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House approves $1 driver-license checkoff to support blindness prevention
Summary
The House approved a voluntary $1 donation option on motor vehicle and driver-license renewals to fund a private blindness-prevention group, citing prevention potential and no state appropriation; the bill passed 56–15 and moves to the Senate.
Representative Bradshaw, the sponsor of House Bill 33, told the House the measure would place an optional $1 checkoff on motor vehicle registration and driver-license renewal forms to benefit a private blindness-prevention organization. "50 percent of all blindness is preventable, and 9 of every 10 eye injuries are preventable," she said, urging members to support early screening and education.
The sponsor framed the proposal as cost-neutral to the state: she said the program does not request state funding and "Prevent Blindness ...…
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