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Committee deadlocks on bill to criminalize and impound vehicles driven by unlicensed motorists
Summary
A substitute for House Bill 392 that would make driving without ever having been issued a license a class C misdemeanor, require mandatory impound and allow fingerprint scans for identification failed in committee on a 3–3 tie after debate and testimony from law enforcement and immigrant‑advocacy groups.
House Bill 392 (second substitute) would have added a class C misdemeanor penalty and a mandatory vehicle impound for drivers who have never been issued any valid driver credential, and it would have authorized rapid fingerprint scans when officers cannot confirm a driver’s identity.
Representative McPherson, the bill sponsor, said local law enforcement had tracked that 30–46% of drivers officers stop in certain jurisdictions lacked any issued driver credential, and that officers often had no legal tool to prevent those drivers from…
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