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DHSMV outlines 2025 legislative priorities: Real ID, residency verification, tank-vehicle definitions, IFTA and online services
Summary
DHSMV Director Dave Kerner told the committee the agency’s 2025 priorities include requiring Florida addresses and proof of residence for vehicle registration, tightening acceptable identification to Real ID‑level documents, amending the state definition of tank vehicles to align with federal rules, and modernizing IFTA and online services.
Dave Kerner, representing the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (DHSMV), briefed the Senate Committee on Transportation on the agency’s 2025 legislative priorities.
Kerner said the agency will seek to require a Florida address on vehicle registration applications and require proof of residence at the listed address. Acceptable identification would include Real ID‑compliant credentials, a U.S. passport or passport card, or a foreign passport with a federal stamp showing lawful presence; an unexpired I-94 would also be accepted. The agency said active duty U.S. military who are Florida residents would be exempted from the Florida‑address requirement.
DHSMV also intends to align the state definition of “tank vehicle” with federal motor carrier safety regulations (parts 383 and 384): rather than defining a tank vehicle by a single tank capacity, the bill would treat a vehicle as a tank vehicle if it has one or more tanks each above 119 gallons with aggregate capacity of 1,000 gallons or more. Kerner said the change addresses attempts to avoid commercial classification by distributing liquid among multiple smaller tanks.
Kerner described proposed changes to IFTA administration (allowing private license-plate agencies to act as agents, online filing and decal orders, and penalties for misuse) and a proposal to raise the property‑damage threshold for police crash reports from $500 to $1,500. The agency plans an opt‑in electronic-notification program for customers, coupled with a limited public‑records exemption for the contact information.
Kerner framed these proposals as compliance and fraud‑reduction measures tied to federal requirements (including Real ID and federal motor‑carrier safety standards) and as operational improvements for DHSMV services.
