HSB 28: HSB 28

What it does

Under current law, the department of transportation (DOT) must examine applicants for driver’s licenses. The DOT is authorized to designate community colleges and other third-party testers to administer the knowledge and driving skills tests required for a commercial learner’s permit or commercial driver’s license. _____ association for Iowa-based motor carriers, or a public or regional transit system. This bill strikes the provisions that identify particular types of third-party testers, other than community colleges; requires any third-party test examiner used by a third-party tester to comply with existing federal regulations applicable to third-party knowledge and driving skills testing, as adopted by rule by the DOT; and authorizes the DOT to adopt rules restricting the testing scope of a third-party tester.

House subcommittee · named January 12, 2023

• Rep. Ray Sorensen (R) · ray.sorensen@legis.iowa.gov
• Rep. Elizabeth Wilson (D) · elizabeth.wilson@legis.iowa.gov
• Rep. Devon Wood (R) · devon.wood@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 2 for, 0 against

For: Iowa Dept. of Transportation; Iowa Motor Truck Association

In plain words

1. January 12, 2023Filed in the House and sent to the Transportation committee
2. January 12, 2023House subcommittee named: Sorensen, Wilson and Wood
3. February 8, 2023Approved by the House committee
4. February 9, 2023Approved by the House committee, and given a new number: HF 257