1997 Regular Session

HOUSE BILL 1200

File Code: Vehicle Laws - Licensing and Registration
Sponsored By:
Delegates Mandel, Dypski, DeCarlo, W. Baker, McClenahan, Conway, Love, Bozman, Eckardt, and Walkup
Entitled:
Driver Education - Standardized Classroom Phase Curriculum and Increased Hours of Laboratory Instruction

Synopsis:

Increasing from 6 to 8 the number of hours of laboratory instruction in a driver education course that an individual under 18 years of age must complete before qualifying for a driver's license; requiring 2 hours of nighttime driving instruction; requiring the classroom phase curriculum to be standardized and based on the "Novice Driver Education Model Curriculum Outline" prepared for the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety or on a similar program selected by the administration; and requiring specified curriculum standards.

Legislative History

House Action
2/10
First Reading Ways and Means
2/17
Re-assigned Commerce and Government Matters
2/19
Hearing 3/5 at 1:15 p.m.
3/18
Favorable with Amendments Report by Commerce and Government Matters
Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
3/20
Third Reading Passed (132-1)
Senate Action
3/24
First Reading Judicial Proceedings
3/25
Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
Sponsored by:
Delegate Adrienne A. Mandel, District 19
Delegate Wheeler R. Baker, District 36
Delegate K. Bennett Bozman, District 38
Delegate Norman H. Conway, District 38
Delegate Diane DeCarlo, District 6
Delegate Cornell N. Dypski, District 46
Delegate Adelaide C. Eckardt, District 37B
Delegate Mary Ann E. Love, District 32
Delegate Charles A. McClenahan, District 38
Delegate Mary Roe Walkup, District 36
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
DRIVER EDUCATION
DRIVERS' LICENSES
MINORS -see also- AGE OF MAJORITY; JUVENILE CAUSES; YOUTH
Bill affects the following Statutes:
Transportation
( 16-103 , 16-506 )

Documents:

Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF), Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled
Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)

Amendments:
House
Number: 626555/1 (PDF) Offered on: MARCH 18, 1997 at: 10:22 Status: Adopted