{"id":89562,"date":"2025-12-19T18:37:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T18:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/89562\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T18:37:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T18:37:07","slug":"license-plate-liberation-florida-lawmakers-file-bills-to-toss-the-yellow-tag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/89562\/","title":{"rendered":"License plate liberation? Florida lawmakers file bills to toss the yellow tag"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">TALLAHASSEE, Fla. \u2013 Florida\u2019s yellow license plate registration decals may soon be a thing of the past with the advent of new legislation calling for an electronic renewal process.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Florida Rep. Tom Fabricio, R-Miami-Dade, and State Sen. Ana Maria Rodriguez, R-Miami-Dade, announced Monday they were filing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flsenate.gov\/Session\/Bill\/2026\/841\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.flsenate.gov\/Session\/Bill\/2026\/841\">HB 841<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flsenate.gov\/Session\/Bill\/2026\/982\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.flsenate.gov\/Session\/Bill\/2026\/982\">SB 192<\/a>, companion bills that seek to require license plate renewal to be recorded electronically and to remove all provisions relating to the stickers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The lawmakers said they were inspired by Miami-Dade County Tax Collector Dariel Fernandez, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clickorlando.com\/traffic\/2025\/12\/07\/no-need-to-peel-and-stick-florida-official-recommends-taking-the-exit-ramp-from-outdated-registration-decals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.clickorlando.com\/traffic\/2025\/12\/07\/no-need-to-peel-and-stick-florida-official-recommends-taking-the-exit-ramp-from-outdated-registration-decals\/\">who made the proposal early this month<\/a> in suggesting a \u201ccommon-sense step forward\u201d that could even potentially save Floridians money.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">[MORE: Fla. official recommends exit ramp from yellow decals]<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cI want to thank State Representative Tom Fabricio and Senator Ana Maria Rodriguez for their leadership and for sponsoring this important legislation,\u201d Fernandez said in a statement. \u201cTheir willingness to modernize Florida\u2019s vehicle registration system reflects a clear understanding of how government can work smarter, reduce unnecessary costs, and better serve our residents. This is exactly the kind of practical, common-sense partnership that helps move our state forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The bills will go before the Florida Legislature next year, with their provisions set to go into effect on July 1, 2026, if signed by the governor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Read the House version of the bill in the media viewer below:<\/p>\n<p>Breaking News Alerts<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 kiwhtN\">More Stories Like This In Our Email Newsletter<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2025 by WKMG ClickOrlando &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TALLAHASSEE, Fla. \u2013 Florida\u2019s yellow license plate registration decals may soon be a thing of the past with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":74002,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,100,29,99,2546,729],"class_list":{"0":"post-89562","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-florida","8":"tag-florida","9":"tag-florida-headlines","10":"tag-florida-legislature","11":"tag-florida-news","12":"tag-politics","13":"tag-strange-florida","14":"tag-traffic"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89562\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}