Toll Exemption for Drivers with Upper-Limb Mobility Impairment
A narrow toll exemption for a driver of a specially equipped vehicle who cannot deposit coins in a toll basket. It is not a veteran benefit.
Verified August 15, 2026
What this benefit is
We publish this record to correct something, not to route you to an application.
Florida has no toll exemption or discount for disabled veterans. §338.155(1)(a) is a closed list of eight exemptions and contains no veteran or disability-rating category. Bills to create one have died in committee repeatedly — SB 532 and HB 445 in 2025, SB 228 in 2026, and that last one was for veteran-owned businesses rather than disabled veterans personally.
What does exist is much narrower, and it is not a veteran benefit at all.
What it's worth: Tolls waived on qualifying facilities
- Value depends entirely on how much you drive on tolled facilities.
This record exists to correct a myth. Aggregators routinely publish a "Florida SunPass toll exemption for disabled veterans". There is no such thing. We publish this record specifically to say so.
Who is entitled to it
- A driver certified as having a permanent upper-limb mobility or dexterity impairment that substantially impairs their ability to deposit coins in a toll basket.
- Who operates a specially equipped vehicle.
- The VA Adjudication Office is one acceptable certifier among several — but the test is the impairment, not your service or your rating.
Not sure whether that describes you?
Answer a few questions about this benefit specifically — we only ask what this one actually depends on, and we stop as soon as we know.
The thing most people get wrong
A 100% rating does not qualify you
A 100% permanent and total rating for PTSD, or for a lower-limb condition, does not meet this test. The provision is about physically reaching a coin basket. Aggregators routinely publish a "Florida SunPass toll exemption for disabled veterans". There is no such thing, and being the source that says so plainly is worth more than another record.
How to claim it
- 1Get a certification of permanent upper-limb mobility or dexterity impairment. The VA Adjudication Office is one acceptable certifier among several.
- 2Apply to FDOT for the toll exemption permit.
- File with
- Florida Department of Transportation
- Documents you will need
- certification of upper limb impairment
- No renewal needed
Common mistakes that cost people this benefit
- Believing a site that advertises a Florida disabled-veteran toll exemption. Check the statute yourself — it is linked below.
Questions people ask
- Is a toll exemption for disabled veterans coming?
- Bills have been filed and have died in committee in both 2025 and 2026. We monitor the legislature and will update this record if that changes.
Sources
- authority · statuteFla. Stat. §338.155(1)(a) — closed list of eight exemptions, none veteran-related
- authority · statuteFla. Stat. §338.155(3)
Why only one source type: Both cited sources are statutes. We publish this record to correct a myth rather than to route an application, so no operating source is required.
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