SB396
Driver's licenses; requirements for initial licensure, persons age 18 to 21.
Status:
In House
Latest Action:
Feb. 4, 2026
Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (22-Y 18-N 0-A)
Chief Patron:
Danny Diggs (R)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Driver's licenses; requirements for initial licensure; persons age 18 to 21.
Requires an applicant for a first-time noncommercial driver's license who is at least 18 years old and not more than 21 years old to complete a course of driver instruction prior to being issued a driver's license.-
Bill History
- 01/13/2026 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104758D
- 01/13/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Transportation
- 01/29/2026 - Senate: Reported from Transportation with amendment (9-Y 6-N)
- 02/02/2026 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/02/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/02/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 02/03/2026 - Senate: Read second time
- 02/03/2026 - Senate: Transportation Amendment agreed to
- 02/03/2026 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended (Voice Vote)
- 02/04/2026 - Senate: Read third time and defeated by Senate (19-Y 21-N 0-A) Close Floor Vote
- 02/04/2026 - Senate: Reconsideration of defeated action agreed to by Senate
- 02/04/2026 - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (22-Y 18-N 0-A) Close Floor Vote
