Lilly Glaubach Act amendment requires front license plates

By FloridaBicyclist

An amendment to a bill aimed at making hit and run cases in Florida easier to solve will require all drivers to attach a license plate on the front as well as the rear of their vehicle if approved.

Sponsored by Sen. Joe Gruters, R-Sarasota, the amendment was added to SB 92, also called the Lilly Glaubach Act. The bill is named after a 13-year-old Sarasota County girl who was killed in a hit-and-run while riding her bike, and requires auto body shops to collect and submit crash reports before repairing cars.

“As people are speeding away from these scenes, there‘s a lot of cameras out there. And they can’t always see the back of a (car),” Gruters said according to the News Service of Florida.

The Bill passed through the Agriculture, Environment, and General Government Appropriations Committee on March 18 and is headed to the Committee on Appropriations next.

If passed by the Legislature and signed by Gov. Ron. DeSantis, the Lilly Glaubach Act would become law on July 1, 2025, but the change to require front plates would not go into effect until Jan. 1, 2026.

Currently 29 other states require both a front and rear license plate on vehicles.