FloridaOffenses Involving Motor Vehicles
What it does
Offenses Involving Motor Vehicles; Reclassifies offense of driving, moving, or causing to be moved vehicle or equipment with certain lighting on highway as third degree felony in specified circumstance; increases the penalty for knowingly altering a motor vehicle registration certificate, a license plate, a temporary license plate, a mobile home sticker, or a validation sticker or obscuring a license plate from a noncriminal traffic infraction to a second degree misdemeanor; provides criminal penalties if person purchases, possesses, manufactures, sells, offers to sell, or otherwise distributes license plate obscuring device; provides enhanced penalty if person uses license plate obscuring device for specified purposes.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- May 20Chapter No. 2025-36Latest
- May 19Approved by Governor Ron DeSantisBecame Law
- May 16Signed by Officers and presented to GovernorTo Governor
- Apr 23Ordered enrolledMinor
- Vote recorded Third Reading. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 23In Messages
- Apr 23CS passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0Passed Senate
- Apr 23Read 3rd timeMinor
- Apr 23Read 2nd timeMinor
- Apr 23Substituted for CS/CS/SB 44
- Apr 23Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- Apr 23Withdrawn from RulesMajor
- Apr 22ReceivedMinor
- Apr 16Referred to RulesMinor
- Vote recorded Passage, Third Reading. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 16In Messages
- Apr 16CS passed as amended; YEAS 115, NAYS 0Passed House
- Apr 16Read 3rd timeMinor
- Apr 16Added to Third Reading Calendar
- Apr 16Placed on 3rd readingMinor
- Apr 16Amendment 779263 adopted
- Apr 16Read 2nd timeMinor
- Apr 10Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/16/2025)
- Apr 9Added to Second Reading Calendar
- Apr 9Bill referred to House Calendar
- Apr 81st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)Minor
- Apr 8CS FiledMinor
- Apr 8Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)Minor
- Apr 8Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- Apr 8Favorable with CS by Judiciary CommitteeMinor
- Apr 4Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- Mar 25Now in Judiciary Committee
- Mar 25Reported out of Government Operations Subcommittee
- Mar 25Favorable by Government Operations SubcommitteeMinor
- Mar 21Added to Government Operations Subcommittee agenda
- Mar 14Now in Government Operations Subcommittee
- Mar 14Referred to Judiciary CommitteeMinor
- Mar 14Referred to Government Operations SubcommitteeMinor
- Mar 131st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)Minor
- Mar 13CS FiledMinor
- Mar 13Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)Minor
- Mar 12Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- Mar 12Favorable with CS by Criminal Justice SubcommitteeMinor
- Mar 10PCS added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda
- Mar 41st Reading (Original Filed Version)Minor
- Feb 6Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- Feb 6Referred to Judiciary CommitteeMinor
- Feb 6Referred to Government Operations SubcommitteeMinor
- Feb 6Referred to Criminal Justice SubcommitteeMinor
- Jan 27FiledIntroduced