republic-os/legislation/us/states/fl/2025/hb-687.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Driving and Boating Offenses"
description: "Driving and Boating Offenses; Provides enhanced penalties for DUI & BUI manslaughter & vehicular & vessel homicide if person has prior conviction for specified offenses; requires that a person be told that his or her failure to submit to lawful test of breath or urine subsequent to a DUI arrest is either a second degree misdemeanor or a first degree misdemeanor; creates a criminal penalty for a first refusal to submit to a breath or urine test subsequent to a DUI arrest; ranks offenses on offense severity ranking chart of Criminal Punishment Code."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 687"
citation: "Florida HB 687 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["(vetoed)", "vessels"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2025-121"
primary_sponsors: ["Kendall", "Plakon"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 43
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-18"
last_action: "2025-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7403a708-58ae-4ccb-8df4-398c4cbff477"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/687/ByCategory"
source_hash: "285b445bd1c917ae858fc95e093c0350b623d55b650d25ce53e7c7f7de6a4cdf"
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 687 (2025) — Driving and Boating Offenses

Driving and Boating Offenses; Provides enhanced penalties for DUI & BUI manslaughter & vehicular & vessel homicide if person has prior conviction for specified offenses; requires that a person be told that his or her failure to submit to lawful test of breath or urine subsequent to a DUI arrest is either a second degree misdemeanor or a first degree misdemeanor; creates a criminal penalty for a first refusal to submit to a breath or urine test subsequent to a DUI arrest; ranks offenses on offense severity ranking chart of Criminal Punishment Code.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2025-121.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 687 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/687/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 687 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/687/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 687 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/687/BillText/e1/PDF)
4. **H 687 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/687/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Criminal Justice Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Kendall — primary (person)
- Plakon — primary (person)
- Casello — cosponsor (person)
- López, J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-18** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-26** Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-26** Referred to Justice Budget Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-26** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-26** Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- **2025-03-04** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2025-03-17** PCS added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda
- **2025-03-19** Favorable with CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-19** Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- **2025-03-20** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2025-03-20** CS Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-20** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2025-03-21** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-21** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2025-04-15** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- **2025-04-17** Favorable by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-17** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- **2025-04-17** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2025-04-17** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2025-04-17** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/24/2025)
- **2025-04-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-24** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-24** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2025-04-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-24** CS passed; YEAS 113, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-24** In Messages
- **2025-04-24** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-24** Received `enrolled`
- **2025-04-30** Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy `withdrawal`
- **2025-04-30** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2025-04-30** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 138
- **2025-04-30** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-30** Amendment(s) adopted (475084)
- **2025-04-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-30** CS passed as amended; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-30** In Messages
- **2025-04-30** Senate Message List
- **2025-04-30** Amendment 475084 Concur
- **2025-04-30** CS passed as amended; YEAS 111, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-30** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-06-04** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-05** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-06** Chapter No. 2025-121

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7403a708-58ae-4ccb-8df4-398c4cbff477`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).