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Yes: 98 • No: 3
IdahoH 05772026 regular legislative sessionHouse
TRANSPORTATION – Amends existing law to provide that license plates do not automatically expire after 10 years and may continue to be used while still legible.
Sponsored By: TRANSPORTATION AND DEFENSE COMMITTEE
Signed by Governor
TRANSPORTATION
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Bill Overview
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10-year plates, stickers, and number recycling
Beginning July 1, 2026, license plates stay valid for 10 years from the issue date. In year nine, you get a notice if the plate is still readable and mounted correctly. Most plates must use a red, white, or blue sticker that shows the year and a 1–12 month number, placed in the lower right corner; certain trailers and semitrailers are excepted. If you do not renew within 60 days after expiration, your plate number can be reassigned. You may contact the county to ask for a specific recycled number.
Replace damaged plates and transfer registration
Beginning July 1, 2026, if your plates are lost, stolen, damaged, or unreadable, you must apply for a duplicate. If your vehicle is completely destroyed and you show proof, you can move the remaining registration to a replacement vehicle. You pay a $5 service transfer fee, which the registering office keeps. Original registration fees are not refunded.
Which plates you get and how they look
Beginning July 1, 2026, motorcycles, trailers, truck‑tractors, and semitrailers get one plate. ATVs, utility‑type vehicles, and motorbikes get one restricted plate. Most other motor vehicles get two plates. If you get one plate, you must mount it as display rules require. Plates keep the centennial look with “Famous Potatoes” and “Scenic Idaho.” Plates must be readable from 75 feet and use reflective material. Utility and rental utility trailer plates keep the design used when they were made; unexpired plates are not reissued for a new design.
New rules for government and commercial plates
Beginning July 1, 2026, government fleet plates stay on the same vehicle for 10 years and do not need renewal stickers. Plates for state or taxing‑district vehicles must show an agency designator; personalized or specialty versions are exempt from that mark. The board can require you to return plates and stickers when your lawful use ends. Owners with registrations under sections 49‑434 or 49‑435 get a printed or electronic registration card. State agencies and taxing districts must reimburse the department for the cost of plates. The department and board can set rules to run the plate program.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
TRANSPORTATION AND DEFENSE COMMITTEE
Affiliation unavailable
Cosponsors
Van T. Burtenshaw
Republican • Senate
Michael Leman Veile
Republican • House
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 3/10/2026
House Floor Vote
Yes: 32 • No: 2
House vote • 2/16/2026
House Floor Vote
Yes: 66 • No: 1
Actions Timeline
Reported Signed by Governor on March 17, 2026 Session Law Chapter 29 Effective: 07/01/2026
3/18/2026Delivered to Governor at 2:30 p.m. on March 13, 2026
3/16/2026Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor
3/13/2026HouseReceived from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
3/12/2026SenateReported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
3/11/2026HouseRead third time in full – PASSED - 32-2-1
3/10/2026HouseRead second time; filed for Third Reading
2/26/2026HouseReported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading
2/25/2026HouseReceived from the House passed; filed for first reading
2/17/2026SenateRead Third Time in Full – PASSED - 66-1-3
2/16/2026HouseU.C. to hold place on third reading calendar until Monday, February 16, 2026
2/13/2026HouseRead second time; Filed for Third Reading
2/12/2026HouseReported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading
2/11/2026HouseReported Printed and Referred to Transportation & Defense
2/4/2026HouseIntroduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing
2/3/2026House
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