HB559
Driver training school and driver training instructors; standards, discipline, report.
Status:
In House
Latest Action:
Feb. 5, 2026
House: Rereferred to Transportation
Chief Patron:
Scott Wyatt (R)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Introduced. Driver training school and driver training instructors; standards; discipline; report.
Prohibits the employment of a driver training school instructor for driver education courses for minors if the instructor has been convicted of certain sex crimes or any offense that requires registration on the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry. The bill removes the five-year limitation on the period the ... (More) Department of Motor Vehicles is authorized to set for a licensee whose license was revoked to reapply and provides that if the revocation was due to a conviction of (i) driving under the influence, (ii) reckless driving, (iii) refusal to submit to alcohol or drug testing, or (iv) vehicular manslaughter, such period shall be no less than 10 years. The bill requires the Department to establish and maintain a public, searchable database of disciplinary action taken by the Department against an instructor or driver training school. The bill requires driver training schools to notify students, prospective students, and guardians thereof of any such disciplinary actions taken in the preceding 24 months or while such student is enrolled. The bill also requires the Department to annually by November 1 submit a report to the Chairs of the House and Senate Committees on Transportation detailing such disciplinary actions. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/13/2026 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102599D
- 01/13/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Transportation
- 01/19/2026 - House: Assigned HTRAN sub: Department of Motor Vehicles
- 01/26/2026 - House: Placed on Transportation Agenda
- 01/27/2026 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
- 01/28/2026 - House: Placed on Transportation Agenda
- 01/29/2026 - House: Reported from Transportation (21-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB559)
- 02/02/2026 - House: Read first time
- 02/03/2026 - House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/04/2026 - House: Passed by for the day
- 02/05/2026 - House: Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
- 02/05/2026 - House: Motion to rerefer to committee agreed to (63-Y 35-N 0-A) Close Floor Vote
- 02/05/2026 - House: Rereferred to Transportation
