Florida legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Florida H639: Specialty License Plates
Status: Passed one chamber, March 5, 2026
Requires certain organizations that have approved specialty license plate to submit within specified timeframe certain financial information to DHSMV; provides for deauthorization of certain specialty license plates if organization receiving annual use fees does not submit required financial information to DHSMV within specified timeframe; requires DHSMV to submit annual report to Governor & Legislature by specified date; prohibits specialty license plate annual use fees or interest earned from such fees from being distributed to certain entities; revises provisions relating to issuance & fee distribution for Fraternal Order of Police license plates; directs DHSMV to develop specified specialty license plates.
What the bill says
An act relating to specialty license plates; amending s. 320.08053, F.S.; requiring certain organizations that have an approved specialty license plate to submit within a specified timeframe certain financial information to the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles; providing for the deauthorization of certain specialty license plates if the organization receiving the annual use fees does not submit the required financial information to the department within the specified timeframe…
From the introduced text, February 26, 2026:
A bill to be entitled An act relating to specialty license plates; amending s. 320.08053, F.S.; requiring certain organizations that have an approved specialty license plate to submit within a specified timeframe certain financial information to the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles; providing for the deauthorization of certain specialty license plates if the organization receiving the annual use fees does not submit the required financial information to the department within the specified timeframe; requiring the department to submit an annual report to the Governor and Legislature by a specified date; amending s. 320.08056, F.S.; prohibiting specialty license plate annual use fees or interest earned from such fees from being distributed to certain entities; amending s. 320.08058, F.S.; revising provisions relating to the issuance and fee distribution for Fraternal Order of Police license plates; directing the department to develop specified specialty license plates; amending s. 320.08062, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: words underlined are additions. hb639-02-c2 FLORIDAHOUSEOFREPRESENTATIVES CS/CS/HB 639 2026 Section 1. Subsections (2), (3), and (4) of section 320.08053, Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsections (4), (5), and (6), respectively, subsection (1) is amended, and new subsections (2) and (3) are added to that section, to read: 320.08053 Establishment …
Sponsors
- Brannan, Chuck (R, HD-010) · primary sponsor
- Brannan (R, 10) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Substituted CS/SB 246
- : Laid on Table; Companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 246 (Ch. 2026-30)
- : Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/5/2026)
- : Temporarily postponed, on 2nd Reading
- : Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/4/2026)
- : Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/5/2026)
- : 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
- : Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/4/2026)
- : Bill referred to House Calendar
- : CS Filed
Votes
- House: State Affairs Committee (February 26, 2026): 26 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House: State Affairs Committee (February 26, 2026): 26 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House: Government Operations Subcommittee (February 11, 2026): 18 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House: Government Operations Subcommittee (February 11, 2026): 18 yea, 0 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is H639?
- H639 is a bill in the Florida Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Specialty License Plates.
- What does H639 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to specialty license plates; amending s. 320.08053, F.S.; requiring certain organizations that have an approved specialty license plate to submit within a specified timeframe certain financial information to the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles; providing for the deauthorization of certain specialty license plates if the organization receiving the annual use fees does not submit the required financial information to the department within the specified timeframe…
- What is the status of H639?
- Passed one chamber as of March 5, 2026. Latest action: Substituted CS/SB 246 (March 5, 2026).
- Who sponsored H639?
- Brannan, Chuck (R, HD-010), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for H639?
- On the Florida Legislature website: https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/639
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