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Committee advances bill allowing unexpired passports instead of birth certificates for Idaho driver's licenses
Summary
The Transportation and Defense Committee voted to send House Bill 402 to the House floor with a do-pass recommendation after Representative Joe Palmer said the bill would allow applicants to use an unexpired passport instead of a birth certificate when applying for a driver's license or learner's permit.
The Transportation and Defense Committee voted to send House Bill 402 to the House floor with a do-pass recommendation after Representative Joe Palmer said the bill would allow people applying for a driver's license or a learner's permit to use an unexpired passport instead of a birth certificate.
The bill was presented by Representative Joe Palmer of District 20 in Meridian, who said the measure "allows people applying for driver's license or a learner's permit to use an unexpired passport instead of a birth certificate when they don't have" a birth certificate. Palmer said the bill is a department bill for the Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) and that he volunteered to carry it for the agency.
Representative Gannon moved to send House Bill 402 to the floor with a do-pass recommendation; the committee approved the motion by voice vote and the motion carried. Committee discussion on the bill was brief; no amendments or conditions were recorded in the transcript.
Crystal Allen, identified in the transcript as a policy specialist for the Idaho Transportation Department, was present to answer technical questions but the record shows no additional technical changes were made during this committee action.
The committee record shows the motion passed by voice vote and Representative Palmer will carry the bill to the full House.
