SB 92 Florida Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Motor Vehicle Safety

Summary

Motor Vehicle Safety; Citing this act as the "Lilly Glaubach Act"; requiring that every vehicle required to be licensed in this state display a license plate on the rear and the front of the vehicle; requiring a motor vehicle repair shop to request a written crash report from a customer under certain circumstances; requiring a motor vehicle repair shop or the vendor that processes repair estimates for the motor vehicle repair shop to transmit a copy of the finalized repair estimate within a specified timeframe to a database to be established and maintained by the Department of Law Enforcement, if a customer does not provide a written crash report, etc.

Issues: ✓ Transportation

Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Mar 4, 2025 Last action Jun 16, 2025

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What changed between versions

S 92 c1 → S 92 c2 · 7 edits

MODERATE

This bill version significantly expands the scope of SB 92 from primarily motor vehicle repair regulations to include broader motor vehicle safety requirements, including front license plate display rules and micromobility device exemptions. It also lowers the crash report threshold from $5,000 to $2,500 and adds new requirements for transmitting repair estimates to a law enforcement database.

Scope change

Expanded from motor vehicle repair work regulations to include vehicle licensing requirements, micromobility devices, and broader vehicle safety standards

SCOPE

Added new requirements for vehicles to display license plates on both front and rear, affecting all licensed vehicles in Florida

Added provisions for micromobility devices, motorized scooters, and miniature motorcycles to be exempt from certain registration and licensing requirements

REQUIREMENT

Lowered the threshold for requiring a written crash report from $5,000 to $2,500 for accident repair work

Added requirement for repair shops to transmit repair estimates to a Department of Law Enforcement database within 3 business days when no crash report is provided

Changed repair estimate threshold from $150 to $150 (unchanged) but added new disclosure requirements and streamlined the waiver process

TIMELINE

Added effective date of January 1, 2026 for most new provisions, with July 1, 2025 for the repair estimate section

ENFORCEMENT

Added authority for department to revoke repair shop registration for violations of new database transmission requirements

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Committee

Mar 20, 2025

Upper · Passed

Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)

upper

Mar 18, 2025

Upper · Passed

CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; YEAS 12 NAYS 0

upper

Mar 13, 2025

Upper · Passed

On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government, 03/18/25, 1:00 pm, 412 Knott Building

upper

Mar 5, 2025

Upper · Passed

Now in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government

upper

Mar 5, 2025

Upper · Passed

Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)

upper

Mar 4, 2025

Introduced

upper

Feb 24, 2025

Upper · Passed

On Committee agenda-- Commerce and Tourism, 03/03/25, 1:00 pm, 110 Senate Building

upper

Jan 15, 2025

Committee

Referred to Commerce and Tourism; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Fiscal Policy

upper

1 primary · 1 co-sponsor