CS/CS/HB 937: Transportation

GENERAL BILL by State Affairs Committee, Ways & Means Committee, Yarkosky, Bankson

Transportation; 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.

Effective Date: 10/1/2026

Last Action: 3/9/2026 House - Laid on Table, refer to SB 488

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Current Bill Version Posted: 2/24/2026 04:32 PM

Related Bills (6)

Bill Number Subject Filed By Last Action and Location	Relationship Learn more about bill relationships
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	Linked
H 543 (e1) by Commerce Committee Transportation Last Action: 3/13/2026 H Died in returning Messages	Compare
S 488 (er) by Massullo Transportation Last Action: 3/11/2026 S Ordered engrossed, then enrolled	Compare
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	Compare
S 1080 (c2) by DiCeglie Transportation Last Action: 3/6/2026 S Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/CS/HB 543 -SJ 658	Compare
S 1274 (c1) by DiCeglie Transportation Last Action: 3/13/2026 S Died in Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development	Compare

Citations - Statute (41)

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120.80	Exceptions and special requirements; agencies.	Page 29 (pdf)
207.001	Short title.	Page 3 (pdf)
207.002	Definitions.	Page 3 (pdf)
207.003	Privilege tax levied.	Page 29 (pdf)
207.004	Registration of motor carriers; identifying devices; fees; renewals; temporary fuel-use permits and driveaway permits.	Page 6 (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 30 (pdf)
207.011	Inspection of records; hearings; forms; rules.	Page 30 (pdf)
207.013	Suits for collection of unpaid taxes, penalties, and interest.	Page 30 (pdf)
207.014	Departmental warrant for collection of unpaid taxes.	Page 31 (pdf)
207.019	Discontinuance or transfer of business; change of address.	Page 16 (pdf)
207.023	Authority to inspect vehicles, make arrests, seize property, and execute warrants.	Page 32 (pdf)
207.0281	Registration; cooperative reciprocal agreements between states.	Page 33 (pdf)
212.08	Sales, rental, use, consumption, distribution, and storage tax; specified exemptions.	Page 33 (pdf)
316.065	Crashes; reports; penalties.	Page 17 (pdf)
316.545	Weight and load unlawful; special fuel and motor fuel tax enforcement; inspection; penalty; review.	Page 35 (pdf)
318.15	Failure to comply with civil penalty or to appear; penalty.	Page 36 (pdf)
319.35	Unlawful acts in connection with motor vehicle odometer readings; penalties.	Page 37 (pdf)
319.40	Transactions by electronic or telephonic means.	Page 37 (pdf)
320.02	Registration required; application for registration; forms.	Page 17 (pdf)
320.03	Registration; duties of tax collectors; International Registration Plan.	Page 37 (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 20 (pdf)
320.262	License plate obscuring device prohibited; penalties.	Page 21 (pdf)
320.95	Transactions by electronic or telephonic means.	Page 21 (pdf)
322.01	Definitions.	Page 22 (pdf)
322.051	Identification cards.	Page 22 (pdf)
322.08	Application for license; requirements for license and identification card forms.	Page 38 (pdf)
322.17	Replacement licenses and permits.	Page 25 (pdf)
322.18	Original applications, licenses, and renewals; expiration of licenses; delinquent licenses.	Page 39 (pdf)
322.21	License fees; procedure for handling and collecting fees.	Page 39 (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 40 (pdf)
322.251	Notice of cancellation, suspension, revocation, or disqualification of license.	Page 26 (pdf)
322.2615	Suspension of license; right to review.	Page 41 (pdf)
322.2616	Suspension of license; persons under 21 years of age; right to review.	Page 42 (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 43 (pdf)
324.091	Notice to department; notice to insurer.	Page 43 (pdf)
324.171	Self-insurer.	Page 44 (pdf)
328.30	Transactions by electronic or telephonic means.	Page 45 (pdf)
328.73	Registration; duties of tax collectors.	Page 45 (pdf)
627.7415	Commercial motor vehicles; additional liability insurance coverage.	Page 46 (pdf)

Bill History

S = Senate, H = House

12/30/2025	H	• Filed
1/12/2026	H	• Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee • Referred to Ways & Means Committee • Referred to Transportation & Economic Development Budget Subcommittee • Referred to State Affairs Committee • Now in Government Operations Subcommittee
1/13/2026	H	• 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
2/3/2026	H	• Added to Government Operations Subcommittee agenda
2/5/2026	H	• Favorable by Government Operations Subcommittee • Reported out of Government Operations Subcommittee • Now in Ways & Means Committee
2/6/2026	H	• Added to Ways & Means Committee agenda
2/10/2026	H	• Favorable with CS by Ways & Means Committee • Reported out of Ways & Means Committee • Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) • CS Filed
2/11/2026	H	• Referred to State Affairs Committee • Now in State Affairs Committee • 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
2/20/2026	H	• Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
2/24/2026	H	• Favorable with CS by State Affairs Committee • Reported out of State Affairs Committee • Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) • CS Filed
2/25/2026	H	• Bill referred to House Calendar • 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
2/26/2026	H	• Added to Second Reading Calendar
3/9/2026	H	• Laid on Table, refer to SB 488

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