SB396
Driver's licenses; requirements for initial licensure, persons age 18 to 21.
Status:
Passed
Latest Action:
March 14, 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'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)
- 02/02/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 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
- 02/09/2026 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/09/2026 - House: Read first time
- 02/09/2026 - 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 with substitute (10-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/2026 - House: Placed on Transportation Agenda
- 02/26/2026 - House: Reported from Transportation with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/2026 - House: Committee substitute printed 26108548D-H1
- 02/27/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB396)
- 03/02/2026 - House: Read second time
- 03/03/2026 - House: Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
- 03/03/2026 - House: Read third time
- 03/03/2026 - House: committee substitute agreed to
- 03/03/2026 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute
- 03/03/2026 - House: Passed House with substitute (91-Y 7-N 0-A)
- 03/05/2026 - Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (25-Y 14-N 0-A) Close Floor Vote
- 03/11/2026 - Senate: Enrolled
- 03/11/2026 - Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB396ER)
- 03/11/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB396)
- 03/11/2026 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/12/2026 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/14/2026 - Senate: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026
- 03/14/2026 - Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
