Driver's Licenses

Democrats in Congress and several legal experts believe that Florida’s rule likely takes the state out of compliance with the Real ID Act.

When Florida lawmakers went home after ending the 2024 legislative session Friday, they left behind hundreds of bills that did not pass.

The state of Florida is preventing transgender people from changing the "M" or "F" on an existing license. But it’s unclear how this change would affect new license applications or license-holders who have already changed their licenses to reflect their gender identities.

The demonstration, one of six held statewide Friday, protested Florida’s recent move to block gender changes on driver’s licenses.

Groups forming a statewide coalition around the issue in Miami, Orlando and Tampa also launched their own demonstrations over a new policy prohibiting residents from altering their gender markers on driver licenses.

Gov. DeSantis' administration quietly reversed a policy allowing Floridians to have their reflected gender on drivers licenses and state IDs.

Amid continued efforts targeting transgender people, Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration quietly changed a policy that allowed Floridians to obtain driver's licenses and state identification cards that reflect their gender identity.

The computer crashed at the Florida motor vehicle department.

Under current law, you don't need a license and children as young as 14 can drive a golf cart on roads designated for their use.

According to the Fines and Fees Justice Center, 1 in 8 Floridians had a suspended license in 2020. Sadaf Knight, CEO of the Florida Policy Institute, discusses how a suspended driver’s license can impact you and our economy.

Neither bill has been assigned to a committee amidst pushback from some Republican legislators who argue there should be only two genders to choose from on the application.

Hundreds of people lined up outside the main courthouse in West Palm Beach late last year, all of them trying to get their suspended driver licenses...