--- type: "Bill" title: "Student Transportation Safety" description: "Student Transportation Safety; Revising requirements for signage posted on the rear of a school bus indicating the use of a school bus infraction detection system; requiring a law enforcement agency to send a notice of violation to the registered owner involved in a violation within a specified timeframe after receiving certain information; prohibiting the use of school bus infraction detection systems for remote surveillance; requiring that certain civil penalties be remitted to a participating school district operating a school bus with a school bus infraction detection system to be used for certain purposes, etc." jurisdiction: "us/states/fl" legislature: "Florida Legislature" session: "2024" identifier: "SB 994" citation: "Florida SB 994 (2024)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: [] status: "enacted" chapter_law: "2024-190" primary_sponsors: ["Burgess", "Transportation"] version_count: 4 action_count: 34 vote_count: 5 first_action: "2023-12-19" last_action: "2024-05-17" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1fda2bfd-e8d4-41d1-b707-e2b964b45e2e" source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/994/ByCategory" source_hash: "51e8be150907bdf97a593bc3bae1cd72461d776351332a22a82ac451b671632b" 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 994 (2024) — Student Transportation Safety Student Transportation Safety; Revising requirements for signage posted on the rear of a school bus indicating the use of a school bus infraction detection system; requiring a law enforcement agency to send a notice of violation to the registered owner involved in a violation within a specified timeframe after receiving certain information; prohibiting the use of school bus infraction detection systems for remote surveillance; requiring that certain civil penalties be remitted to a participating school district operating a school bus with a school bus infraction detection system to be used for certain purposes, etc. **Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-190. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **S 994 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/994/BillText/Filed/HTML) 2. **S 994 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/994/BillText/c1/HTML) 3. **S 994 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/994/BillText/c2/HTML) 4. **S 994 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/994/BillText/er/HTML) ## Votes - Favorable with Committee Substitute — **4–1** (pass) · upper - Favorable with Committee Substitute — **5–1** (pass) · upper - Passage, Third Reading — **111–4** (pass) · lower - Favorable — **17–0** (pass) · upper - Third Reading — **25–9** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development — primary (organization) - Burgess — primary (person) - Transportation — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2023-12-19** Filed `filing` - **2024-01-04** Referred to Transportation; Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Fiscal Policy `referral-committee` - **2024-01-09** Introduced `introduction` - **2024-01-25** On Committee agenda-- Transportation, 01/30/24, 1:00 pm, 110 Senate Building - **2024-01-30** CS by Transportation; YEAS 4 NAYS 1 - **2024-01-31** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) - **2024-02-01** Now in Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development - **2024-02-01** CS by Transportation read 1st time - **2024-02-08** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development, 02/13/24, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Building - **2024-02-13** CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; YEAS 5 NAYS 1 - **2024-02-15** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) - **2024-02-15** Now in Fiscal Policy - **2024-02-15** CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development read 1st time - **2024-02-19** On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 02/22/24, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building - **2024-02-22** Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 17 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable` - **2024-02-23** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading - **2024-02-28** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/01/24 - **2024-03-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2024-03-01** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3` - **2024-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2024-03-04** CS passed; YEAS 25 NAYS 9 `passage` - **2024-03-04** In Messages - **2024-03-04** Bill referred to House Calendar - **2024-03-04** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/5/2024) - **2024-03-04** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1` - **2024-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2024-03-05** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3` - **2024-03-05** Added to Third Reading Calendar - **2024-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2024-03-06** CS passed; YEAS 111, NAYS 4 `passage` - **2024-03-06** Ordered enrolled `enrolled` - **2024-05-07** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt` - **2024-05-16** Approved by Governor `executive-signature` - **2024-05-17** Chapter No. 2024-190, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 7002 (Ch. 2024-159) ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1fda2bfd-e8d4-41d1-b707-e2b964b45e2e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).