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CS/CS/HB 937: Transportation

GENERAL BILL by State Affairs Committee ; Ways & Means Committee ; Yarkosky

Transportation; Requires licensing rather than registration of, & fuel tax decals rather than identifying devices for, motor carriers; requires copy of license to be carried in each qualified motor vehicle or made available electronically; specifies how fuel tax decals are to be displayed on qualified motor vehicles; requires DHSMV or its authorized agent to issue licenses & fuel tax decals; requires fuel tax decal renewal orders to be submitted electronically beginning on specified date; revises required contents of temporary fuel-use permits; revises reporting periods & due dates for motor fuel use tax returns; requires such tax returns to be submitted electronically beginning on specified date; revises requirements for calculation of interest due for delinquent tax; provides penalties for any person who counterfeits, alters, manufactures, or sells fuel tax licenses, fuel tax decals, or temporary fuel-use permits except under certain circumstances; requires motor carriers to destroy fuel tax decals under certain circumstances & notify DHSMV; revises apparent amount of property damage that requires driver of vehicle involved in crash to notify law enforcement of crash; provides exemption from certain vehicle registration requirements for certain active duty military members; requires applicants to provide proof of address; revises requirements for documenting applicant's address & proof of legal presence; revises prohibition on obscuring license plate; provides that use of license plate frame or decorative border device is not prohibited under specified conditions; authorizes DHSMV to use e-mail as method of notification; requires e-mail address to be included on ID card application & request for replacement driver license or instruction permit, respectively; authorizes orders of cancellation, suspension, revocation, or disqualification to be provided by e-mail notification.

Effective Date: 10/1/2026
Last Action: 2/26/2026 House - Added to Second Reading Calendar
Bill Text: PDF



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
12/30/2025 House • Filed
1/12/2026 House • Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee
• Referred to Ways & Means Committee
• Referred to Transportation & Economic Development Budget Subcommittee
• Referred to State Affairs Committee
• Now in Government Operations Subcommittee
1/13/2026 House • 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
2/3/2026 House • Added to Government Operations Subcommittee agenda
2/5/2026 House • Favorable by Government Operations Subcommittee
• Reported out of Government Operations Subcommittee
• Now in Ways & Means Committee
2/6/2026 House • Added to Ways & Means Committee agenda
2/10/2026 House • Favorable with CS by Ways & Means Committee
• Reported out of Ways & Means Committee
• Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
• CS Filed
2/11/2026 House • Referred to State Affairs Committee
• Now in State Affairs Committee
• 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
2/20/2026 House • Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
2/24/2026 House • Favorable with CS by State Affairs Committee
• Reported out of State Affairs Committee
• Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
• CS Filed
2/25/2026 House • Bill referred to House Calendar
• 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
2/26/2026 House • Added to Second Reading Calendar