HB19-1023 Summary

• Allows foster children under 18 to obtain instruction permits and driver's licenses without requiring a parent or guardian to sign an affidavit of liability if a guardian ad litem or county/state official signs instead and certain conditions are met.

• Permits foster children to provide proof of financial responsibility in their own name as an alternative to an affidavit of liability for obtaining driving authorization.

• Allows foster children with instruction permits to drive with any valid licensed driver age 21 or older in the front passenger seat, rather than only a parent or guardian.

• Enables any individual age 21 or older with a valid license (not just parents or instructors) to sign driving experience logs for foster children applying for a driver's license.

• Appropriates $6,750 to the Division of Motor Vehicles for DRIVES system maintenance and directs a legislative committee to study barriers to foster children meeting the 50-hour driving requirement and obtaining automobile insurance by July 1, 2020.