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    SB 488: Transportation

    GENERAL BILL by Massullo

    Transportation; 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.

    Effective Date: 10/1/2026

    Last Action: 3/11/2026 Senate - Ordered engrossed, then enrolled

    Bill Text [pdf]

    Current Bill Version Posted: 3/12/2026 11:28 AM


    • Related Bills (10)

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      S 490 (er) by Massullo
      Public Records/E-mail Addresses Collected by the Department of Highway Safety for Providing Renewal Notices
      Last Action: 3/17/2026 S Ordered enrolled       		Linked
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      H 613 by Maney
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      Last Action: 3/13/2026 H Died in Government Operations Subcommittee       		Compare
      H 937 (c2) by Ways & Means Committee
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      Last Action: 3/9/2026 H Laid on Table, refer to SB 488       		Compare
      H 939 by Yarkosky
      Pub. Rec./E-mail Addresses Collected by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles
      Last Action: 3/9/2026 H Laid on Table, refer to SB 490       		Compare
      H 989 (c1) by Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
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    • Citations - Statute (46)

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      120.80 Exceptions and special requirements; agencies. Page 52 (pdf)
      207.001 Short title. Page 5 (pdf)
      207.002 Definitions. Page 5 (pdf)
      207.003 Privilege tax levied. Page 53 (pdf)
      207.004 Registration of motor carriers; identifying devices; fees; renewals; temporary fuel-use permits and driveaway permits. Page 7 (pdf)
      207.005 Returns and payment of tax; delinquencies; calculation of fuel used during operations in the state; credit; bond. Page 12 (pdf)
      207.007 Offenses; penalties and interest. Page 14 (pdf)
      207.008 Retention of records by motor carrier. Page 53 (pdf)
      207.011 Inspection of records; hearings; forms; rules. Page 53 (pdf)
      207.013 Suits for collection of unpaid taxes, penalties, and interest. Page 54 (pdf)
      207.014 Departmental warrant for collection of unpaid taxes. Page 54 (pdf)
      207.019 Discontinuance or transfer of business; change of address. Page 15 (pdf)
      207.023 Authority to inspect vehicles, make arrests, seize property, and execute warrants. Page 55 (pdf)
      207.0281 Registration; cooperative reciprocal agreements between states. Page 56 (pdf)
      212.08 Sales, rental, use, consumption, distribution, and storage tax; specified exemptions. Page 56 (pdf)
      316.065 Crashes; reports; penalties. Page 16 (pdf)
      316.545 Weight and load unlawful; special fuel and motor fuel tax enforcement; inspection; penalty; review. Page 57 (pdf)
      318.15 Failure to comply with civil penalty or to appear; penalty. Page 58 (pdf)
      319.35 Unlawful acts in connection with motor vehicle odometer readings; penalties. Page 59 (pdf)
      319.40 Transactions by electronic or telephonic means. Page 59 (pdf)
      320.02 Registration required; application for registration; forms. Page 17 (pdf)
      320.03 Registration; duties of tax collectors; International Registration Plan. Page 60 (pdf)
      320.061 Unlawful to alter motor vehicle registration certificates, license plates, temporary license plates, mobile home stickers, or validation stickers or to obscure license plates; penalty. Page 19 (pdf)
      320.084 Free motor vehicle license plate to certain disabled veterans. Page 20 (pdf)
      320.0843 License plates for persons with disabilities eligible for permanent disabled parking permits. Page 21 (pdf)
      320.262 License plate obscuring device prohibited; penalties. Page 22 (pdf)
      320.64 Denial, suspension, or revocation of license; grounds. Page 22 (pdf)
      320.643 Transfer, assignment, or sale of franchise agreements. Page 26 (pdf)
      320.95 Transactions by electronic or telephonic means. Page 30 (pdf)
      322.01 Definitions. Page 30 (pdf)
      322.051 Identification cards. Page 31 (pdf)
      322.08 Application for license; requirements for license and identification card forms. Page 61 (pdf)
      322.17 Replacement licenses and permits. Page 33 (pdf)
      322.18 Original applications, licenses, and renewals; expiration of licenses; delinquent licenses. Page 61 (pdf)
      322.21 License fees; procedure for handling and collecting fees. Page 62 (pdf)
      322.245 Suspension of license upon failure of person charged with specified offense under chapter 316, chapter 320, or this chapter to comply with directives ordered by traffic court or upon failure to pay child support in non-IV-D cases as provided in chapt Page 62 (pdf)
      322.251 Notice of cancellation, suspension, revocation, or disqualification of license. Page 34 (pdf)
      322.2615 Suspension of license; right to review. Page 63 (pdf)
      322.2616 Suspension of license; persons under 21 years of age; right to review. Page 64 (pdf)
      322.64 Holder of commercial driver license; persons operating a commercial motor vehicle; driving with unlawful blood-alcohol level; refusal to submit to breath, urine, or blood test. Page 64 (pdf)
      324.091 Notice to department; notice to insurer. Page 65 (pdf)
      324.171 Self-insurer. Page 66 (pdf)
      328.30 Transactions by electronic or telephonic means. Page 66 (pdf)
      328.73 Registration; duties of tax collectors. Page 66 (pdf)
      337.401 Use of right-of-way for utilities subject to regulation; permit; fees. Page 36 (pdf)
      627.7415 Commercial motor vehicles; additional liability insurance coverage. Page 67 (pdf)

    • Bill History

      S = Senate, H = House

      11/13/2025 S • Filed
      12/1/2025 S • Referred to Transportation; Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Fiscal Policy
      1/5/2026 S • On Committee agenda-- Transportation, 01/12/26, 4:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
      1/12/2026 S • Favorable by Transportation; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
      • Now in Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development
      1/13/2026 S • Introduced
      1/16/2026 S • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development, 01/21/26, 11:00 am, 110 Senate Building
      1/21/2026 S • Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; YEAS 14 NAYS 0
      • Now in Fiscal Policy
      2/2/2026 S • On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 02/05/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
      2/5/2026 S • Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 15 NAYS 0
      • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
      2/17/2026 S • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/19/26
      2/19/2026 S • Read 2nd time -SJ 349
      • Amendment(s) adopted (458674) -SJ 349
      • Read 3rd time -SJ 350
      • Passed as amended; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 -SJ 350
      • Immediately certified -SJ 356
      2/19/2026 H • In Messages
      3/5/2026 H • Bill referred to House Calendar
      • Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/9/2026)
      • 1st Reading (Engrossed 1)
      3/9/2026 H • Read 2nd time
      • Amendment 312799 adopted
      • Amendment 520293 adopted
      • Amendment 106271 adopted
      • Amendment 073989 adopted as amended
      • Added to Third Reading Calendar
      • Read 3rd time
      • Passed as amended; YEAS 108, NAYS 1
      • Amendment 078509 engrossed amendment (replaces 073989, 106271, 520293, 312799)
      3/9/2026 S • In returning messages
      3/11/2026 S • Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (078509) -SJ 813
      • Passed as amended; YEAS 36 NAYS 0 -SJ 813
      • Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
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