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Read. Follow. Verify.Missouri House Bill 1708 Modifies Rules for Issuing and Renewing Disability License Plates and Placards
Last action · May 15, 2026: Referred: Emerging Issues(H)Sponsor: Rudy Veit
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What This Bill Would Do
Representative Rudy Veit introduced HB 1708 to modify the criteria, documentation requirements, and renewal timelines for disability license plates and windshield placards issued by the Department of Revenue.
Residents applying for or renewing disability parking permits face updated physician statement rules, extended placard renewal cycles, and new verification standards involving various health care practitioners.
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Physically disabled persons
Their requirements for obtaining, renewing, and surrendering disability license plates and parking placards are modified by the bill.
Licensed health care practitioners
They must maintain specific medical chart documentation and adhere to scope-of-practice limits when issuing physician statements.
Department of Revenue
The department is tasked with administering applications, verifying practitioner licenses, issuing certificates, and maintaining document records.
Key Facts
- The bill updates definitions and qualifying criteria for physical disabilities, including walking limitations, respiratory standards, and cardiac classifications.
- Authorized health care practitioners include advanced practice registered nurses, physician assistants, chiropractors, podiatrists, assistant physicians, physical therapists, and optometrists.
- Physician's statements must be on a form prescribed by the director of revenue, set forth the specific diagnosis, include license numbers, and be personally signed.
- Removable windshield placards must be renewed every eight years, and the department is authorized to automatically renew current valid placards.
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- Applicants presenting proof of permanent disability from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs are exempt from providing a physician's statement.
- Individuals aged 75 or older who provided a physician's statement with their original application are not required to provide a new one for renewals.
- The fee for a temporary windshield placard is two dollars, and replacement placards cost four dollars.
- Fraudulent application or use of disabled person license plates or placards is classified as a class A misdemeanor.
- It is a class B misdemeanor for a practitioner to certify an individual based on a disability outside their scope of practice or without basis.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is authorized to sign a physician's statement for a disability placard?
Are veterans required to submit a new physician's statement?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
4 actions- May 15, 2026HouseCommitteeReferred: Emerging Issues(H)
- Jan 8, 2026HouseFloorRead Second Time (H)
- Jan 7, 2026HouseIntroducedRead First Time (H)
- Dec 1, 2025HouseIntroducedPrefiled (H)
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- Controversy15Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
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