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Offenses Involving Motor Vehicles

It became law on May 20, 2025.

FL HB 253 · House Bill · 2025

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Became law
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Sponsors
2
Latest action
May 20, 2025

What it does

Offenses Involving Motor Vehicles; Reclassifies offense of driving, moving, or causing to be moved vehicle or equipment with certain lighting on highway as third degree felony in specified circumstance; increases the penalty for knowingly altering a motor vehicle registration certificate, a license plate, a temporary license plate, a mobile home sticker, or a validation sticker or obscuring a license plate from a noncriminal traffic infraction to a second degree misdemeanor; provides criminal penalties if person purchases, possesses, manufactures, sells, offers to sell, or otherwise distributes license plate obscuring device; provides enhanced penalty if person uses license plate obscuring…

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Where it stands

This bill passed and is now law.

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  3. Floor (Done)

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    May 20, 2025

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