CS/SB 1178 (2022) -  License Plates

General Bill by Transportation and Broxson
License Plates: Authorizing the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to conduct a pilot program to evaluate designs, concepts, and technologies for a digital, rather than an alternative, license plate pilot program; authorizing the department to investigate the feasibility of digital license plate designs, concepts, and technologies that, at a minimum, meet certain prerequisites; providing that an owner of a digital license plate is not subject to penalties for failure to display a validation sticker if certain conditions are met; authorizing the department to allow a registered motor vehicle to be equipped with an approved digital license plate in lieu of a physical license plate by a certain date, etc.
Effective Date: Except as otherwise expressly provided in this act, this act shall take effect July 1, 2022
Last Event: 03/14/22 S Died in Appropriations on Monday, March 14, 2022 1:02 PM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

Senate Referrals

  • Transportation
    • On agenda for: 02/02/22 8:30 AM
    • Favorable With Committee Substitute (final action) Votes: Yeas 7   Nays 0
  • Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development
    • On agenda for: 02/16/22 10:00 AM
    • Recommendation: Favorable (final action) Votes: Yeas 11   Nays 0
  • Appropriations

Related Bills

Bill # Subject Relationship
Bill #: CS/CS/HB 91 Subject: Digital License Plates Relationship: Similar
Bill #: HB 815 Subject: Digital License Plate Pilot Program Relationship: Compare
Bill #: SB 812 Subject: Digital License Plate Pilot Program Relationship: Compare

Bill Text

Staff Analysis

Chamber Committee
Chamber: Senate Committee: Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development 2/17/2022 4:15:57 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development 2/15/2022 10:51:10 AM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Transportation 2/2/2022 2:07:13 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Transportation 2/1/2022 8:14:48 AM

Vote History

(No Votes Recorded)

Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: S Died in Appropriations Time: 03/14/2022 - 1:02 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Version: c1
Event: S Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration Time: 03/12/2022 - 12:00 AM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Now in Appropriations Time: 02/17/2022 - 4:19 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Version: c1
Event: S Subcommittee Recommendation: Favorable by Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 Time: 02/16/2022 - 11:44 AM Member: Committee: Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Version: c1
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development, 02/16/22, 10:00 am, 110 Senate Building Time: 02/11/2022 - 1:37 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Version: c1
Event: S CS by Transportation read 1st time -SJ 340 Time: 02/03/2022 - 5:15 PM Member: Committee: Transportation Version: c1
Event: S Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Time: 02/03/2022 - 4:29 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Version: c1
Event: S Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) Time: 02/03/2022 - 8:49 AM Member: Committee: Transportation Version: __
Event: S CS by Transportation; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 -SJ 337 Time: 02/02/2022 - 9:24 AM Member: Committee: Transportation Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Transportation, 02/02/22, 8:30 am, 110 Senate Building Time: 01/28/2022 - 2:24 PM Member: Committee: Transportation Version: __
Event: S Introduced -SJ 79 Time: 01/11/2022 - 11:01 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Referred to Transportation; Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Appropriations -SJ 79 Time: 01/05/2022 - 12:10 PM Member: Committee: Transportation Version: __
Event: S Filed Time: 12/07/2021 - 2:23 PM Member: Committee: Version: __

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute Other Bill Citations
320.01 CS/CS/HB 91, CS/HB 369, CS/SB 574, CS/CS/HB 871, SB 914
320.06 CS/CS/HB 91, CS/HB 369, HB 555, CS/SB 574, SB 812, HB 815, SB 824, CS/CS/HB 915, SB 1582
320.07 CS/CS/HB 91, CS/HB 369, CS/SB 574
320.08069 CS/CS/HB 91