SESSION WATCH
Superseded — its companion passed HOUSE · SESSION 2026

No. HB 1135

Specialty License Plates/Florida Film Legacy License Plate
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SPONSOR
Basabe
FILED BY
Fabián Basabe — District 106, Republican [search donations]
EFFECTIVE
10/1/2026
COMPANION
CS/SB 246 — HB 1135 was set aside and its companion carried the policy

Filed under Transportation.

PROVIDED SUMMARY

Specialty License Plates/Florida Film Legacy License Plate; Directs DHSMV to develop Florida Film Legacy license plate; provides for distribution & use of fees collected from sale of plate; requires annual financial report by specified date.

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Plain English Summary

AI-GENERATED
Creates a Florida Film Legacy plate with no fee-spending cap.

Directs DHSMV to design and issue a new Florida Film Legacy specialty plate, developed in consultation with Feature Florida Partnerships, Inc., a private nonprofit.

Sends all of the plate's annual use fees to Feature Florida Partnerships, Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, with no cap in the text on how much it can spend on itself.

The only check is a financial report the nonprofit must file with DHSMV every September 1 detailing how it used the fees the prior fiscal year.

KEY PROVISIONS
§ 1 Sends all plate fees to the nonprofit with no cap majors. 320.08058

AISends 100 percent of the plate's annual use fees to Feature Florida Partnerships, Inc., with no percentage cap or earmark in the text restricting how the nonprofit may spend the money.

“The annual use fees from the sale of the plate must be distributed to Feature Florida Partnerships, Inc., a nonprofit corporation” bill text, line 22 →
§ 2 Creates a Florida Film Legacy license plate moderates. 320.08058

AIRequires DHSMV to develop a new specialty license plate for Florida Film Legacy, designed in consultation with Feature Florida Partnerships, Inc.

“The department shall develop a Florida Film Legacy license plate as provided in this section” bill text, line 16 →
§ 3 Requires an annual financial report from the nonprofit moderates. 320.08058

AIRequires Feature Florida Partnerships, Inc. to file a financial report with DHSMV each year starting September 1, 2027, detailing how it used the fee revenue in the prior fiscal year.

“must submit a financial report to the department detailing the use of such fees during the preceding fiscal year” bill text, line 26 →
§ 4 Gives the nonprofit a formal design consultation role technicals. 320.08058

AIRequires the plate's colors and design to be approved by the department in consultation with Feature Florida Partnerships, Inc., a private nonprofit, rather than by the department alone.

“The plate must bear the colors and design approved by the department in consultation with Feature Florida Partnerships, Inc.” bill text, line 17 →
TIMELINE
3/13/2026
Died in Government Operations Subcommittee; Companion bill(s)...
1/13/2026
1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
1/12/2026
Now in Government Operations Subcommittee
1/12/2026
Referred to State Affairs Committee
1/12/2026
Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee
1/7/2026
Filed
STATUTES IT CHANGES
s. 320.08058
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