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DMV bill would let people leaving custody get licenses and permits as well as ID cards
Summary
Lawmakers in the House Transportation committee heard that S326 would expand a five-year DMV program so people leaving custody can receive the highest credential they qualify for — including driving permits and licenses — and add similar provisions for detainees; DMV and DOC described the processes, limits and expected scale.
The House Transportation committee heard testimony on April 1 about S326, a DMV miscellaneous motor-vehicle bill that would expand an existing program to issue credentials to people leaving custody and add new wording to cover detainees.
Nancy Prescott, director of operations at the DMV, told the committee, “I am here to talk about the section regarding inmate credentials and the addition of detainee credential/IDs.” She said DMV has run a no-charge program for people who have been sentenced to at least six months for about five years and that the new language would let the agency issue the highest credential the individual is eligible for, including permits and driver licenses.
The change is aimed at easing reentry. “The goal is to have the individual upon release to be leaving with a credential in their physical hands,” Prescott said, describing a…
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