FloridaFlorida tax collectors may enforce rules for commercial driving schools
Starting July 1, 2026, Florida’s highway safety department may let tax collectors help enforce rules for commercial driving schools.
What it does
Florida’s highway safety department may let tax collectors enforce rules for commercial driving schools, including checking credentials and inspecting school locations.
Argument forTax collectors could help deter fraud and protect driver license issuance by checking credentials and inspecting commercial driving schools.
Argument againstSchool operators and agents could face limits on entering tax collector property and inspections, which may make it harder for them to conduct business.
More detail
Florida’s highway safety department may make agreements that let tax collectors enforce rules for commercial driving schools. The authority covers commercial driving schools, their licensed operators, and their agents. The agreements delegate the department’s authority to the tax collectors. An agreement may let tax collectors or their agents bar school operators and agents from tax collector property, except when they seek services personally; stop fraud or practices that undermine driver license issuance; demand relevant credentials; and enter school locations to check compliance with state and local laws. The law takes effect July 1, 2026.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- May 26Chapter No. 2026-94Latest
- May 22Approved by Governor Ron DeSantisBecame Law
- May 21Signed by Officers and presented to GovernorTo Governor
- Mar 17Ordered enrolledMinor
- Mar 10Passed; YEAS 109, NAYS 3Passed House
- Vote recorded Passage, Third Reading. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 10Read 3rd timeMinor
- Mar 10Added to Third Reading Calendar
- Mar 10Read 2nd timeMinor
- Mar 91st Reading (Original Filed Version)Minor
- Mar 9Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/10/2026)
- Mar 9Bill referred to House Calendar
- Feb 19In Messages
- Vote recorded Third Reading. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 19Immediately certified
- Feb 19Passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0Passed Senate
- Feb 19Read 3rd timeMinor
- Feb 19Read 2nd timeMinor
- Feb 11Retained on Special Order Calendar
- Feb 9Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/11/26
- Feb 5Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- Vote recorded Favorable. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 5Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 15 NAYS 0Minor
- Feb 2On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 02/05/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- Jan 21Now in Fiscal Policy
- Vote recorded Favorable. Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 21Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; YEAS 14 NAYS 0Minor
- Jan 16On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development, 01/21/26, 11:00 am, 110 Senate Building
- Jan 13IntroducedMinor
- Jan 12Now in Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development
- Vote recorded Favorable. Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 12Favorable by Transportation; YEAS 9 NAYS 0Minor
- Jan 5On Committee agenda-- Transportation, 01/12/26, 4:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
- 2025
- Dec 9Referred to Transportation; Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Fiscal PolicyMinor
- Nov 19FiledIntroduced
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