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Committee backs measure to flag driving schools after English-proficiency CDL failures
Summary
The Senate Transportation Committee favorably recommended a substitute to HB118 requiring testers to notify the Driver License Division when applicants fail CDL tests because of English proficiency so the Division can track patterns by school; sponsor said the goal is to identify bad-actor training programs, not penalize students.
Representative Perucci introduced House Bill 118 (second substitute), saying third‑party testers reported an inordinate number of CDL applicants failing because they are not proficient in English and that some private driving schools charge thousands of dollars while failing to disclose English-proficiency requirements. "They will charge someone thousands of dollars" for training and then those students fail the test, Perucci said, presenting the bill as both a public‑safety and consumer‑protection measure.
Perucci told the committee the federal CDL program already…
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