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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety"
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description: "Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety; Revising and providing requirements for the driver of a motor vehicle overtaking a bicycle or other nonmotorized vehicle or an electric bicycle; providing exceptions; providing a penalty; requiring the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to provide an annual awareness and safety campaign regarding certain safety precautions; exempting a motor vehicle driver from certain provisions relating to no-passing zones when overtaking a bicycle or other nonmotorized vehicle or an electric bicycle; making a technical change; revising requirements for vehicles turning at intersections; prohibiting persons riding bicycles in a bicycle lane from riding more than two abreast, etc."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
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legislature: "Florida Legislature"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "SB 950"
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citation: "Florida SB 950 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["banks and banking", "motor vehicles", "taxation and finance"]
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2021-180"
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primary_sponsors: ["Book"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 33
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2021-01-29"
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last_action: "2021-07-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8539fa1d-d978-4b90-9f93-a5719a0b9550"
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source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/950/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "794c10e78fc9ad5c3c9ec6c17df1248a18eb2f81c9375e6906ca4557321dded9"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
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---
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# Florida SB 950 (2021) — Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety
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Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety; Revising and providing requirements for the driver of a motor vehicle overtaking a bicycle or other nonmotorized vehicle or an electric bicycle; providing exceptions; providing a penalty; requiring the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to provide an annual awareness and safety campaign regarding certain safety precautions; exempting a motor vehicle driver from certain provisions relating to no-passing zones when overtaking a bicycle or other nonmotorized vehicle or an electric bicycle; making a technical change; revising requirements for vehicles turning at intersections; prohibiting persons riding bicycles in a bicycle lane from riding more than two abreast, etc.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-180.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **S 950 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/950/BillText/Filed/HTML)
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2. **S 950 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/950/BillText/c1/HTML)
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3. **S 950 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/950/BillText/e1/HTML)
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4. **S 950 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/950/BillText/er/HTML)
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## Votes
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- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Favorable — **17–0** (pass) · upper
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- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **8–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage, Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Book — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-29** Filed `filing`
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- **2021-02-04** Referred to Transportation; Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-02** Introduced `introduction`
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- **2021-03-25** On Committee agenda-- Transportation, 03/30/21, 3:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
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- **2021-03-30** CS by Transportation; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
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- **2021-03-31** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
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- **2021-04-01** CS by Transportation read 1st time
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- **2021-04-02** Original reference(s) removed: Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Appropriations
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- **2021-04-02** Remaining references corrected to Rules
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- **2021-04-02** Now in Rules
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- **2021-04-13** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/16/21, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
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- **2021-04-15** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/20/21, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
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- **2021-04-16** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 17 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-04-16** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2021-04-16** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/21/21
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- **2021-04-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2021-04-21** Amendment(s) adopted (793004)
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- **2021-04-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-04-21** CS passed as amended; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2021-04-21** In Messages
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- **2021-04-23** Bill referred to House Calendar
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- **2021-04-23** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/26/2021)
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- **2021-04-23** 1st Reading (Engrossed 1)
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- **2021-04-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2021-04-26** Placed on 3rd reading
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- **2021-04-26** Added to Third Reading Calendar
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- **2021-04-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-04-27** CS passed; YEAS 114, NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2021-04-27** Ordered enrolled
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- **2021-04-27** Message sent to senate
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- **2021-06-28** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
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- **2021-06-29** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-07-06** Chapter No. 2021-180
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8539fa1d-d978-4b90-9f93-a5719a0b9550`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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