SB399
Driver training school and driver training instructors; standards, discipline, report.
Status:
Passed
Latest Action:
March 10, 2026
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
Chief Patron:
Danny Diggs (R)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Driver training school and driver training instructors; standards; discipline; report.
Prohibits the licensure of a person as a driver training school instructor for driver education courses for minors if the person 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 ... (More) the period the Department of Motor Vehicles is authorized to set for a licensee whose license was revoked to reapply and provides that if the revocation was due to a conviction of (i) driving under the influence, (ii) reckless driving, (iii) refusal to submit to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 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103468D
- 01/13/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Transportation
- 01/29/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB399)
- 01/29/2026 - Senate: Reported from Transportation with amendments and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/2026 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/10/2026 - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/2026 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/11/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/11/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 02/12/2026 - Senate: Read second time
- 02/12/2026 - Senate: Transportation Amendments agreed to
- 02/12/2026 - Senate: Finance and Appropriations Amendment agreed to
- 02/12/2026 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 02/12/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB399)
- 02/13/2026 - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/18/2026 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/18/2026 - House: Read first time
- 02/18/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Transportation
- 02/20/2026 - House: Assigned HTRAN sub: Department of Motor Vehicles
- 02/23/2026 - House: Placed on Transportation Agenda
- 02/24/2026 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/2026 - House: Placed on Transportation Agenda
- 02/26/2026 - House: Reported from Transportation (21-Y 0-N)
- 03/02/2026 - House: Read second time
- 03/03/2026 - House: Read third time
- 03/03/2026 - House: Passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 03/09/2026 - Senate: Enrolled
- 03/09/2026 - Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB399ER)
- 03/09/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB399)
- 03/09/2026 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/09/2026 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/10/2026 - Senate: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026
- 03/10/2026 - Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
