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Committee approves decal to identify invisible disabilities; law-enforcement training emphasized
Summary
A bill proposing an invisible-disability decal for qualifying individuals and caregivers—paired with law-enforcement training on interacting with people with non-visible disabilities—was amended and received a favorable report from the committee.
A House committee adopted amendments and gave a favorable report to House Bill 465, which would create an invisible-disability decal for qualifying individuals and their primary caregivers.
Representative Betts presented the measure and explained it replaces the idea of a distinct license plate with a decal. He said the bill lists qualifying invisible disabilities on pages one and two of the text and emphasized that the decal is intended to provide law enforcement officers with an initial clue during an interaction so officers can apply specialized training when appropriate. "This gives the law enforcement officer the first clue and understanding that they may be interacting with someone with one of these disabilities," Betts said.
The committee adopted technical amendments to realign subsection lettering and then approved the bill by voice vote. Representative Jackson specifically asked about the definition of "invisible disability," and Betts pointed to the bill text and to law-enforcement training as the central safety element.
Next steps: The bill was forwarded by the committee as amended. The transcript does not record an itemized roll call.
