2025 bills / S.B. 59
S.B. 59 Commercial Driver License Revisions (2025)
- Introduced
- Senate committee
- Senate vote
- House committee
- House vote
- Signed into law
What this bill does
AI summary from the official description
This bill changes the rules for when a commercial driver license can be disqualified, which affects who can keep a CDL after certain violations. It also requires the state Driver License Division to use the federal Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse, a national database of drug and alcohol test results and violations for commercial drivers, and updates some definitions.
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Official description
- amends provisions relating to disqualification of a commercial driver license
- requires the Driver License Division to utilize the Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse as required by federal law
- amends definitions
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What members get
- An alert the day S.B. 59 is put on a committee agenda, with time and room, so you can be there to speak
- When S.B. 59 is rewritten, exactly which words changed
- Its hearings in your own calendar
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Every vote
- 6 yes, 0 no, 2 absentSenate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee: vote to approve it · Jan 23, 2025Who voted how
- 29 yes, 0 noFirst of two Senate votes · Jan 27, 2025Who voted how
- 28 yes, 0 no, 1 absentFinal Senate vote · Jan 28, 2025Who voted how
- 12 yes, 0 noHouse Transportation Committee: vote to approve it · Feb 3, 2025Who voted how
- 73 yes, 0 no, 2 absentFinal House vote · Feb 6, 2025Who voted how