ORLANDO, Fla. — Those yellow registration stickers on Florida license plates may soon be a thing of the past.

A bill advancing in Tallahassee would eliminate them altogether. Some counties say it may save them some money.

What You Need To Know

House Bill 841 would eliminate Florida’s yellow vehicle registration stickers
Registrations would still be required, but recorded electronically
Miami-Dade County’s Tax Collector’s Office projects potential savings of $2.5 million annually
Orange County officials say the change would have little financial impact locally

Every year or two, Floridians have to renew their vehicle’s registration. Drivers place a yellow sticker at the top right corner of their license plate to show the registration is up to date.

But House Bill 841 may change that, making drivers say goodbye to that yellow sticker.

“It doesn’t actually change anything to the operations of my office at all,” said Scott Randolph, Orange County Tax Collector. “All it really does is get rid of the decal sticker, but it doesn’t get rid of the transaction, it doesn’t get rid of the requirement to have a written receipt of that transaction still in your glove box.”

Lawmakers say this bill would require motor vehicle registration renewals to be recorded electronically. Many law enforcement agencies now have automated license plate recognition systems, allowing them to check a vehicle’s registration digitally in seconds.

States like Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and New Jersey do not require the sticker. Lawmakers claim this could mean some cost savings for tax collector offices.

A House staff analysis does not list a statewide savings estimate, but the Miami-Dade Tax Collector’s Office projects going fully digital could save about $2.5 million annually in processing and recording registrations.

Orange County’s Tax Collector’s Office says there would not really be any savings for them.

“Those people would still have to do a transaction for whatever reason now, it’s sort of useless other than a written registration receipt. Maybe save a little bit on ink and that’s about it,” Randolph said.

Spectrum News reached out to the bill’s sponsor, Tom Fabricio, for comment but did not hear back. The bill still has additional stops at the Capitol, but if approved, Florida drivers could soon see a sticker-free registration process.