BILL · 2001–02 SESSION
SB 5381: License plates
Requiring the surrender of license plates.
Summary
- When a used car is sold privately, the seller must remove the license plates from the vehicle and retain them before the buyer takes possession of the vehicle. The buyer must apply for, and DOL must issue, a new set of license plates for the used vehicle.
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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
- IntroducedJan 22, 2001
- Out of committeestopped here
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- Georgia Gardner (D-42)
- Introduced
- January 22, 2001 in the Senate
- Last action
- January 14, 2002
- Budget
- Has a fiscal note
AN ACT Relating to the retention and issuance of motor vehicle license plates upon sale or transfer of a vehicle;
Sponsors
Prime sponsor: Georgia Gardner (D-42)
4 co-sponsors (3 Democrats, 1 Republican)
Votes
No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.
History
- By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- First reading, referred to Transportation.
SB 5381 in other sessions
Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.
- SB 5381 (2025–26) Self-insurer withdrawal
- SB 5381 (2023–24) Legislators/letters
- SB 5381 (2021–22) Fish passage project permits
- SB 5381 (2019–20) Water & sewer contracting
- SB 5381 (2017–18) Customized training program
- SB 5381 (2015–16) Firearms, return by law enf.
- SB 5381 (2013–14) Cellular devices/state empl.
- SB 5381 (2011–12) Emer medical service levies