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H0937Introduced in the House

Transportation

Introduced

Introduced by State Affairs Committee

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Requires licensing rather than registration of, & fuel tax decals rather than identifying devices for, motor carriers; requires copy of license to be carried in each qualified motor vehicle or made available electronically; specifies how fuel tax decals are to be displayed on qualified motor vehicles; requires DHSMV or its authorized agent to issue licenses & fuel tax decals; requires fuel tax decal renewal orders to be submitted electronically beginning on specified date; revises required contents of temporary fuel-use permits; revises reporting periods & due dates for motor fuel use tax returns; requires such tax returns to be submitted electronically beginning on specified date; revises requirements for calculation of interest due for delinquent tax; provides penalties for any person who counterfeits, alters, manufactures, or sells fuel tax licenses, fuel tax decals, or temporary fuel-use permits except under certain circumstances; requires motor carriers to destroy fuel tax decals under certain circumstances & notify DHSMV; revises apparent amount of property damage that requires driver of vehicle involved in crash to notify law enforcement of crash; provides exemption from certain vehicle registration requirements for certain active duty military members; requires applicants to provide proof of address; revises requirements for documenting applicant's address & proof of legal presence; revises prohibition on obscuring license plate; provides that use of license plate frame or decorative border device is not prohibited under specified conditions; authorizes DHSMV to use e-mail as method of notification; requires e-mail address to be included on ID card application & request for replacement driver license or instruction permit, respectively; authorizes orders of cancellation, suspension, revocation, or disqualification to be provided by e-mail notification.

Where it stands

Laid on Table, refer to SB 488

March 9, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

HouseStage: House State Affairs Committee · February 24, 2026

26

Yes

0

No

0

Absent or Not Voting

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See how each representative voted

RepresentativeDistrictVote
Nathan Boyles3Yes
Philip Griffitts6Yes
Wyman Duggan12Yes
Angela Nixon13Yes
Nan Cobb26Yes
Richard Gentry27Yes
RaShon Young40Yes
Anna Eskamani42Yes
Leonard Spencer45Yes
Jeff Holcomb53Yes

Bill history

  1. Filed

  2. Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee

  3. Referred to Ways & Means Committee

  4. Referred to Transportation & Economic Development Budget Subcommittee

  5. Referred to State Affairs Committee

  6. Now in Government Operations Subcommittee

  7. 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)

  8. Added to Government Operations Subcommittee agenda

  9. Favorable by Government Operations Subcommittee

  10. Reported out of Government Operations Subcommittee

  11. Now in Ways & Means Committee

  12. Added to Ways & Means Committee agenda

  13. Favorable with CS by Ways & Means Committee

  14. Reported out of Ways & Means Committee

  15. Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)

  16. CS Filed

  17. Referred to State Affairs Committee

  18. Now in State Affairs Committee

  19. 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)

  20. Added to State Affairs Committee agenda

  21. Favorable with CS by State Affairs Committee

  22. Reported out of State Affairs Committee

  23. Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)

  24. CS Filed

  25. Bill referred to House Calendar

  26. 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)

  27. Added to Second Reading Calendar

  28. Laid on Table, refer to SB 488

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