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S0488Introduced in the Senate

Transportation

Passed

Introduced by Ralph Massullo, District 11

What does this bill do?

Plain-English breakdown

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Official description

Requiring licensing, rather than registration, of motor carriers; revising reporting periods and due dates for motor fuel use tax returns; revising the apparent amount of property damage that requires the driver of a vehicle involved in a crash to notify law enforcement of the crash; defining the term "REAL ID driver license or identification card"; providing that the use of a license plate frame or decorative border device is not prohibited under specified conditions, etc.

Where it stands

Chapter No. 2026-39

April 22, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

House votes

1 recorded vote · each counted separately

Senate votes

5 recorded votes · each counted separately

SenateStage: Senate: Third Reading RCS#17 · March 11, 2026

36

Yes

0

No

3

Absent or Not Voting

39 senators recorded in this Senate vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

See how each senator voted

SenatorDistrictVote
Debbie Mayfield32Yes
LaVon Bracy Davis40Yes
Don Gaetz1Yes
Jay Trumbull2Not Voting
Corey Simon3Yes
Clay Yarborough4Yes
Tracie Davis5Yes
Jennifer Bradley6Yes
Tom Leek7Yes
Tommy Wright8Yes

Bill history

  1. Filed

  2. Referred to Transportation; Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Fiscal Policy

  3. On Committee agenda-- Transportation, 01/12/26, 4:00 pm, 37 Senate Building

  4. Favorable by Transportation; YEAS 8 NAYS 0

  5. Now in Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development

  6. Introduced

  7. On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development, 01/21/26, 11:00 am, 110 Senate Building

  8. Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; YEAS 14 NAYS 0

  9. Now in Fiscal Policy

  10. On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 02/05/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building

  11. Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 15 NAYS 0

  12. Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading

  13. Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/19/26

  14. Read 2nd time

  15. Amendment(s) adopted (458674)

  16. Read 3rd time

  17. Passed as amended; YEAS 38 NAYS 0

  18. Immediately certified

  19. In Messages

  20. Bill referred to House Calendar

  21. Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/9/2026)

  22. 1st Reading (Engrossed 1)

  23. Read 2nd time

  24. Amendment 312799 adopted

  25. Amendment 520293 adopted

  26. Amendment 106271 adopted

  27. Amendment 073989 adopted as amended

  28. Added to Third Reading Calendar

  29. Read 3rd time

  30. Passed as amended; YEAS 108, NAYS 1

  31. Amendment 078509 engrossed amendment (replaces 073989, 106271, 520293, 312799)

  32. In returning messages

  33. Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (078509)

  34. Passed as amended; YEAS 36 NAYS 0

  35. Ordered engrossed, then enrolled

  36. Signed by Officers and presented to Governor

  37. Approved by Governor

  38. Chapter No. 2026-39

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