Teen/New Driver Issues
Status: Enacted - Chapter No. 192
Date of Last Action: 03/12/2009 - Enacted*
Author: Von Flatern (R)
Summary: Relates to restricted licenses, allows young drivers to hold both class C and class M licenses.
History:
01/07/2009 - PREFILED.
01/13/2009 - INTRODUCED.
01/14/2009 - To SENATE Committee on TRANSPORTATION, HIGHWAYS AND MILITARY AFFAIRS.
01/20/2009 - From...
Status: Enacted - Act No. 2008-68
Date of Last Action: 04/01/2008 - Enacted*
Author: Thompson Ri (D)
Summary: Provides for the denial or suspension of the driver's license of any student between the ages of fifteen and eighteen who is not enrolled in school and making progress towards graduation, has less than a certain number of consecutive unexcused absences, has...
Status: Enacted - Act No. 78
Date of Last Action: 05/07/2009 - Enacted*
Author: Foster (D)
Summary: Requires provisional license holders to complete either a driver's education course approved by the State Department of Education or fifty hours of behind-the-wheel driving experience, including a minimum of ten hours of nighttime driving. Also amends night driving...
Status: Failed - Adjourned - Senate Transportation Committee
Date of Last Action: 02/14/2007*
Author: Murray (D)
Summary: Requires and funding driver training for all new first-time drivers, requires and funds driver training for all new first-time drivers.
History:
02/14/2007 - INTRODUCED.
02/14/2007 - To SENATE Committee on TRANSPORTATION.
Status: Failed - Adjourned - Senate Transportation Committee
Date of Last Action: 01/26/2007*
Author: Fairley (D)
Summary: Revises penalties for intermediate driver's license violations, provides that, on the second conviction or finding, the holder of an intermediate driver's license may not operate a motor vehicle except when the holder is accompanied by a...
Status: Failed - Adjourned - SENATE
Date of Last Action: 01/17/2007*
Author: Murray (D)
Summary: Modifies driver's license and training provisions that affect teenage drivers.
History:
01/17/2007 - INTRODUCED.
01/17/2007 - To SENATE Committee on TRANSPORTATION.
03/05/2007 - From SENATE Committee on TRANSPORTATION: Do pass as substituted.
Status: Enacted - Chapter No. 2007-28
Date of Last Action: 04/13/2007 - Enacted*
Author: Eide (D)
Summary: Repeals the application of the sunset act to the intermediate driver license program.
History:
01/05/2007 - PREFILED.
01/08/2007 - INTRODUCED.
01/08/2007 - To SENATE Committee on TRANSPORTATION.
02/22/2007 - From SENATE Committee on TRANSPORTATION: Do pass.
03/...
Status: Failed - Adjourned - SENATE
Date of Last Action: 02/18/2008*
Author: Wallace (D)
Summary: Regulates and licenses driver improvement schools.
History:
01/22/2008 - INTRODUCED.
01/22/2008 - To HOUSE Committee on TRANSPORTATION.
02/08/2008 - From HOUSE Committee on TRANSPORTATION: Do pass as substituted.
02/18/2008 - Committee substitute adopted on HOUSE floor...
Status: Failed - Adjourned - House Transportation Committee
Date of Last Action: 01/30/2007*
Author: Simpson (D)
Summary: Funds driver training for all new first time drivers.
History:
01/30/2007 - INTRODUCED.
01/30/2007 - To HOUSE Committee on TRANSPORTATION.
Status: Pending - House Transportation Committee
Date of Last Action: 03/21/2007*
Author: Judiciary Cmt
Summary: Requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue a removable sticker to be affixed to the rear window of a vehicle operated by a junior operator, prohibits operation of a motor vehicle by a junior operator between the hours of midnight and 5:00 a.m.,...
Status: Failed - Adjourned - House Transportation Committee
Date of Last Action: 03/21/2007*
Author: Judiciary Cmt
Summary: Relates to curfew, cellular telephones, use of safety belts and primary enforcement, requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue a removable sticker to be affixed to the rear window of a vehicle operated by a junior operator, prohibits...
Status: Pending - Carryover - Senate Rules Committee
Date of Last Action: 04/15/2009*
Author: Grad (D)
Summary: Provides that operation of a motor vehicle with a license that has been recalled by the commissioner of motor vehicles is a civil violation, prohibits an operator with a junior operator's license from operating a motor vehicle between 1:00 a.m. and 5:00 a....
Status: Failed - Adjourned - Conference Committee
Date of Last Action: 05/02/2007*
Author: Transportation Cmt
Summary: Requires that a person applying for a junior operator's license operate with a learner's permit for at least six months, repeals the provision of the junior operator's law which authorizes the commissioner of motor vehicles to recall a learner's...
Status: Failed - Adjourned - House Judiciary Committee
Date of Last Action: 01/22/2007*
Author: Keenan (D)
Summary: Prohibits the use of cellular telephones while operating a motor vehicle on a highway unless there is hands-free operation.
History:
01/22/2007 - INTRODUCED.
01/23/2007 - To HOUSE Committee on JUDICIARY.
Status: Failed - Adjourned - House Judiciary Committee
Date of Last Action: 01/18/2007*
Author: Minter (D)
Summary: Prohibits the use of cellular telephones by a person operating a motor vehicle with a learner permit or junior operator license.
History:
01/18/2007 - INTRODUCED.
01/19/2007 - To HOUSE Committee on JUDICIARY.
