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Proposals to fund junior‑operator education, shorten passenger restriction period get support at hearing
Summary
Lawmakers heard proposals to create a junior operator license fund to help low‑income families pay for driver's education and to shorten the passenger restriction period for junior operators; sponsors said the measures would increase access and consumer protections.
The Joint Committee on Transportation heard testimony on legislation to establish a junior operator license fund and to ease certain junior‑operator restrictions, measures intended to improve access to driver's education for low‑ and moderate‑income families.
Senator Joan Lovely (S.2415 / H.3643) described two main components: a fund to subsidize driver education for students from…
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