/HTML) 2. **S 766 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/766/BillText/c1/HTML) 3. **S 766 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/766/BillText/c2/HTML) 4. **S 766 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/766/BillText/e1/HTML) 5. **S 766 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/766/BillText/er/HTML) ## Votes - Favorable with Committee Substitute — **19–1** (pass) · upper - Favorable with Committee Substitute — **9–0** (pass) · upper - Third Reading — **35–5** (pass) · upper - Passage, Third Reading — **108–6** (pass) · lower - Favorable — **11–1** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Burgess — primary (person) - Fiscal Policy — primary (person) - Transportation — primary (person) - Berman — cosponsor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2023-02-14** Filed `filing` - **2023-02-23** Referred to Transportation; Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Fiscal Policy `referral-committee` - **2023-03-07** Introduced `introduction` - **2023-03-30** On Committee agenda-- Transportation, 04/04/23, 11:00 am, 110 Senate Building - **2023-04-04** CS by Transportation; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 - **2023-04-05** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) - **2023-04-05** Now in Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development - **2023-04-06** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development, 04/12/23, 8:30 am, 110 Senate Building - **2023-04-11** CS by Transportation read 1st time - **2023-04-12** Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; YEAS 11 NAYS 1 `committee-passage-favorable` - **2023-04-12** Now in Fiscal Policy - **2023-04-20** On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 04/25/23, 10:00 am, 412 Knott Building - **2023-04-25** CS/CS by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 19 NAYS 1 - **2023-04-26** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) - **2023-04-26** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading - **2023-04-26** CS/CS by Fiscal Policy read 1st time - **2023-04-27** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 05/01/23 - **2023-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2023-05-01** Amendment(s) adopted (282256) - **2023-05-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2023-05-01** CS passed as amended; YEAS 35 NAYS 5 `passage` - **2023-05-01** In Messages - **2023-05-01** Bill referred to House Calendar - **2023-05-01** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (5/2/2023) - **2023-05-01** 1st Reading (Engrossed 1) `reading-1` - **2023-05-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2023-05-02** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3` - **2023-05-02** Added to Third Reading Calendar - **2023-05-03** Substituted for CS/CS/HB 741 - **2023-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2023-05-03** CS passed; YEAS 108, NAYS 6 `passage` - **2023-05-03** Ordered enrolled `enrolled` - **2023-05-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt` - **2023-05-31** Approved by Governor `executive-signature` - **2023-06-01** Chapter No. 2023-171 ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); 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Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).