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Committee lays over bill to expand third‑party CDL testing and create truck‑driver training grants
Summary
House File 1242, proposed by Rep. Joy, would expand third‑party examiner road-test capacity, allow recurring reservation times for training programs, and create a grant program to cover tuition and living expenses for commercial driver training. The committee laid the bill over after testimony for further consideration.
Representative Joy presented House File 1242 on March 19, a bill the author said aims to ease recruitment and retention challenges in the trucking industry by expanding access to commercial driver’s license (CDL) road tests and establishing grants for training and living expenses.
The bill would: expand the ability of existing third‑party examiners to conduct additional CDL road tests; allow commercial driver training programs to schedule and reserve recurring test times; and create a grant program to pay tuition, living costs for trainees and to reimburse fleets that provide entry-level driver…
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