The Senate Transportation, Technology & Legislative Affairs committee approved HB1666 to create a Make-A-Wish Foundation of the Mid South specialty license plate and retire the Mid South Community College education specialty plate.

Sponsor Senator Dave Wallace (District 19) said the new plate came from popular request. "It comes at a popular request from a lot of people out there," Wallace said. He said the Mid South Community College plate will be retired but that existing plates could still be renewed while inventory remains.

Alicia Austin Smith with the Department of Finance and Administration told the committee that the state currently has about 90 of the Mid South Community College plates in inventory annually and that existing plate holders would be able to renew their plates until inventory is exhausted. "An individual who does not currently have one of those plates would not be able to apply for one," Smith said; she confirmed those currently issued would be considered grandfathered for renewal while stock lasts.

Senators asked procedural questions about how many specialty plates the sponsor has introduced this session; Wallace said this was his second created plate and that he was a co-sponsor on another. No public witnesses signed up for or against the bill.

The committee moved to pass HB1666 on a motion, with Senator Johnson as mover and Senator Scott as seconder. The chair called for the ayes and declared the bill passed.

The committee record shows the bill passed by voice vote; no roll-call tally was recorded in the transcript.