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Committee backs bill to extend CDL waiver to part‑time reservists

House Transportation Committee
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Summary

House Transportation voted to advance HB 708, which extends an existing Montana waiver that lets qualified military veterans and service members skip CDL skills or knowledge tests to part‑time reservists, aligning state law with federal guidance, sponsors and MVD witnesses said.

Representative George Nicolaus introduced House Bill 708, a narrowly tailored change asking the committee to remove the word "full‑time" from the statute and allow part‑time reservists to qualify for the motor vehicle division's waiver of certain commercial driver's license tests.

Brigadier General Renee Dorval, deputy director for the Department of Military…

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