Senate Bill 650 (2025) — Hazardous walking conditions
SB 650
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Florida Senate - 2025 SB By Senator Leek 7-00686A-25 2025650__ CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. A bill to be entitled
An act relating to hazardous walking conditions; 2 amending s. 1006.23, F.S.; revising the criteria that determine a hazardous walking condition for public school students; providing an effective date. 5
Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 7
Section 1. Paragraph
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a) of subsection (2) of
section 9 1006.23, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 10 1006.23 Hazardous walking conditions.— 11
(2) HAZARDOUS WALKING CONDITIONS.— 12
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a) Walkways parallel to the road.— 13 1. It shall be considered a hazardous walking condition with respect to any road along which students must walk in order to walk to and from school if there is not an area at least 4 feet wide adjacent to the road, not including drainage ditches, 17 sluiceways, swales, or channels, having a surface upon which students may walk without being required to walk on the road surface or if the walkway is along a freeway or an expressway, 20 including any entrance ramp, exit ramp, or interchange, 21 regardless of the posted speed limit.
In addition, whenever the road along which students must walk is uncurbed and has a posted speed limit of miles per hour or greater, the area as described above for students to walk upon shall be set off the road by no less than feet from the edge of the road. 26 2. Subparagraph 1. does not apply when the road along which students must walk: 28 a. Is a road on which the volume of traffic is less than Florida Senate - 2025 SB 650 7-00686A-25 2025650__ CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. 180 vehicles per hour, per direction, during the time students walk to and from school; or b.
Is located in a residential area and has a posted speed limit of miles per hour or less. 33