Florida SB 982: Motor Vehicle Registration Renewal

Bill Text

982 
Motor Vehicle Registration Renewal 
2025-12-19T04:30:25Z 
Deleting provisions requiring a validation sticker to be issued with each license plate and requiring certain license plates to include validation stickers; requiring that registration renewals be recorded electronically; deleting a provision requiring the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to provide certain entities with validation stickers; deleting provisions requiring that validation stickers meet certain specifications, etc. 
Original Filed Version 
2026 
S 
2026-07-01T00:00:00Z 
GB 
General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 982 

 By Senator Rodriguez 

 40-00581A-26 2026982__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to motor vehicle registration renewal; 
 3 amending s. 320.06, F.S.; deleting provisions 
 4 requiring a validation sticker to be issued with each 
 5 license plate and requiring certain license plates to 
 6 include validation stickers; requiring that 
 7 registration renewals be recorded electronically; 
 8 deleting a provision requiring the Department of 
 9 Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to provide certain 
 10 entities with validation stickers; deleting provisions 
 11 requiring that validation stickers meet certain 
 12 specifications; deleting a provision authorizing a 
 13 certain corporation to manufacture validation 
 14 stickers; conforming provisions to changes made by the 
 15 act; amending ss. 320.08035, 320.0807, 320.084, and 
 16 320.102, F.S.; conforming cross-references and 
 17 provisions to changes made by the act; providing an 
 18 effective date. 
 19 
 20 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 21 
 22 Section 1. Section 320.06, Florida Statutes, is amended to 
 23 read: 
 24 320.06 Registration certificates and, license plates;, and 
 25 validation stickers generally.— 
 26 (1)(a) Upon the receipt of an initial application for 
 27 registration and payment of the appropriate license tax and 
 28 other fees required by law, the department shall assign to the 
 29 motor vehicle a registration license number consisting of 
 30 letters and numerals or numerals and issue to the owner or 
 31 lessee a certificate of registration and one registration 
 32 license plate, unless two plates are required for display by s. 
 33 320.0706, for each vehicle so registered. 
 34 (b)1. Registration license plates bearing a graphic symbol 
 35 and the alphanumeric system of identification shall be issued 
 36 for a 10-year period. At the end of the 10-year period, upon 
 37 renewal, the plate shall be replaced. The department shall 
 38 extend the scheduled license plate replacement date from a 6 
 39 year period to a 10-year period. The fee for such replacement is 
 40 $28, $2.80 of which shall be paid each year before the plate is 
 41 replaced, to be credited toward the next $28 replacement fee. 
 42 The fees shall be deposited into the Highway Safety Operating 
 43 Trust Fund. A credit or refund may not be given for any prior 
 44 years’ payments of the prorated replacement fee if the plate is 
 45 replaced or surrendered before the end of the 10-year period, 
 46 except that a credit may be given if a registrant is required by 
 47 the department to replace a license plate under s. 
 48 320.08056(8)(a). With each license plate, a validation sticker 
 49 shall be issued showing the owner’s birth month, license plate 
 50 number, and the year of expiration or the appropriate renewal 
 51 period if the owner is not a natural person. The validation 
 52 sticker shall be placed on the upper right corner of the license 
 53 plate. The license plate and validation sticker shall be issued 
 54 based on the applicant’s appropriate renewal period. The 
 55 registration period is 12 months, the extended registration 
 56 period is 24 months, and all expirations occur based on the 
 57 applicant’s appropriate registration period. Rental vehicles 
 58 taxed pursuant to s. 320.08(6)(a) and rental trucks taxed 
 59 pursuant to s. 320.08(3)(a)-(c) and (4)(a)-(d) may elect a 
 60 permanent registration period, provided payment of the 
 61 appropriate license taxes and fees occurs annually. 
 62 2. Beginning July 1, 2024, A vehicle registered in 
 63 accordance with the International Registration Plan must be 
 64 issued a license plate for a 3-year period. At the end of the 3 
 65 year period, upon renewal, the license plate must be replaced. 
 66 Each license plate must include a validation sticker showing the 
 67 month of expiration. A cab card denoting the declared gross 
 68 vehicle weight for each apportioned jurisdiction must be issued 
 69 annually. The fee for an original or a renewal cab card is $28, 
 70 which must be deposited into the Highway Safety Operating Trust 
 71 Fund. If the license plate is damaged or worn, it may be 
 72 replaced at no charge by applying to the department and 
 73 surrendering the current license plate. 
 74 3. In order to retain the efficient admini