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Senate approves driver-license fee amendments, including reduced disabled ID fee
Summary
Senate accepted an amendment to cut the fee for disabled-person identification cards from $18 to $13 and advanced House Bill 52 for third reading by roll-call vote.
The Senate considered House Bill 52, a driver-license fee amendment package, and debated an amendment to reduce the identification card fee for disabled residents.
Senator Walker moved Amendment No. 2 to create a $13 identification card for a disabled person after testimony from disabled-community advocates who described an $18 fee as burdensome. “The amendment addresses this and creates an identification card for a disabled person that will cost $13,” Walker said; the amendment was treated as friendly and accepted on the floor.
Senator Kilpack and other floor members characterized the bill as addressing operating needs of the Division of Driver Licensing, which relies on dedicated funds and has not had a fee increase for roughly eight years. The floor then voted on the amended bill; the clerk announced 24 yes votes, 1 nay and 4 absent and said the bill will be read for the third time.
The amendment and the bill as amended move to the normal third-reading procedures; no final enactment or appropriation was recorded in this session’s transcript.
