HB 1963: Prohibiting license plate covers.
Signed into law: Chapter 84, Laws of 2024
- Sponsor
- Ramos
- Introduced
- January 8, 2024
- Status
- C 84 L 24
- Last action
- Effective date 6/6/2024. (March 14, 2024)
- As of
- August 18, 2026, 2:01 AM Pacific, from the Legislature’s records
What this bill does
Requires that license plates must be uncovered. Adds to the unlawful acts related to license plate display that it is unlawful to use a license plate cover. Requires that, until January 1, 2025, the penalty for the violation of using a license plate cover must be a written warning.
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Floor votes
- House: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 8, 202459 yea · 38 nay · 1 not voting
- Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 1, 202442 yea · 7 nay
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