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House Transportation panel weighs tighter CDL instructor rules, eases motorcycle instructor experience requirement
Summary
Legislation would add CDL-specific experience paths for commercial driving instructors to align with federal language while lowering the years-of-experience threshold for motorcycle instructors; committee members asked for clarification from DMV and some witnesses before final action.
The House Committee on Transportation reviewed proposed revisions to state law that would (1) add class-specific experience requirements for commercial driving instructors to align with federal standards and (2) reduce the required licensed riding experience for motorcycle instructors.
Committee members heard that the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) requested the commercial driving-instructor language to mirror federal standards and to add specificity about what experience qualifies an instructor. DMV staff and its training unit previously testified that the bill does not eliminate the existing 5-year minimum for being a licensed CDL operator to apply for an instructor credential; the new language establishes two qualifying pathways tied to the class of…
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