FINAL BILL REPORT
SSB 6429
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C 261 L 20
Synopsis as Enacted
Brief Description: Providing a designation on a driver's license or identicard that a person has a developmental disability.
Sponsors: Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators Brown, Walsh, Schoesler, Rivers, Van De Wege and Becker).
Senate Committee on Transportation
House Committee on Transportation
Background: The Washington State Department of Licensing (DOL) issues driver's licenses and identicards that are valid for up to six years. The fee for a six-year driver's license or indenticard is $54.
Summary: DOL must include an applicable medical alert designation on a driver's license or identicard indicating the applicant provided information to DOL identifying an eligible medical condition. Any person may apply to obtain a medical alert designation, a developmentally disabled designation, or a deafness designation on a driver's license or identicard based on specific self-attestation and verification requirements. For persons under 18 years of age applying for the developmentally disabled designation, a signature of a parent or legal guardian is required.
For driver's licenses, the self-attestation is subject to the privacy protections of the federal Driver's Privacy Protection Act. The self-attestation, for both driver's licenses and identicards, is not disclosable and is for the confidential use by DOL, the Washington State Patrol, law enforcement, and emergency medical service providers.
Votes on Final Passage:
Senate | 47 | 0 | |
House | 97 | 0 | (House amended) |
Senate | 48 | 0 | (Senate concurred) |
Effective: | January 1, 2022 |