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Requiring the department of transportation to collect and store emergency contact information of driver’s license applicants
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 10, 2020
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 13, 2020
- Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary When people apply for, replace, or renew their driver's license, the Department of Transportation will collect names, phone numbers, and addresses for emergency contacts. This information will be stored in a database that the department and law enforcement can use.1
Read the official explanation
This bill requires the department of transportation to, at the time of application for, replacement of, or renewal of a driver’s license, collect from the licensee the names, telephone numbers, and addresses of persons to be contacted if the licensee is involved in an emergency situation and record said information in the electronic database used by the department and law enforcement to access registration, titling, and driver’s license information.
House subcommittee
Named February 13, 2020. On February 19, 2020 it recommended amendment and passage.
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