Florida Senate - 2026                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 488
       
       
       
       
       
       
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             02/19/2026 11:52 AM       .                                
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       Senator Massullo moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 645 and 646
    4  insert:
    5         Section 18. Section 320.061, Florida Statutes, is amended
    6  to read:
    7         320.061 Unlawful to alter motor vehicle registration
    8  certificates, license plates, temporary license plates, mobile
    9  home stickers, or validation stickers or to obscure license
   10  plates; penalty.—A person may not alter the original appearance
   11  of a vehicle registration certificate, license plate, temporary
   12  license plate, mobile home sticker, or validation sticker issued
   13  for and assigned to a motor vehicle or mobile home, whether by
   14  mutilation, alteration, defacement, or change of color or in any
   15  other manner. A person may not apply or attach a substance,
   16  reflective matter, illuminated device, spray, coating, covering,
   17  or other material onto or around any license plate which
   18  interferes with the legibility, angular visibility, or
   19  detectability of the primary features or details, including the
   20  license plate number or validation sticker, any feature or
   21  detail on the license plate or interferes with the ability to
   22  record the primary features or details, including the license
   23  plate number or validation sticker, any feature or detail on the
   24  license plate. A license plate frame that impinges upon
   25  information located on the top or bottom of the license plate is
   26  permissible, as long as law enforcement can identify the state
   27  issuing the license plate. A person who knowingly violates this
   28  section commits a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable
   29  as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
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   31  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   32  And the title is amended as follows:
   33         Delete line 59
   34  and insert:
   35         license or identification card”; amending s. 320.061,
   36         F.S.; prohibiting a person from applying or attaching
   37         materials that interfere with the legibility, angular
   38         visibility, or detectability of, or that interfere
   39         with the ability to record, the primary features or
   40         details on a license plate; authorizing license plate
   41         frames that impinge upon information at certain
   42         locations under certain circumstances; amending s.
   43         320.95,