DeSantis supports doing away with yellow registration decals, vows to veto any bill requiring front license plates

After a license plate law went into effect back in October, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has made his opinion clear on any future legislation for license plates.

News4JAX sister station WKMG in Orlando reports that Florida Rep. Tom Fabricio (R-Miami Lakes) has filed a bill aiming to get rid of yellow decal requirements on vehicles in the state.

Fabricio’s proposal (HB 841) would get rid of the requirements under state law that mandate drivers put a yellow registration decal sticker on their license plates.

Instead, the legislation pushes to record renewals electronically, which could help Floridians save on fees.

This follows a proposal pushed by Miami-Dade County Tax Collector Dariel Fernandez.

The bill is set to be considered during next year’s legislative session, which kicks off on Jan. 13.

DeSantis praised the proposal, responding to a social media post from Fabricio with the comment “Good job Tom—get it done!”

But DeSantis’ response spurred another comment by a user asking about a potential frontal plate requirement in the wake of new license plate rules.

Earlier this year, lawmakers introduced a bill that would require two license plates on residents’ cars — one for the front and the back.

That bill — dubbed the “Lilly Glaubach Act” after a 13-year-old Tampa girl who was struck by a car while riding her bike home from school — also sought other rules to help law enforcement track down suspects in hit-and-run cases.

The front license plate rule was designed to help investigators better track cars involved in these sorts of crashes. However, the bill ultimately died in committee before it even got the chance for a full Senate vote.

And while no bills for next year’s legislative session have yet been filed that would require a front license plate, DeSantis assured residents that he would not allow such a measure to pass.

“Legislation mandating that drivers have a front plate will be met with a simple fate,” he wrote. “Veto.”