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Committee advances bill to waive road test for holders of military driver's licenses
Summary
A Senate subcommittee recommended passage of a bill that would let applicants with a military driver's license obtain a state driver's license without taking the driving portion of the test; the committee approved the measure by voice vote and sent it to the Senate floor.
A Senate committee advanced a bill Thursday that would allow people with a military driver's license to obtain an Iowa state driver's license without taking the on-road driving test.
Senator Costello, reporting for a subcommittee of Costello, Campbell and Blake, told the committee the measure — identified in the meeting as "senate study bill 10 37" — would permit applicants who hold military driver's licenses to be issued a state license without the driving portion of the exam, while still requiring the written knowledge test and an eye exam. Costello said the Department of Transportation appeared to be agreeable to the change.
Costello told the committee some holders of military driver's licenses may have obtained them while entering military service right after high school and may not have had a prior civilian driver's license; the proposed waiver would ease the transition for those individuals.
Senator Dodson (who said he had worked on the bill) requested short form. The committee approved the short-form request and carried the bill forward to the floor by voice vote; the transcript records an "aye" and the chair declared the bill carried unanimously.
The transcript does not record a roll-call vote or the identity of a formal mover on the floor; the record shows the subcommittee recommended passage and the committee approved the bill to advance as a committee bill.
No statutes, rule numbers, or specific implementation timelines were cited in the provided discussion.
