BILL · 2025–26 SESSION

SB 5440: Single license plates

Allowing single license plates for certain vehicles.

Summary

Expands the vehicles requiring only one plate to include: passenger cars; sports utility vehicles; off-road vehicles; and trucks, buses, and for hire vehicles 12,000 pounds or less.
Specifies that the owners of these vehicles must pay all applicable fees as if the vehicle had been issued two license plates.

From the Senate Bill Report (Orig.) (SB 5440), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to single license plates for certain vehicles;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

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SB 5440 (2017–18) WorkFirst poverty reduction · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5440 (2015–16) Certif counselors & advisors · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5440 (2013–14) Public school license plates · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5440 (2011–12) Electric vehicles · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 5440 (2009–10) Naming of state ferries · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House