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HSB 28
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 12, 2023
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 12, 2023
- Done: House committeeFebruary 8, 2023
- Skipped: Passes the HouseContinued as HF 257
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Became HF 257 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to HF 257 What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Instead of only allowing certain groups like trucking companies or transit systems to test people for commercial driver's licenses, the Department of Transportation can now allow other third-party testers. These testers must follow federal rules for knowledge and driving skills exams. The Department of Transportation also has the power to create rules that limit what specific types of tests these third-party testers are allowed to give.1
Read the official explanation
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. Meeting: Wednesday, February 1 · 12:30 PM · RM 304.
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