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Transportation committee advances bills on trip permits, REAL ID checks and learner permits
Summary
The House Transportation and Defense Committee unanimously recommended three bills for floor consideration: HB21 (allows online trip permits and plate-size options), HB22 (aligns DMV staff background checks with REAL ID requirements) and HB23 (extends learner-permit durations and waives repeat written tests for returning Idaho drivers).
The House Transportation and Defense Committee advanced three bills affecting vehicle registration, driver credentialing and DMV procedures during a committee meeting; each measure received a “do pass” recommendation and was sent to the full House.
Representative Clay Handy, who identified himself for the record as representing District 27, described House Bill 21 as having “two things” at its core: letting certain exempt vehicles choose a larger license plate size and allowing out-of-state commercial drivers to buy trip permits before entering Idaho. “What this bill does is it allows them to buy the trip permit before they enter the state,” Handy said, adding that online purchase and better enforcement could recover fees he said have declined in recent years: “we've gone from 48 to 38 to 34,000.” He…
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