DIGITAL LICENSE PLATES, THE 'LICENSE PLATE MODERNIZATION ACT' AND PRIVATIZATION OF THE SPECIALTY PLATE PROGRAM ALL FAIL TO GET APPROVAL FROM THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE

Digital License Plates
CS/CS/HB 91 (Filed by Rep Duran on 9/13/2021) 
After passing both the Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee and Commerce Committee, sat on Second Reading on the House Floor. Was indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration on Saturday, March 12, 2022, at 12.00 AM.
Lobbyists that registered for this bill were:  
Floridian Partners, LLC: Jorge Chamizo for Reviver Auto
Jeff Kottkamp PA: Barney Bishop for Airplate, LLC
Ronald L Book PA: Ronald L Book for AutoNation, Inc., Dealer Services Network, LLC, Florida Association of Motorist Service Providers, Inc., K.A.S & Associates, Inc. and Rana G Brown for AutoNation, Inc. and Florida Association of Motorist Service Providers, Inc.
Elizabeth D’Silva Alvi filed on behalf of Audubon Florida
The companion bill, CS/SB 1178 (filed by Sen Broxson on 12/7/2021), passed both the Transportation Committee and Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Committee, but sat in Appropriations from 2/17/22 without hearing. Was indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration on Saturday, March 12, 2022, at 12.00 AM.
The only registered lobbyist firm that filed for this bill was Ronald L Book PA: Ronald L Book for AutoNation, Inc., Dealer Services Network, LLC, Florida Association of Motorist Service Providers, Inc., K.A.S & Associates, Inc. and Rana G Brown for AutoNation, Inc. and Florida Association of Motorist Service Providers, Inc.

Digital License Plates/The ‘License Plate Modernization Act of 2022’
HB 815 (filed by Reps Killebrew and Fine on 12/1/2021) was never heard in any Committee and was indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration on Saturday, March 12, 2022.
Lobbyists that registered for this bill were:  
Ronald L Book PA: Ronald L Book for AutoNation, Inc., Dealer Services Network, LLC, Florida Association of Motorist Service Providers, Inc., K.A.S & Associates, Inc. and Rana G Brown for AutoNation, Inc. and Florida Association of Motorist Service Providers, Inc.
Capital City Consulting, LLC: Megan Fay and Ronald C LaFace, Jr, for 3M Company
Capital City Consulting, LLC: Nicholas V Iarossi for Dealer Services Network, LLC
Ramba Consulting Group, LLC: Allison S Carvajal, for Florida Automobile Dealers Association.
SB 812 (filed by Sen Baxley on 11/03/2021), referenced as the ‘License Plate Modernization Act of 2022’ was never heard in any Committee. Was indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration on Saturday, March 12, 2022, at 12.00 AM.
Lobbyists that registered for this bill were:  
Ronald L Book PA: Ronald L Book for AutoNation, Inc., Dealer Services Network, LLC, Florida Association of Motorist Service Providers, Inc., K.A.S & Associates, Inc. and Rana G Brown for AutoNation, Inc. and Florida Association of Motorist Service Providers, Inc.
Jeff Kottkamp, PA, Jeffrey D Kottkamp for Airplate, LLC

Private Vendor License Plate Sales.
HB 555 (filed by Rep Byrd on 11/9/2021) never got heard in any Committee and then was indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration on Saturday, March 12, 2022, at 12.00 AM.
Lobbyists that registered for this bill were:  
Mercury Public Affairs: Keith Marino Cabrera for License Plates of Texas, LLC [an indication appeared in the House Lobbyist filing that SB 824 was included, but was not filed in the Senate side]
Ronald L Book PA: Ronald L Book for AutoNation, Inc., Dealer Services Network, LLC, Florida Association of Motorist Service Providers, Inc., K.A.S & Associates, Inc. and Rana G Brown for AutoNation, Inc. and Florida Association of Motorist Service Providers, Inc.
Ramba Consulting Group, LLC: Allison S Carvajal, for Florida Automobile Dealers Association.
Capital City Consulting: Megan Fay, for 3M Company and American Traffic Solutions, Inc. d/b/a Verra Mobility
The Senate companion bill, SB 824 (filed by Sen Gruters on 11/4/2021) never got heard in any committee and then was indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration on Saturday, March 12, 2022, at 12.00 AM.
The only registered lobbyist firm that filed for this bill was Ronald L Book PA: Ronald L Book for AutoNation, Inc., Dealer Services Network, LLC, Florida Association of Motorist Service Providers, Inc., K.A.S & Associates, Inc. and Rana G Brown for AutoNation, Inc. and Florida Association of Motorist Service Providers, Inc.​

The moral of the story is, don't have Ron Book on the opposite side of your bill!