Florida SB 1352: Communication Services

Bill Text

1352 
Motor Vehicles 
2026-01-07T09:07:34Z 
Requiring the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to establish and maintain a secure online license and registration portal for verifying, recording, and processing the seizure or confiscation of license plates; providing that a disabled veteran may retain a certain license plate designation upon reissuance, renewal, or transfer of the plate; prohibiting a person from manufacturing, selling, offering for sale, or affixing to any registration license plate certain covers, films, or overlays that obscure or alter the registration license plate in a specified manner, etc. 
Original Filed Version 
2026 
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2026-07-01T00:00:00Z 
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General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 1352 

 By Senator Trumbull 

 2-01120A-26 20261352__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to motor vehicles; amending s. 320.06, 
 3 F.S.; requiring the Department of Highway Safety and 
 4 Motor Vehicles to establish and maintain a secure 
 5 online license and registration portal for verifying, 
 6 recording, and processing the seizure or confiscation 
 7 of license plates; providing requirements for the 
 8 portal; authorizing the department to adopt rules; 
 9 amending s. 320.084, F.S.; providing that a disabled 
 10 veteran may retain a certain license plate designation 
 11 upon reissuance, renewal, or transfer of the plate; 
 12 amending s. 320.0843, F.S.; authorizing applications 
 13 for disabled parking permits to be made to the tax 
 14 collector; providing that certain license plates may 
 15 be stamped with specified letters at the option of the 
 16 applicant; authorizing the tax collector to issue the 
 17 plates immediately on demand under certain conditions; 
 18 amending s. 320.26, F.S.; prohibiting a person from 
 19 manufacturing, selling, offering for sale, or affixing 
 20 to any registration license plate certain covers, 
 21 films, or overlays that obscure or alter the 
 22 registration license plate in a specified manner; 
 23 amending s. 322.21, F.S.; requiring a tax collector to 
 24 fulfill certain renewal and replacement driver 
 25 licenses and identification cards; providing methods 
 26 for receipt of the driver license or identification 
 27 card; requiring the department to remit a specified 
 28 service fee to the appropriate tax collector under 
 29 certain conditions; amending s. 320.0848, F.S.; 
 30 conforming a provision to changes made by the act; 
 31 providing an effective date. 
 32 
 33 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 34 
 35 Section 1. Subsection (7) is added to section 320.06, 
 36 Florida Statutes, to read: 
 37 320.06 Registration certificates, license plates, and 
 38 validation stickers generally.— 
 39 (7) The department shall establish and maintain a secure 
 40 online license and registration portal accessible to the 
 41 department, tax collectors, and authorized law enforcement 
 42 agencies for the purpose of verifying, recording, and processing 
 43 the seizure or confiscation of license plates under this 
 44 chapter. The portal must provide immediate status updates when a 
 45 plate has been seized, destroyed, or returned and must be 
 46 checked before reissuance of a registration or plate. The 
 47 department may adopt rules to implement this subsection. 
 48 Section 2. Subsection (3) of section 320.084, Florida 
 49 Statutes, is amended to read: 
 50 320.084 Free motor vehicle license plate to certain 
 51 disabled veterans.— 
 52 (3) The department shall, as it deems necessary, require 
 53 each person to whom a motor vehicle license plate has been 
 54 issued pursuant to subsection (1) to apply to the department for 
 55 reissuance of his or her registration license plate. Upon 
 56 receipt of the application and proof of the applicant’s 
 57 continued eligibility, the department shall issue a new 
 58 permanent disabled veteran motor vehicle license plate which 
 59 shall be of the colors red, white, and blue similar to the 
 60 colors of the United States flag. A disabled veteran who has 
 61 been issued a permanent disabled veteran motor vehicle license 
 62 plate may retain the unique alphanumeric designation assigned to 
 63 the plate upon reissuance, renewal, or transfer of the plate to 
 64 another vehicle owned by the veteran. The operation of a motor 
 65 vehicle displaying a disabled veteran license plate from a 
 66 previous issue period or a noncurrent validation sticker after 
 67 the date specified by the department shall subject the owner if 
 68 he or she is present, otherwise the operator, to the penalty 
 69 provided in s. 318.18(2). Such permanent license plate shall be 
 70 removed upon sale of the vehicle, but may be transferred to 
 71 another vehicle owned by such veteran in the manner prescribed 
 72 by law. Upon request of any such veteran, the department is 
 73 authorized to issue a designation plate containing only the 
 74 letters “DV,” to be displayed on