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Florida · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 488: Transportation

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 488 is a bill introduced in the Florida Senate on November 13, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Transportation. Primary sponsor: Ralph Massullo (Republican). Most recent recorded action (April 22, 2026): Chapter No. 2026-39, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 490 (Ch. 2026-40).

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

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

Transportation; Requiring licensing, rather than registration, of motor carriers; revising reporting periods and due dates for motor fuel use tax returns; revising the apparent amount of property damage that requires the driver of a vehicle involved in a crash to notify law enforcement of the crash; defining the term “REAL ID driver license or identification card”; providing that the use of a license plate frame or decorative border device is not prohibited under specified conditions, etc.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Ralph MassulloPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate11

“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. Chapter No. 2026-39, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 490 (Ch. 2026-40)
  2. Approved by Governor
  3. Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
  4. Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
  5. Passed as amended; YEAS 36 NAYS 0
  6. Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (078509)
  7. In returning messages
  8. Amendment 078509 engrossed amendment (replaces 073989, 106271, 520293, 312799)
  9. Passed as amended; YEAS 108, NAYS 1
  10. Read 3rd time
  11. Added to Third Reading Calendar
  12. Amendment 073989 adopted as amended

Showing 12 most recent of 38 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source