HB 937: Transportation

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

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.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 2

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

1. March 9, 2026Laid on Table; Companion bill(s) passed, see SB 488 (Ch. 2026-39), SB 490 (Ch. 2026-40)
2. February 26, 2026Added to Second Reading Calendar
3. February 25, 20261st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
4. February 25, 2026Bill referred to House Calendar
5. February 24, 2026CS Filed
6. February 24, 2026Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
7. February 24, 2026Reported out of State Affairs Committee
8. February 24, 2026Favorable with CS by State Affairs Committee
9. February 20, 2026Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
10. February 11, 20261st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
11. February 11, 2026Now in State Affairs Committee
12. February 11, 2026Referred to State Affairs Committee

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