CDL self-reporting: what your state still requires
On 22 July 2026 FMCSA deleted the federal rule telling you to report your convictions to your own state. It did not delete the state laws that say the same thing — and it declined to tell anyone which states those are.
“FMCSA agrees with the comment from NAPT that having the information on which States continue to require drivers to notify their SDLAs of convictions outside of their State of domicile would be helpful. However, FMCSA will not be compiling this list. … Nothing in this rule absolves a CDL holder from having to comply with a State requirement if that requirement exists.”
FR 2026-12449, "Removal of Self-Reporting Requirement"
Florida
No — we found no Florida law requiring you to report convictions to the state licensing agency yourself. Your employer duty below still applies.
Citation: Fla. Stat. ch. 322 (no such duty); cf. §316.302(1) · verified 2026-08-12
“All owners and drivers of commercial motor vehicles that are operated on the public highways of this state while engaged in interstate commerce are subject to the rules and regulations contained in 49 C.F.R. parts 382-386 and 390-397.”
Florida never enacted a self-reporting statute of its own, so the federal removal leaves only your employer notice. One wrinkle we checked: for intrastate-only operation Florida freezes the federal rules at their 31 December 2023 text, which still contained the old duty — but that version reached only out-of-state convictions and treated you as compliant where the conviction state exchanges records electronically, which all now do.
Everywhere: you still have to tell your employer
This did not change in July. 49 CFR §383.31 still requires a CDL holder convicted of a traffic violation — in any vehicle, not just a truck, and anything other than a parking ticket — to notify their current employer in writing within 30 days.
The notice has to carry all seven of these:
- Driver's full name
- Driver's license number
- Date of conviction
- The specific offense(s), and any suspension, revocation or cancellation that resulted
- Whether the violation was in a commercial motor vehicle
- Location of offense
- Driver's signature
49 CFR §383.31 · verified 2026-08-12
This is journalism, not legal advice. Every answer links to the statute so you can read it yourself — do that before you act, and confirm with your state licensing agency if anything here decides something expensive. Rules change; each row carries the date we last checked it.