Specialty License Plates/Florida Wildflower:
SB 1152 would amend Florida’s specialty license plate statute to increase the annual use fee for the Florida Wildflower license plate. Under current law as modified by the bill, the fee would be set at $25 per plate, rather than the prior lower amount, and owners who purchase the plate for more than 10 vehicles registered to them would receive a reduced annual fee of $15 per plate for those additional plates. The bill is limited to this one specialty plate program and would take effect October 1, 2025.
The measure affects section 320.08056, Florida Statutes, which governs annual use fees for specialty license plates. Because specialty plate fees are typically tied to funding for designated programs or causes, the bill would change the amount collected from purchasers of the Florida Wildflower plate and could alter the revenue stream associated with that plate. It does not create a new plate or change broader vehicle registration rules; it only adjusts the fee structure for this existing specialty plate.
SB 1152 would amend Florida Statutes section 320.08056 to revise the annual use fee for the Florida Wildflower specialty license plate. The bill would directly affect vehicle owners who purchase that plate, especially fleet or multi-vehicle owners, by setting a standard $25 fee and a lower $15 fee for purchases beyond 10 vehicles registered to the same owner. The practical effect would be to change the amount collected by the state for this specialty plate and potentially the distribution of associated proceeds, depending on the plate’s underlying funding structure.
The available legislative record shows little public debate or recorded vote activity on the bill, and there are no committee transcript excerpts provided. The bill ultimately died in the Senate Fiscal Policy committee on June 16, 2025, which suggests it did not advance through the fiscal review process. Based on the text alone, the proposal appears narrow and administrative rather than controversial, but its fiscal implications likely contributed to its lack of advancement.
No specific points of contention are documented in the provided materials, but the likely issue is fiscal: increasing or restructuring a specialty plate fee can affect both purchasers and the revenue generated for the plate’s designated purpose. The only explicit policy distinction in the bill is the discounted rate for owners buying more than 10 plates, which may have been intended to accommodate larger purchasers while preserving the higher standard fee. Because the bill died in Fiscal Policy, any concerns likely centered on revenue, fee structure, or the need for the change rather than on broader policy disagreement.