2025 bills / H.B. 324
H.B. 324 Special Group License Plate Amendments (2025)
- Introduced
- House committee
- House vote
- Senate committee
- Senate vote
- Signed into law
What this bill does
The bill lets people pay an extra fee to request a pair of license plates and requires the Motor Vehicle Division to design and distribute a white classic plate. It also adds new special group plate types for corporate brands and major league sports teams, changes how contributions to historical and collegiate plates are divided and used, and requires a State Tax Commission report on these plates.
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Official description
- allows an individual to request, for an additional fee, a set of two license plates
- requires the Motor Vehicle Division to design and distribute a white, classic license plate
- allows a corporate brand sponsored special group license plate and a special group license plate for major league sports teams
- allows the consolidation of license plate types for purposes of meeting the minimum circulation requirements
- provides the allocation of money from the voluntary contribution for a historical support special group license plate, allocating revenue to the sponsoring agency and to the Transportation Investment Fund of 2005
- requires the Motor Vehicle Division to provide notice regarding the allocation of the money from the historical support special group license plate
- provides that a vintage vehicle is not required to make the voluntary contribution to obtain the historical support special group license plate
- allows contributions for collegiate special group license plates to be used for the institution's compensation to student athletes for the use of the student athlete's name, image, or likeness
- amends the definition of a vintage vehicle to exclude the requirement regarding the type of license plate to be displayed
- requires the State Tax Commission to provide a report regarding special group license plates
- makes technical changes
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Every vote
- 11 yes, 0 no, 1 absentHouse Transportation Committee: vote to change the bill · 2/14/2025 9:39 AMWho voted how
- 12 yes, 0 noHouse Transportation Committee: vote, which it did not pass · 2/14/2025 9:44 AMWho voted how
- 10 yes, 0 no, 2 absentHouse Transportation Committee: vote to change the bill · 2/18/2025 4:16 PMWho voted how
- 10 yes, 0 no, 2 absentHouse Transportation Committee: Amendment Recommendation · 2/18/2025 4:17 PMWho voted how
- 11 yes, 0 no, 1 absentHouse Transportation Committee: vote to approve it · 2/18/2025 4:19 PMWho voted how
- 66 yes, 3 no, 6 absentFinal House vote · 2/27/2025 11:45 AMWho voted how
- 6 yes, 0 no, 1 absentSenate Revenue and Taxation Committee: vote to approve it · 3/3/2025 9:19 AMWho voted how
- 28 yes, 1 noFinal Senate vote · 3/6/2025 3:05 PMWho voted how
- 70 yes, 0 no, 5 absentHouse vote to accept the other chamber's changes · 3/6/2025 5:32 PMWho voted how
Hearings and debates
- Feb 14, 2025 House Transportation Committee▶ Watch
- Feb 18, 2025 House Transportation Committee▶ Watch
- Mar 3, 2025 Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee▶ Watch
- 25/2/2025 House floor debate▶ Watch
- 27/2/2025 House floor debate▶ Watch
- Jun 3, 2025 Senate floor debate▶ Watch
- Jun 3, 2025 Senate floor debate▶ Watch