AB296Introduced in the Assembly
Revises various provisions relating to motor vehicles. (BDR 43-231)
Introduced by Howard Watts, District 15
What does this bill do?
Plain-English breakdown
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Official description
AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; requiring the Department of Motor Vehicles to contract with a person who makes installment loans to pay the fees and taxes due for the initial or renewal registration of a vehicle; prescribing certain requirements for such installment loans; authorizing the Director of the Department to authorize the use of digital license plates; providing requirements governing the use of digital license plates; revising the applicability of certain provisions governing installment lenders to a lender who contracts with the Department; extending the prospective expiration of the pilot program to gather data about annual vehicle miles traveled by certain vehicles registered in this State; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Where it stands
Chapter 466.
June 11, 2025
How did lawmakers vote?
Assembly votes
1 recorded vote · each counted separately
Senate votes
1 recorded vote · each counted separately
SenateStage: Senate Final Passage · June 2, 2025
13
Yes
8
No
0
Absent or Not Voting
21 senators recorded in this Senate vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.
See how each senator voted
| Senator | District | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Michelee Cruz-Crawford | 1 | Yes |
| Edgar Flores | 2 | No |
| Rochelle Nguyen | 3 | Yes |
| Dina Neal | 4 | Yes |
| Carrie Ann Buck | 5 | Yes |
| Nicole Cannizzaro | 6 | Yes |
| Roberta Lange | 7 | Yes |
| Marilyn Dondero Loop | 8 | Yes |
| Melanie Scheible | 9 | Yes |
| Fabian Donate | 10 | Yes |
Bill history
Read first time. Referred to Committee on Growth and Infrastructure. To printer.
From printer. To committee.
Notice of eligibility for exemption.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
Placed on Second Reading File.
Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 318.)
Taken from General File.
Rereferred to Committee on Ways and Means. Exemption effective.
To printer.
From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint.
To committee.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
Placed on General File.
Read third time. Amended. (Amend. Nos. 883 and 889.) To printer.
From printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Second reprint.
Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 29, Nays: 13.) To Senate.
In Senate.
Read first time. Referred to Committee on Finance. To committee.
From committee: Do pass.
Placed on Second Reading File.
Read second time.
Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 13, Nays: 8.)
To Assembly.
In Assembly. To enrollment.
Enrolled and delivered to Governor.
Approved by the Governor.
Chapter 466.
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