Relating to full-color special registration plates

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedJanuary 29, 2020
2. ✓
   Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 30, 2020
3. ✕
   Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
4. Next: Passes the Senate
5. Next: House committee
6. Next: Passes the House
7. Next: To the Governor
8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill replaces blackout special registration plates with full-color special registration plates. The bill authorizes the department of transportation (DOT) to design and issue the full-color plates. The bill requires that a full-color plate’s background be one color and the plate’s letters and numbers be one color different from and distinctly in contrast with the color of the plate’s background. The DOT is required to establish acceptable colors and color combinations for a full-color plate’s background, letters, and numbers. The department’s rules must allow full-color plates with a black background and white letters and numbers. The bill does not otherwise alter the process to obtain the plates or the fees for the plates, which are deposited in the road use tax fund.

Full bill text¹

Senate subcommittee

Named January 30, 2020. On February 6, 2020 it recommended passage.

• Sen. Tom Shipley REmail
• Sen. Chris Cournoyer R
• Sen. Jim Lykam D

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