HB19 Summary

• Amends Section 32-6-3 of the Code of Alabama 1975 to expand who can administer driver's license examinations as third-party testing agents.

• Allows private high school driver education instructors who are certified, approved, and trained by the Department of Public Safety to act as third-party testing agents for students enrolled in driver education classes.

• Permits high school driver education students (both public and private) to submit proof of passing written, oral, vision, and driving portions of the examination administered by their instructor instead of the Department of Public Safety.

• Clarifies that the State Department of Education bears no responsibility for approving or training private high school driver education instructors as third-party testing agents.

• Effective date: first day of the third month following passage and approval by the Governor, or when otherwise becoming law.