SB 982: Motor Vehicle Registration Renewal

GENERAL BILL by Rodriguez

Motor Vehicle Registration Renewal; Deleting provisions requiring a validation sticker to be issued with each license plate and requiring certain license plates to include validation stickers; requiring that registration renewals be recorded electronically; deleting a provision requiring the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to provide certain entities with validation stickers; deleting provisions requiring that validation stickers meet certain specifications, etc.

Current Bill Version Posted: 12/19/2025 09:30 AM

• Senate Committee References (3)

  1. Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development (ATD)
  2. Transportation (TR)
  3. Appropriations (AP)

• Related Bills (2)

  Bill Number Subject Filed By Last Action and Location	Relationship Learn more about bill relationships
  H 841 (c1) by State Affairs Committee Motor Vehicle Registration Renewal Last Action: 3/13/2026 S Died in Rules	Similar
  H 1233 (c2) by Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee Transportation Last Action: 3/11/2026 H Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/CS/SB 1220	Compare

• Citations - Statute (5)

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  320.06	Registration certificates, license plates, and validation stickers generally.	Page 1 (pdf)
  320.08035	Persons who have disabilities; reduced dimension license plate.	Page 7 (pdf)
  320.0807	Special license plates for Governor and federal and state legislators.	Page 8 (pdf)
  320.084	Free motor vehicle license plate to certain disabled veterans.	Page 8 (pdf)
  320.102	Marine boat trailers owned by nonprofit organizations; exemptions.	Page 8 (pdf)

• Bill History

  S = Senate, H = House

  12/19/2025	S	• Filed
  1/7/2026	S	• Referred to Transportation; Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Appropriations
  1/13/2026	S	• Introduced
  3/13/2026	S	• Died in Transportation