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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

AB 677

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Relating to: electronic copies of operators' licenses. (FE)

Data processing Motor vehicle — Drivers license Transportation department of — Vehicles

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill allows the Department of Transportation to issue a copy of an

operator's license in an electronic format to the person to whom the operator's license

is issued.

Under current law, a licensee must have his or her license document in his or

her immediate possession when operating a motor vehicle and must display the

license document upon demand from a traffic officer. Under this bill, the license

document may be produced in either printed or electronic format.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Anderson (D) , Bowen (D) , C. Taylor (D) , Considine (D) , Crowley (D) , Ohnstad (D) , Sinicki (D) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D)

2 cosponsors

Johnson (D) , Larson (D)

Full history

  1. Dec 13, 2019 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Crowley, Anderson, Bowen, Considine, Ohnstad, Sinicki, Stubbs, C. Taylor and Subeck; cosponsored by Senators Johnson and Larson

  2. Dec 13, 2019 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation

  3. Jan 28, 2020 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Apr 1, 2020 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1