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House panel clears BMV agency bill that adds optional remote testing, clarifies CDL language and limits certain billboard ads
Summary
The Roads and Transportation Committee passed HB1200, an omnibus BMV bill containing remote proctored knowledge testing (excluding CDLs), a reduction in the driver’s license eligibility age to 16, codified English-proficiency language for CDLs, senior vision-exam timing changes, historic plate personalization, online renewal adjustments, and a deadline to remove billboards advertising criminal activity; the amended bill passed 13-0.
The committee considered House Bill 1200, the annual Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV) agency bill, and adopted multiple amendments before voting it out of committee.
BMV General Counsel Matthew Kestin testified in support and outlined the bill’s components as practical fixes intended to improve customer service and reduce branch congestion. Among the provisions Kestin described: authorizing optional, proctored remote knowledge exams for standard driver licenses (explicitly excluding CDL knowledge exams), clarifying non-expiring credential language for service members temporarily…
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