---
type: "Bill"
title: "Habitual Traffic Offender Designation"
description: "Habitual Traffic Offender Designation; Revises definition of term \"habitual traffic offender.\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 35"
citation: "Florida HB 35 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["(vetoed)", "motor vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2026-53"
primary_sponsors: ["Barnaby"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-09-23"
last_action: "2026-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/662acf58-d9df-4533-a871-f32c3e375b54"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/35/ByCategory"
source_hash: "31a30357e5aea4740b4915a12c3fe432b232ffd00048e7eca3d629377ddd20ac"
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 HB 35 (2026) — Habitual Traffic Offender Designation

Habitual Traffic Offender Designation; Revises definition of term "habitual traffic offender."

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-53.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 35 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/35/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 35 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/35/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 35 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/35/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **99–15** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Barnaby — primary (person)
- Criminal Justice Subcommittee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-09-23** Filed `filing`
- **2025-10-01** Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-10-01** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-10-01** Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- **2025-11-10** PCS added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda
- **2025-11-18** Favorable with CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-11-18** Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- **2025-11-18** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2025-11-18** CS Filed `filing`
- **2025-11-19** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-11-19** Now in State Affairs Committee
- **2026-01-13** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2026-01-13** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2026-02-06** Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
- **2026-02-10** Favorable by State Affairs Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-10** Reported out of State Affairs Committee
- **2026-02-10** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2026-02-10** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-19** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/25/2026)
- **2026-02-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-25** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-25** CS passed; YEAS 99, NAYS 15 `passage`
- **2026-02-25** In Messages
- **2026-02-26** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-26** Received `enrolled`
- **2026-03-12** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2026-03-12** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2026-03-12** Substituted for SB 1370
- **2026-03-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-12** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-12** In Messages
- **2026-03-12** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-04-21** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-23** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-24** Chapter No. 2026-53

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/662acf58-d9df-4533-a871-f32c3e375b54`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).