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| Bill | Transportation | 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. | us/states/fl | Florida Legislature | 2026 | SB 488 | Florida SB 488 (2026) |
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enacted | 2026-39 |
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4 | 38 | 6 | 2025-11-13 | 2026-04-22 | openstates | ocd-bill/c2b1595c-e861-431f-b89b-1ca36a1e9d84 | https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/488/ByCategory | ac17f11dd744b0a1b33ad31dcf1810bd69198c76d814f8b2125bc52237e1a4b2 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Florida SB 488 (2026) — Transportation
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.
Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-39.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- S 488 Filed (filed) — source
- S 488 e1 (engrossed) — source
- S 488 e2 (engrossed) — source
- S 488 er (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Favorable — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — 38–0 (pass) · upper
- Favorable — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Returning Messages — 36–0 (pass) · upper
- Favorable — 8–0 (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — 108–1 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Massullo — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-11-13 Filed
filing - 2025-12-01 Referred to Transportation; Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Fiscal Policy
referral-committee - 2026-01-05 On Committee agenda-- Transportation, 01/12/26, 4:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
- 2026-01-12 Favorable by Transportation; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-01-12 Now in Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development
- 2026-01-13 Introduced
introduction - 2026-01-16 On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development, 01/21/26, 11:00 am, 110 Senate Building
- 2026-01-21 Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; YEAS 14 NAYS 0
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-01-21 Now in Fiscal Policy
- 2026-02-02 On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 02/05/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- 2026-02-05 Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 15 NAYS 0
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-02-05 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- 2026-02-17 Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/19/26
- 2026-02-19 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2026-02-19 Amendment(s) adopted (458674)
- 2026-02-19 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2026-02-19 Passed as amended; YEAS 38 NAYS 0
passage - 2026-02-19 Immediately certified
- 2026-02-19 In Messages
- 2026-03-05 Bill referred to House Calendar
- 2026-03-05 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/9/2026)
- 2026-03-05 1st Reading (Engrossed 1)
reading-1 - 2026-03-09 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2026-03-09 Amendment 312799 adopted
- 2026-03-09 Amendment 520293 adopted
- 2026-03-09 Amendment 106271 adopted
- 2026-03-09 Amendment 073989 adopted as amended
- 2026-03-09 Added to Third Reading Calendar
- 2026-03-09 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2026-03-09 Passed as amended; YEAS 108, NAYS 1
passage - 2026-03-09 Amendment 078509 engrossed amendment (replaces 073989, 106271, 520293, 312799)
- 2026-03-09 In returning messages
- 2026-03-11 Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (078509)
- 2026-03-11 Passed as amended; YEAS 36 NAYS 0
passage - 2026-03-11 Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
enrolled - 2026-04-21 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
executive-receipt - 2026-04-21 Approved by Governor
executive-signature - 2026-04-22 Chapter No. 2026-39
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c2b1595c-e861-431f-b89b-1ca36a1e9d84. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).